A Requiem for Hearing
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A popular inquiry these days is hearing aids ratings. Increased attention to hearing aids ratings has had a significant impact on various related websites.
Of course, you should do a complete investigation on hearing aids ratings. Obviously, one should learn as much as possible about hearing aids ratings. For more informationyou should search the web for hearing aids ratings.Do you use an iPod or Zune? A recent government study indicates that one in five youth are in danger of permanently losing their hearing if current trends with portable music players and ear-bud technology continue unchanged. This number translates into a staggering 6.5 million people with varying levels of hearing loss. The question is do we believe this will have long term effects on our youth and young adults, or for that matter, anyone utilizing this technology too much?
The simple answer is yes, ultimately these technologies will contribute to hearing loss and will continue to do so in the future until people understand the nature of hearing, hearing loss and what that will ultimately mean in their personal lives. I believe this is a continuing social trend and will have terrible consequences for users of these technologies. Furthermore, I believe that there is a social consequence that is unconsidered as these devices grow more popular and saturate our society. This is a multi-layered problem, personal, cultural and societal.
A few questions that have been asked while I did research included:
I see a degradation in the communication skills of our newest generations currently in high school, college and attempting to enter the workforce. They would rather text than talk, would rather use a video to interview and believe that their social media or brand is all it takes to identify them. Unfortunately, no matter what social media salespeople are telling you, real communication is still not only necessary, but critical to employment today.
This loss of communication skills is curious but growing, even while the number of ways we can communicate proliferates. Another correspondence of portable music use has been increased using the devices to ward off random conversation. A ride on the bus or subway shows just how prolific these devices have become and how little human interaction is taking place. Try to start a conversation anywhere today and you might be hard pressed to even be noticed.
These devices are being used to create an personal environment filled with constant sound saturation, choking off any personal dialog, introspection or self examination. Some may denote that introspection is a less than useful past time, but the human mind requires time to process its interactions, it work, its lifestyle, its family and friends and that introspection is how we become better human beings. Putting off introspection will not make developing your internal character any easier.
Social engagement is on life support; personal introspection can be delayed, perhaps forever, as long as you can keep the volume up. This will not lead to well adjusted, socially interactive or responsive human beings.
When you lose your hearing (notice I say when, not if), you will lose an entire world of abilities and experiences that you currently take for granted: You will lose your music, the thing you loved so well, you played your iPod or Zune or (insert brand name here) until it deafened you. You will never hear those sounds again. You may feel the vibrations if you get close enough to a loud speaker, but subtlety of sound is lost to you. Gone will be one of the greatest artistic expressions of the human species, second only to speaking; music. World travel will be diminished for you. No Gregorian chants in huge monasteries, no symphony in D minor at a magnificent concert hall, lost are the acappella sounds of African tribes who sing like angels, the sonorous majesty of a bagpipe on the moors, the roar of an African lion on a veldt, these will be sounds denied to you when your hearing has vanished completely. You will never hear your child’s voice or your grandchildren asking you to pick them up or run with them. No sound so sweet will ever grace your ears. You will lose the ability to drive, because you cannot hear the sounds of emergency vehicles, or the sound of horns warning you of impending danger. You will never receive a phone call without the use of some form of teletype or close captioning technology. You may not consider that much of a burden with the advances of technology and the prevalence of texting, but your hands (and your thumbs) will not be young forever, repetitive stress will catch up to you… You will never again hear the sounds of running water. If you haven’t stopped to appreciate it, get out to a water fountain in a park and sit and listen to it. I know you are busy, but slow down and just sit there for a half an hour. Feel the calm that washes over you. That will be gone as well. You will never hear the sound of your lover’s voice, or their breath in your ear. If you know what I am talking about, (and sooner or later you will) nothing will ever replace THAT sound. The sounds of your friends voices will be gone, the sounds of your television will be gone, the sounds of your movies will be gone. If you doubt those sounds are important, you can get a set of sound cancellation headphones and wear them for a week. Wear them everywhere. Notice how empty your world will appear. Everything is still there, but you simply won’t be participating at the same level. Don’t forget to learn to read lips (if you are a spy, you are already ahead of the curve), because most people will not know sign language; oh, I forgot to mention, you might want to learn to sign, since you are now considered disabled and might need an interpreter for legal documents, or medical procedures, or to even speak to anyone with any speed. And many of you will say, SO WHAT! I hate my life anyway, that is why I listen to ThrashPunkSoulDestroyer at 150 db (decibels) in the first place! It is to you I say, you may not always hate life. If you turned off your music and turned on your inner vision, you might learn just how good it could be. And what a terrible price it would be to discover that you love life only to realize that you will never hear it again.
