“Agi-son” launches a campaign to avoid hearing
The association of music professionals Agi-son launches an awareness campaign on the risks linked to listening to amplified music. From October 1st to the end of December, plus a poster campaign, earplugs and leaflets will be distributed in places at risk the operation partners in France. An information for musicians and especially to the young, [...]
Finding the hearing through surgery
Scientists based in Switzerland and South Africa have developed a method of physical intervention to recover losses hearing. Authors of an article published on August 29 in the journal PLos Computational Biology, they propose to re-settle the regions of the ear to recognize the frequencies lost.
All your questions on the hearing
What are the first signs of a decline in hearing?
In presbyacousie, the decline in hearing is insidious and often without the knowledge of the person concerned.
A poor understanding of speech in a place bruyantUn first signs is often a poor understanding of speech in a noisy environment, such as the restaurant or at a [...]
The hearing aids
The hearing aids or hearing aids, provide a hearing aid that improves the lives of millions of people are hearing impaired.
A sub equipment
Eprouver difficult to hear affects daily life: trade and conversations become increasingly difficult.
Barely 20% of hearing impaired people have a hearing, while the figure is around 50% in the United States for example.
The hearing
The hearing impairment or deafness, is a definite deterioration of the hearing impaired from the auditory system.
The statistics
5 million people in France have difficulty hearing.
40% of the deaf are aged under 55 years
More than 2 / 3 of people aged over 65 years are presbyacousie linked to the inevitable effect of ageing.
Hearing - tinnitus
The tinnitus are defined by the perception of auditory sensations abnormal.
Even called tinnitus, they are manifested by the perception of sounds in the absence of a sound source.
These noises are only heard in more than 95% of cases by the person who is the victim.
These sounds have an intensity and duration variable, changing from one [...]