Infographic for parents Through the Listen Hear! public education initiative, EPIC Hearing Healthcare is educating employers and consumers on the impact of untreated hearing loss, so they “Listen Up” and take steps now to address and treat hearing loss, and to safeguard healthy hearing for the future. Listen Up and Live Life to the Fullest… Click […]
Teachers most at risk from hearing loss
A recent American survey conducted by the EPIC Hearing Healthcare, uncovered the scope of the problem for teachers specifically. According to the report last September from EPIC Hearing Healthcare, 15 percent of teachers report a diagnosed hearing loss, compared to 12 percent of workers nationwide. That might not seem like a huge difference, but EPIC also […]
New Year! – A good time to consider how lifestyle can affect our hearing
Our lifestyle choices and the affects on our hearing have been highlighted in an interesting article by Hear-it.org this week. Read more about how choices regarding; food, drinks, loud music and smoking can affect our hearing positively or negitively here.
TABS Expert Meeting – Sound of Cool filmed presentations now available!
Keynote speakers: Susan Roaf of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh / Andrew Parkin of Cundall, UK The filmed presentations from the recent TABS Expert Meeting held on 25-26th September near Helsingborg are now available here. TABS stands for Thermally Activated Building System and is a design engineering approach for maintaining good thermal comfort in buildings, although unfortunately […]
Last chance for input into draft Australian / New Zealand Acoustics Standard
During the recent Internoise2014 in Melbourne there was much discussion for delegates around the world about the draft AS/NZS 2107:2014 document which is out for public comment at the moment until the closing date of 11th December next week. To view the draft AS NZS 2107 visit the Hub here where comments can also be made […]
Sports lessons can have a big impact on our hearing!
Acoustics in Dutch sports halls In the Netherlands a short item was broadcasted on national TV by SBS6 Hart van Nederland it was made to demonstrate the impact sports hall acoustic have on our hearing and especially the teachers who spend much of their time there as they feel the impact on their working conditions. […]
TABS Expert Meeting held in Sweden
The first TABS Expert Meeting of it’s kind was held on 25-26th September near Helsingborg. TABS stands for Thermally Activated Building System and is a design engineering approach for maintaining good thermal comfort in buildings, although unfortunately this is often at the expense of a good acoustic environment. The purpose of the event is to […]
Forum Acusticum 2014 inspirations for a broader audience….
In the run up to Forum Acousticum 2014 in Krakow, our local colleagues could see an opportunity to lift out the subject of acoustics to a broader and non-technical audience. The conference papers and presentations are (with the exception of keynote speakers like Trevor Cox talking about the Sonic Wonders) often not so accessible so […]
The Sound of Democracy TEDx
We know that the quality of the sound environment can have a significant impact on the quality of speech communication however in this TEDx Julian Treasure focuses on the need for conscious listening which is an underestimated skill. Balancing the communication outputs (writing and speaking) with the inputs (reading and listening) needs to happen but […]
Silent Leadership Challenge 2014 in New Zealand
The Silent Leadership Challenge is a hearing loss challenge for corporate and community leaders to raise awareness and funds for the vital work of The National Foundation for the Deaf in New Zealand. One in six New Zealanders have some type of hearing loss. It robs them of the full ability to hear, which is […]