I believe that such noise generating technology only adds to the overwhelming amount of unwanted sound or “noise pollution” already being generated by our world at large. If you live in an industrial or urban area, just walking the street exposes you to approximately 80-90 decibels of sound before you do anything else. Most people will put on their ear-buds (which channel the music directly into the ear canal) and turn it up loud enough to drown out the external noises. This means you are getting a full dose of sound, powerful enough to damage the ear drum at 100 decibels. That is the equivalent of a railroad train passing you at 5 feet! It is a proven fact, the longer you listen to high intensity sound, the more damage you do to your eardrum. The intense sound destroys and scars the hairs which help to transmit sound into your brain. Human ears were designed (use that word loosely, I don’t want arguments over WHO designed the human ear) to listen to the sound level of a human voice or human voices in limited numbers.
Most of our technology exceeds the threshold of the human voice with almost no effort. This includes lawnmowers, motorcycles, airplanes, and my personal nemesis (for which I see almost no utility whatsoever,) the Sunday morning, I am trying to sleep in, god-dammit I am hung over, sleep-destroying-from-100 meters, leaf-blower! Okay, lets get to some facts. Once hearing is lost, it can never be recovered. The human ear can hear a range of sounds. As the ear takes damage, the range of sound is diminished. A condition called tinnitus (also known as ringing in the ears) is the ear’s way of letting you know that you are losing access to a range of sounds. When sufficient ranges are lost, hearing loss is said to be occurring. Hearing loss is natural in humans, even those that live in rural settings due to the lessening of effectiveness of the ear’s sound generating mechanism, but this process should take many years and would normally not be an issue until the early 60′s.
With the preponderance of high intensity, steady-state noise most people are subjected to, we have seen a loss of hearing ability, earlier and earlier even in people who do not use personal music devices. Within the iPod crowd, we are expecting to see catastrophic numbers of people losing some range or possibly nearly all range of conversational hearing capabilities, due to their listening to music at catastrophic volumes equivalent to a high level rock concert for at least 4 hours a day (120-130 decibels, the equivalent of 12 to 14 times greater sound energy than the normally safest range of sound for the human ear!) A simple definition of noise is: Any unwanted sound. Yes, this means you with your iPod playing at 11 and I can hear you across the subway train that I am riding on. Yes the subway train at 110 db, and I can still hear your music more than 15 feet way from me. Yes, I hear your crappy rock band and wish I could be somewhere else but in nearly ever direction is someone else doing the same stupid thing. My only consolation is that in 15 years, I won’t have to put up with this because all of you will be deaf, and my stock in hearing aid companies will be skyrocketing! Back to the science of sound. It won’t be much longer, I promise. Noise is measured in decibels and the scale often employed dB(A) is weighted to the range perceived by the human ear. The decibel system is frequently misinterpreted as it is based on a logarithmic scale. This means that a sound level of 100dB(A) contains twice the energy of a sound level of 97dB(A). A rise of 10 dB in sound level corresponds roughly to a doubling of subjective loudness. Therefore a sound of 80 dB is twice as loud as a sound of 70 dB which is twice as loud as a sound of 60 dB. Correspondingly, the 80 dB sound is 4 times louder than the 60 dB sound. Distance plays an important role in the perceived sound level. Sound levels decrease by approximately 6 dB every time the distance from the source is doubled. Sound levels inside a property will be approximately 10dB less than those outside, even when a window is open. Noise not only affects hearing. It affects other parts of the body and body systems. It is now known that noise:
In fact research now suggests that noise may be causing 2000-4000 deaths annually as a result of an increase in cardiovascular disease Example Sound Levels With all of this new science around how sound affects us, it is not a surprise that the term “noise pollution” is gaining traction as a viable source of potential problem for most urban dwellers.
