For example, you could hold the iPhone up to your head phone to measure exactly how much sound you are pumping directly into your ears. Or you could use the app to monitor the noise while you are walking on a typical street corner.

Unfortunately the iPhone is not able to measure sound levels above 100 dB, but that really isn’t much of a limitation because anything over 85 decibels for an extended period of time can cause permanent hearing loss. So if you take a reading of your car stereo and find that you typically listen to your music at 90 dB, we’d recommend that you turn your volume down. You could be damaging your ears!

Check out this video review of one of the more popular iPhone decibel meters called, Decibel.

 Retweet This Post

The power of sound is being used to obliterate prostate cancer — without causing the serious side effects the come with other treatments.

Surgeons say the high-powered beam of ultrasound is so precise that it destroys tumors without damaging delicate surrounding tissues, including the nerves that are critical for male sexual function.

Surgeons use a highly focused beam of ultrasound to target prostate tumors with pinpoint accuracy.

A three-second burst of energy vaporizes an area smaller than a grain of rice.

It’s so precise that surgeons call it the male lumpectomy. Healthy tissue, including the urine tube that runs through the middle of the prostate, and nearby nerves that control erections are unlikely to be damaged, surgeons say.

FOXNews article

 Retweet This Post

Follow us on Twitter for more hearing wellness tips, become a fan on Facebook, and subscribe to our blog via RSS or email.

 Retweet This Post

If you work in an environment that has any amount of ambient noise like fingers on keyboards or loud phone conversations you are likely listening to your music at a much higher volume than you realize.

For example, if your work environment noise level is at a constant 80dB and you are listening to music on your headphones, in order to overcome that level of ambient noise you will have to turn your headphone above 80dB. And that’s a real concern because 90dB of sustained noise may result in hearing loss.

Also, after a long day a work most of us love to relax on our drive home while listening to some music, but the typical city noise level inside of a car is 85dB, which is just under the level of possible hearing damage.

The take home message here is that you must be aware of the level of noise around you because it plays a role in the volume of your own noise intake, whether it’s a portable music player or a cell phone. If you are serious about maintaining your hearing wellness you may want to consider our hearing supplement, PROHIERAN. It’s an all natural way of protecting your ears.

Technorati Profile

 Retweet This Post