NIOSH and Your Hearing
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to “generate new knowledge,” and the agency is heavily focused on research. NIOSH also engages in training and education, and it develops recommendations for workplace safety.
How OSHA Works to Prevent Hearing Loss at WorkYour hearing is precious. Hearing loss from chronic exposure to loud noise can cause permanent hearing impairment or short-term discomfort, such as tinnitus, or ringing in your ears, and stress from listening to loud noises. It can happen at home or work. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA is a powerful federal organization that works to reduce workplace hearing loss and provide useful information so you can protect your hearing.
Hearing Loss and Your Child’s DevelopmentHearing is critical to an individual’s language and speech development, learning and overall ability to communicate. Children who have trouble listening due to a loss of hearing or problems processing auditory cues will tend to be under served in the overall population.
Unitron Takes Hearing to the Next LevelUnitron is an exceptional company that has worked to help develop and produce the new and innovative technology of today. They have been offering their hearing aids for quite some time now and they are not going anywhere anytime soon.
What Do You Do If Your Hearing Aids Need Repair?Hearing aids are an amazing solution to those who have suffered from hearing loss. Gone are the days of big, bulky and uncomfortable devices that are embarrassing to be seen wearing and emit loud squeals without warning. The hearing aids of today are small, sleek and discrete