It is difficult to say whether this trend can be stopped. Most people simply do not know enough about hearing to be worried about its potential loss. They believe hearing aids will restore their ability to hear (they won’t, they cannot give you back ranges of sound you have lost, they simply move the sound into a range you may still be able to hear, but there is quality lost) or that science will find a cure for this inconvenience. It may, but no time soon, definitely not in time for our Generation Y and Millenials to have hearing after the age of 40 or so. Likely no scientific research on the restoration of hearing at this point will be helping the deliberate loss of hearing that will be occurring in epic proportions in the next twenty to thirty years. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Buy stock in hearing aid companies, I see big business soon!
In closing, I say to you this: You do not have to value your hearing. You can dispose of it just like you would any other natural resource that you started life with — your liver, your kidneys, your heart, your brain; you are free to do with those things what you like, they belong to you. But remember, once you lose the natural bounty that is yours; your senses, your means of interacting with the world and all of the inherent things that make life worth living will seem a little less bright. And yes, there are people who live without those senses right now, but not by choice and most would gladly trade places with you for an hour of what you have thrown away, simply because you were too unaware of its value to consider it important. Like most things human, you won’t miss it until its gone. Me, I am going to the library to listen to the silence..Thaddeus Howze © 2010, All Rights Reserved
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He has worked as an analytical versatilist (portmanteau of “versatile” + “specialist”) for 28 years in the information technology, communications and education industries. A renaissance thinker with expertise in business IT development, digital design and the educational technology market, he believes no problem goes unsolved with the proper application of logic, reason, and well-considered analysis. His diverse work experience allows him to provide dynamic insight into his clients business processes and maximizing the uses of technology in their environments.
Having a son diagnosed with autism and being a high-functioning autistic himself, Thaddeus is a tireless advocate for autism information in the community and uses Blogtalkradio to discuss with the general populace what the face of high-function autism looks like, the many capabilities of high-functioning autistics as well as the trials and tribulations associated with autism in all its many forms.
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September 14th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
National Law Journal, Fired Law Professor Gets Hearing, But It Confirms Her Termination, by Leigh Jones: A former professor who convinced a federal court that she was denied a tenure hearing before she was fired has nevertheless lost her bid to reclaim her old job. The U.S. District Court for…
October 25th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
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As for Reiji, yes he really did die at the end. He was shot by an assassin from Inferno.
November 6th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Yemeni army troops stand guard outside a court in Sanaa on November 6, 2010 during a new hearing in the trial of radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi, charged in absentia with links to Al-Qaeda and incitement to kill foreigners. AFP PHOTO/GAMAL NOMAN
November 24th, 2010 at 8:46 am
You're related to Superman? Seriously, you just are lucky enough to have super sensitive hearing.
November 28th, 2010 at 6:11 am
No we are not talking about Adolph Hitler or Joseph Stalin or Mao. We are reporting the words of a teenage Muslim who wanted to blow innocent people up at a Christmas celebration in Portland Oregon.
Mohamed Osam Mohamud is the latest American would be bomber. He is reported to have said: “I want whoever is attending that event to leave, to leave dead or injured.”
The FBI arrested this would be killer as he thought he was setting off the explosives. Thanks to the FBI the explosives did not exist. Bravo to the brave men and women who fooled this dangerous man.
The question for society is: Will we get serious about weeding out these dangerous people in our midst? We will learn from these near death experiences? Obviously the TSA harassing millions of innocent Americans is not the answer to our problems.
After hearing the news of this plot a friend wrote, “Guess Obama didn’t apologize enough for this kid.”
