The inner ear holds about 16.000 "hair" cells that in simple are responsible to transform waves (sound) into a coded electric signal for our brain to interpret sound. Those "hair" cells are quite fragile and we must take care of them.  "There's so many ways that these hair cells can be damaged from loud noises, and it really doesn't take a lon...

In the United States, hearing loss is the most common injury to veterans since 9/11. Troops often return from deployment with diminished hearing, ringing in their ears, or both. It makes sense when you consider causes like roadside bombs, gunfire, and loud engines. Today, more than 400,000 veterans of the Afghan and Iraqi wars suffer from this...

Gerald R Popelka is a PhD, Professor, and Chief of Audiology, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center. This video is quite informative about the current technologies and the relevant statistics of hearing loss and how to approach them. Popelka summarizes the devices and provides important information that can...

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is diagnosed when a loss greater than 30dB in three contiguous frequencies. The loss happens over a period of less than three days and it is typically disregarded as a head cold. The problem is that the 72 hours is more than enough to cause permanent damage. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) may be noticed ...

Learning Italian (or any other language for that matter) is a journey that requires patience and good habits. As an iIalian coach, there's a fine line that we need to walk with our students: We want to correct mistakes efficiently and fast without making the student lose interest in learning the language. This means that sometimes we have...