With support from an R21 grant from the NIH, Hui Hong, Ph.D., will investigate how the auditory efferent system changes after noise-induced hearing loss and whether those changes help or hinder recovery.
3 Signs Our Earbuds Are Actually Damaging Our Hearing
Because noise-canceling earbuds are so comfortable and block everything out, people wear them for three, four, five hours straight without realizing the cumulative effect on their ears.
Early Exposure to Healthy Habits Matters
When thinking about exposure to loud sounds, it is important to take a life-course perspective. That is, the health behaviors developed in childhood and adolescence can shape habits into adulthood.
‘You Would Be Better Off Not Playing’
When wearing earplugs earns a reprimand from a master teacher, two high school classical musicians decide it’s time to change the conversation about the risk of hearing loss among their peers.
Yes, the Holidays Can Be Loud!
Listening for a Lifetime
A practical reference, not a lecture, from a music industry professional on how to protect our first instrument: our hearing.
Why Men Don’t Listen in the Same Way as Women
A recent study has confirmed what we always knew: Men don’t listen in the same way women do—but not for the reasons many of us think.
What Is the Cingulo-Opercular Network?
Effortful listening is mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausting. Learn how it affects the brain—and what to do about it.
Virus-Delivered Therapy Reduces Sound Damage in the Mouse Ear
Our data showed that introducing the mutated nicotinic receptor into otherwise healthy ears can prevent, to some extent, permanent auditory damage caused by loud noise and accelerate hearing recovery.
Are Low Frequency Sounds More Safe for Hearing?
Our information is based on evidence-based research studies and scholarly articles that support the adverse effects of both intense and chronic high and low frequency noises on our hearing.