December 11th, 2010 at 4:44 am
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December 27th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
#nowplaying love song requiem – trading yesterday. ♥
December 28th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
thanx brother.
January 27th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
49 years old and I can still hear it! Yay me!
January 31st, 2011 at 4:43 pm
He shouldn't be shunned cuz ppl are human and no one should be deprived from hearing the word no matter who they sleep with.
February 1st, 2011 at 11:23 pm
i dont know man, call them up : )
February 3rd, 2011 at 4:40 pm
I think the song you are looking for is called "Charlotte's Mesosphere FedEx Skeet Quinceñera Abida Bida Boom.
It is performed by the renowned team of Susan Boyle and Zev Boim.
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February 6th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
"no no no…yes" nothing like hearing that from your coach while shooting in a game. F U coach Austin.
February 10th, 2011 at 8:19 am
orospu is the new “hafıs”.
February 17th, 2011 at 1:30 am
Just about every member of the the Senate Judiciary Committee seems amped up to pass some version of a controversial anti-piracy bill, the Combatting Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act (COICA). The bill would allow the government to quickly shut down websites that are accused of copyright infringement or the sale of counterfeit goods. At a hearing today, the senators heard testimony from two corporations—Verizon and Visa—whose assistance is seen as vital towards making such a system work. Lawyers from both companies said they’re willing to cooperate, but have concerns about a law that might go too far.
February 27th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Half an hour high strung, emotional roller coaster with Verdi's Dies Irae, Messa da Requiem.
February 27th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
lo strano caso del cane ucciso a mezzanotte
March 5th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Excellent idea! They would be learning a new language.
March 25th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
rica ederim, iyi dinle(n)meler.
April 12th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
yeah they do I got mine about a month later
April 15th, 2011 at 11:45 pm
WOOOOW great video. Love hearing your sexy voice
May 6th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
dou um real pra quem baixar "Réquiem Para um Sonho" pra mim
May 10th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Image: Artist: Requiem Album: Within Darkened Disorder Released: 2011 Style: Death…
May 11th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
haha no? really haha there used to loads of rumours about them i remember hearing one of them died. but i cant recall how
June 13th, 2011 at 2:35 am
Noise exposure over 90 dBA for over 8 hours is enough to begin to damage your outer hair cells in your cochlea. Over time that damage will become cumulative and permanent and result in loss from the 2-6 kHz range (higher pitched sounds). Impact/impulse noise can cause immediate hearing loss if it is sufficiently loud.
If people have to shout over the noise to be heard, its probably too loud to spend extended lengths of time in that environment without suffering a temporary hearing loss. If you're in doubt you're better off wearing ear plugs.
June 22nd, 2011 at 5:42 am
LOL
June 23rd, 2011 at 4:02 am
it is the Boston Celtics.
June 23rd, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Good reviews are music to an app developers ears.
June 29th, 2011 at 2:08 am
The petition was mentioned before a vacation bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik which posted the matter for hearing tomorrow. The bench accepted the plea of Tata’s counsel to file the petition later in the day.The counsel submitted that the company is seeking a direction for the state government not to create third party interest in the land. The Calcutta High Court had yesterday refused to pass an interim stay order observing that the Tata Motors Limited petition had no specific statement as to when the process of land distribution would start.The high court had noted the petitioner had submitted that if the prayer was not allowed and land distributed, the original petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 would become infructuous.Tata Motors had moved an ex-parte petition seeking stay on distribution of land expressing apprehension that it would be given back to “unwilling” farmers within a day or two.
July 1st, 2011 at 5:44 am
#nothingsmoreirritating then hearing BUTT ASS RAPPERS!! #gohomeanddie
July 4th, 2011 at 10:49 am
the place where you are plugging in the headphones isn't the only place the sound is coming out. That usually happens with the headphone outputs on the front of computers because the sound card doesn't recognize any audio outs other than what it physically has. Try using the speaker output on the back of the computer if possible (only if it won't get you in trouble – and definitely don't mess with any other cables). That will plug you directly into the sound card and fix your problem.
