Jan 23, 2015
An audiologist from Sydney, Australia has highlighted the growing problem of farm deafness, commenting, “there are a lot of potentially deaf farmers out there.” Although the study looks at deafness as an issue on Australian farms, the concern is by no means limited and affects other countries across the world.
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Jan 21, 2015
Campaigners have accused the NHS of ‘cruel’ rationing over hearing aids, despite 10 million people in the UK suffering from hearing loss. The charity Action on Hearing warns that these cuts could lead to an increase in depression and dementia in hearing loss sufferers.
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Nov 7, 2014
A team from the University of Michigan Medical School’s Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Harvard University have restored the hearing of mice partly deafened by noise, using advanced tools to boost the production of a key protein in their ears.
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Nov 5, 2014
Government payments to miners who suffered hearing loss as a result of their work has jumped fourfold to £3 million in the past two years, even though the industry was privatised almost 20 years ago.
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Oct 22, 2014
A firm specialising in foam and feather furnishings has been fined after failing to protect its workforce from excessive noise levels made by production machinery.
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