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Beware – constantly listening to music on your earphones could make you deaf!

October 1, 2012
September 24-30 is International Week of the Deaf! It's an all too familiar sight these days - people, mostly youngsters, with earphones on, listening to music on their i-Pods or mobile phones. The constant exposure to high …

Measuring your sleep pattern wirelessly

July 27, 2012
Feeling like you haven’t slept all night? A new sleep monitoring device will tell you exactly how much you have slept! The contact-free device, launched by GEAR4, is called Renew Sleep Clock. It is also capable of recommending …

Your iPod could make you deaf!

June 15, 2012
Listening to your iPod on full volume for just six minutes may cause irreversible hearing damage, say researchers. Edith Cowan University School of Psychology and Social Science researcher Paul Chang's new project focuses of …

Hooked to your iPod? There is a 25% chance you will suffer from early hearing loss

December 30, 2011
One in four teenagers are in danger of early hearing loss as a direct result of listening to music on their personal listening devices (PLDs) like MP3 players and iPods. Personal listening devices like iPods and better MP3 …