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Holiday Gift Ideas for Pampering and Hearing Protection

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The silly season is right around the corner. Have you started your shopping or perhaps you enjoy the thrill of shopping on Christmas Eve and scooping up on the big sales. I can’t believe there was a time in my life where I waited until Christmas Eve to shop for everyone on my list. In one evening, I’d have all the shopping done in 3 hours and then spend the next few hours with a bottle of wine and rolls of wrapping paper.

Not anymore! With children, you have to plan quite some time in advance, and my days of a relaxing Christmas Eve shopping and wrapping presents are long done. The one salvation of Christmas shopping these days when you have children is the internet! No more paying a sitter so you can shop or asking your spouse to “baby sit” and then hear all the grumbling when you arrive home. Don’t you just love hearing those disparaging remarks after you’ve just spent 5 hours searching every store for the most popular toy of the season? “Why did it take you so long? Did you make the toys yourself?” Ugh! Continue reading →

Trouble Singing? Wear Earplugs!

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Well, perhaps your family does where earplugs when you attempt to sing, but seriously, I found an interesting article on wearing earplugs to improve your singing voice. So, if you truly are a singer or you have a child who shows promise, check this out.

Musician’s earplugs not only protect your ears from hearing loss, but they can help improve pitch. Plug your ears for a moment and talk or sing. Your voice will be much clearer to you. This is how earplugs can improve your pitch. You can hear yourself more clearly and better distinguish your pitch. Continue reading →

Turn It to The Left?

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Hearing loss information from overseas! The American Academy of Audiology has begun a “Turn It to the Left” program to try to convince parents and children to mind the decibel levels of various audio devices and toys.

According to the New York Times article, as many as one in eight children have noise-induced hearing damage, which means that over 500 million children have a disability that could have been prevented. Continue reading →