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Although research is limited, it suggests that increased exposure to loud noise through personal listening devices is a risk factor for noise induced hearing loss. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] A systematic review of adolescents and young adults reports that over half of the research subjects had been exposed to sound through music exposure on personal devices ...
The Hum is a name often given to widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise audible to many but not all people. Hums have been reported all over the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
"The explosion was significant," the news release said. "Truck parts were sent airborne, landing up to several blocks away. A shock wave caused substantial property damage in the immediate area.
Noise-induced threshold shifts are seen as a notch on an audiogram from 3000 to 6000 Hz, but most often at 4000 Hz. [16] Exposure to loud noises, either in a single traumatic experience or over time, can damage the auditory system and result in hearing loss and sometimes tinnitus as well. Traumatic noise exposure can happen at work (e.g., loud ...
Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is an abnormal sensory perception during sleep in which a person experiences auditory hallucinations that are loud and of short duration when falling asleep or waking up. [2] [4] The noise may be frightening, typically occurs only occasionally, and is not a serious health concern. [2]
Towering flames and thick plumes of smoke engulfed a Queens strip mall early Saturday afternoon. One firefighter was taken to Northwell Health with minor injuries from battling the two-alarm blaze ...
Two people have been arrested and are facing charges of felony child abuse after a one-month-old baby was discovered in the median of a road Christmas morning.
A law in California that defines "destructive device" includes a list of "weapons" including "[any] sealed device containing dry ice (CO 2) or other chemically reactive substances assembled for the purpose of causing an explosion by a chemical reaction". [11] [12] In Nebraska [13] and other States the noise generated may violate local laws.