Tinnitus Today: What IS a Safe Noise Level?
In a recent issue of Tinnitus Today, Bryan Pollard and Daniel Fink, M.D., discuss this question: What IS a safe noise level? When does noise exposure start causing hearing loss? The answer to this question underlies a renewed effort to protect the hearing of everyone.
When it’s noisy, even Justin Bieber wears earplugs
Our scientific adviser, Richard Salvi, is quoted in this Washington Post story about earplugs. He remarks on the hidden nature of hearing problems: “People can’t comprehend your normal-looking outward appearance with the unseen disturbance going on inside your head.”...
2015 Hyperacusis Research Benefit Dinner
Our Hyperacusis Research Boston-area fundraising dinner was a great success! We exceeded our goal to raise $20,000 for research (with more funds still coming in). After welcoming the 80 people who attended, the sponsors, Michael and Betsy Maholchic, showed a video...
Turn Down the Noise, Turn Up the Quiet
This piece, in the Summer 2015 issue of the Hearing Health Foundation’s magazine, is authored by Daniel Fink and Bryan Pollard, president of Hyperacusis Research. While loud environments are challenging for hyperacusis sufferers, they also create issues for...