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Nov 3, 2019 · By David Owen. November 3, 2019. New York City discontinued all hearing screening of students in 2009, but undiagnosed hearing loss can put students on the wrong educational path. Photograph by ...
Apr 3, 2017 · hearing loss is, worldwide, the "fifth leading cause of years lived with dis- ability." Hearing problems can lead to social isolation and cognitive decline, both of which make getting older—it- self a cause ofhearing loss—seem worse than it does already. In recent years, scientists searching for ways to restore hearing have made
May 6, 2019 · David Owen has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1991. He is the author of “ Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World .” More: Noise Pollution Health Environment Sounds Hyperacusis
Jan 12, 2022 · “Owen, a New Yorker staff writer, wrestles with the complexities of the human ear in this informative…illuminating account of human hearing.” —Publishers Weekly “In Volume Control David Owen brings his superb skills as a reporter and storyteller to the increasingly urgent issue of hearing loss. The baby-boomers are aging—and so are ...
May 13, 2019 · THE NEW YORKER, MAY 13, 2019 27 TNY—2019_05_13—PAGE 27—133SC. BW first think of when they think of hear-ing loss is amplified music, the appeal of which may be biological. In 1999, two scientists at the University of Man-chester, in England, conducted an ex-periment in which they had students listen to songs at dance-club volumes,
Jan 14, 2020 · So when I heard (so to speak) about New Yorker writer David Owen’s book Volume Control about his bout with hearing loss and ways to treat it, I knew that this was something to dive into. There, he tells not just his own struggles but also the hearing problems of many of his friends, family and clinic patients and all the recent scientific and ...
May 7, 2020 · May 7, 2020. In his latest book, “ Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World ,” journalist David Owen of The New Yorker writes, “Deafness is expensive. Earplugs aren’t.”. ASHA Voices speaks with Owen about his recent book, and what he’s learned about our noisy world. “In one way, people are much more aware of the danger of ...
