Friday, again??

Phew....made it through another week! Have a great weekend🌞🌈🏖️

As many as two-thirds of Australian farmers 👨‍🌾 may be at risk of hearing loss due to long-term exposure to loud noise, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. The most common causes of noise exposure include tractors 🚜, machinery 🚛, guns 🔫, and livestock 🐮 🐷 🐔, according to the article. On average, there is a lag time of 7-10 years between when people notice there is a problem with their hearing and when they attempt to get help, the article said.

And on that note.... 🤣 ...have a great Friday everyone!

Hearing loss is typically gradual; you lose bits and pieces of certain words, forming the audio equivalent of a “blind spot”. This is well illustrated by looking at a Speech Banana Graph, this shows where the blind spots tend to form and how difficult certain parts of words are to understand. Women and children become more difficult to hear. You learn certain tricks like focusing harder on what was said or watching the lips of someone who is talking,

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Here's an unexpected hearing hazard in the home, or maybe not… If you have a partner who snores 💤 you could be at risk for developing hearing loss. Loud snoring can reach levels of 90 dB. A study published in the June 2003 issue of the Journal of Otolaryngology found a relationship between snoring and noise-induced hearing loss in bed partners of chronic snorers.

How much do you rely on your hearing when you drive? 🚗 Probably more than you know. Although your sense of sight 👀 is undoubtedly the most important when behind the wheel, your sense of hearing 👂 helps you detect approaching emergency vehicles 🚑 🚒 🚓, hear the blaring horn 📯 🚂 or reminds you that your turn signals are engaged. While people with hearing loss don’t drive any worse than those with normal hearing, it never hurts to be prepared and take extra safety precautions.

Happy Friday everyone and have a great weekend!

Such incidents of noise exposure can result in significant permanent hearing loss and tinnitus. Even a single exposure to a gun blast, without hearing protection, can result in permanent hearing loss. http://bit.ly/2rpdSdK

Clear Hearing Buderim will be closed today for the Sunshine Coast Show 🤡 (the area of the former Maroochy Shire). 🎡 Have a great long weekend everyone!

Another reason to 💛 cheese... Scientists reckon that chomping through cheddar and stilton can help repair hearing damage. That’s because cheese contains a chemical compound called D-methionine which has proved in tests with animals to reverse damage to nerve cells in the ear. Now 600 troops in the US Army are going on a trial diet of cheese to prove the theory. Source:Daily Star