Tag: Safe Sound Science

• Unsafe at any Sound: Hearing Loss and Tinnitus in Personal Audio System Users

  This is the second of two papers I co-wrote with my colleague Dr. Daniel Fink of The Quiet Coalition. It was accepted in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics and is…

  

• Too Loud: Nonoccupational Noise Exposure Causes Hearing Loss

  In July, my colleague Dr. Daniel Fink and I had two papers accepted for publication in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. Both papers are open access and free to share.…

  

• Personal Audio System Use Can Harm Audio Health

  Dr. Daniel Fink and I presented our talk titled Personal Audio System Use Can Harm Auditory Health at the 180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. It was presentation…

  

• Finger Plugs Protect Hearing Health

  This International Noise Awareness Day 2021, ignore the images showing people clapping their hands over their ears to block out loud noise. This doesn’t lower sound levels. Hands are NOT…

  

• Personal Listening Case Scenario in American Family Physician Journal

  I was honoured to co-author this case scenario with Dr. Daniel Fink of The Quiet Coalition. The clinical topic is on making recommendations to patients on how to lower personal…

  

• Build Your Own Hearing Protection Toolbox

  I was pleased to write an article and help answer reader questions for the American Tinnitus Association Winter 2020 issue of Tinnitus Today. This is an excellent issue full of…

  

• Community To Vote on Noise Control Cost

  [Originally published at silencity.com] What happens when citizens want highway noise control but the financial cost is high? The Canadian community of Beaconsfield, Quebec is facing skyrocketing noise control estimates…

  

• Hyperacusis & Gaming Soundtracks

  Regular everyday sounds are physically painful for people with hyperacusis or decreased sound tolerance. This means sometimes we need to use hearing protection to cope when other people don’t need…

  

• Fake Crowd Noise Poses Real Health Threat

  [Originally published at silencity.com] With coronavirus pandemic restrictions on fan attendance, NFL football teams have lost the stadium crowd noise once called a home field secret weapon by the Seattle…

  

• MRI Testing with Tinnitus or Hyperacusis

  Doctors don’t make MRI referrals unless testing is important for a person’s healthcare. But MRI testing can cause hearing loss, tinnitus, or hyperacusis. In 2018, scientists found noise levels of…

  

• Crowdsourced Sound Level Meter Apps

  Anyone can use crowdsourced Sound Level Meter (SLM) apps to help measure and map public noise pollution. Some free apps only work in certain countries, but I’ve tried to pick…

  

• A Noise Control Cure for Preventable Tinnitus and Hyperacusis

  [Originally published at silencity.com] In a 2019 article titled “Why is there no cure for tinnitus?” the authors looked at whether studies had identified if participants have a history of…

  

• Reflecting on Sound and Emotional Connections

  Sound isn’t just about the tone or loudness. It’s about the quality of sounds and the feelings they trigger. The memories the soundscape evokes. The crack of a baseball bat…

  

• Raincoast Live Stream on Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery

  In 2019, I attended a Raincoast Conservation Foundation live stream on the future of Southern Resident killer whale recovery. At the time, I was volunteering for the Right to Quiet…

  

• Quiz: Noise Pollution & Earth’s Species

  Check out more of my tinnitus-hyperacusis and harmful noise content on YouTube at Safe Sound Science with Granny Jan. For a change of pace, check out my fiction horror tales…