Another idea would be to turn down the master volume (usually found on the desktop or a button on the keyboard) and then, using the headphones in the same audio out you were using before, locate any volume buttons or dials. You may not even need it, as that output may have a set volume it'll play at.
Hope that helps =)
July 16th, 2011 at 7:05 am
Too Human studio receives grant to nearly double studio size with the addition of 80 new jobs. The Canadian government is generous with its tax subsidies and grants for the game industry, and a welcome recipient has been St. Catherine’s, Ontario-based Silicon Knights. This week, Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade announced that the Too Human developer has been granted funds to dramatically expand its operations with the creation of 80 new jobs. X-Men Destiny is the next big thing from Silicon Knights. The Ontario ministry did not expound on the particulars of its grant to Silicon Knights. However, it did note that in addition to creating the new jobs, the money would help “protect 97 existing positions” at the studio. Led by polemic game creator Dennis Dyack, Silicon Knights is known for its work on Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. After working exclusively with Nintendo during the late ’90s and…
August 27th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
August 30th, 2011 at 10:27 am
1. rendezvous—-rendez = gather, vous = you
2. repugnant—-pugn/a = to fight
3. requiem—-quies= quiet
September 13th, 2011 at 7:53 am
It was a “grand #conspiracy” theory described by Allen County Deputy Prosecutor Steve Godfrey to the court as “a load of crap.” By the end of the nine-hour hearing Thursday, Sexton had rehired his court-appointed attorney, Eric Koselke, and the trial …
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September 14th, 2011 at 2:45 am
WTF I keep hearing these noises
September 19th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
ben bu adamin bakislarindan cok rahatsiz oluyorum. filmlerini de izlemekte zorlaniyorum. :S ‘ihtiyarlara yer yok’ filminden sonra boyle oldum galiba.
October 20th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Which of the five senses could you NOT be without? If I ever lose my hearing, I think I might just kill myself #senseicantlivewithout
October 27th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
RT RT if u tired of hearing more of Tim Tebow and less Cam Newton
November 1st, 2011 at 12:01 pm
私も出ます。怖くないから観に来てください。チケット希望の方DMください。RT 【拡散歓迎】 11/4（金）19：00から、日本福音ルーテル東京教会で、「Requiem（管弦楽付）」等、フォーレ（G.Faure）作の曲を唱うコンサートに出演します。
November 4th, 2011 at 11:17 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 8:20 am
i love it at this tempo
January 28th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
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February 5th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Requiem for a dream
February 8th, 2012 at 7:47 am
I got a reply that JB does not want to get involved in friendfeed, and seems to want to get away from the PC to some degree. But he said I could share his email with anyone who wants it. I do not like posting emails on the internet, but should you have a desire to email him, just find one of his counterpunch articles… (he seems busy in the next few days, so perhaps give it a few days to avoid falling through the cracks). ~cheers
February 8th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
RT Hearing noises when home alone and just accepting the fact; you’re gonna die.
February 16th, 2012 at 3:45 am
[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : Do you like “Requiem for a Dream”?
March 10th, 2012 at 11:17 am
Исполнитель: Epica Альбом: Requiem For The Indifferent Год выпуска: 2012 Жанр: Gothic Metal Треки: 14 Продолжительность: 78:05 min Формат/Битрейт: MP3/320 kbps Размер: 179 мб
March 13th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
It’s funny hearing Americans or English people trying to pronounce Aoife:’) loads of my friends are called Aoife,haha:’]
March 18th, 2012 at 2:30 am
I hate hearing secrets that I’m not suppose to know , it makes me feel guilty , lol
March 23rd, 2012 at 9:32 am
RT Rather strange proceedings going on with the Duncan Keith discipline hearing for his elbow on Daniel Sedin.
April 1st, 2012 at 5:56 am
Filth – Requiem For A Dream (Dubstep Remix).flv
an amazing track.. a very strong music….
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