It's just a fact of life: As we get older, our hearing declines, little by little. Although many of us have noticeable hearing loss by the time we're in our 40s, most of us don't act on it until later ...

Noise-induced hearing loss can be temporary or permanent ... Decibels function on a logarithm scale, so 20 dB is not twice as loud as 10 dB. Small increases in dB mean big increases in the ...

Sound is an important component of health and happiness, but with hearing loss, sometimes things are too quiet. Other times too loud. It's complicated!

Aging Health. 2012;8(2):107-109. Of special concern when considering hearing in aging is the loss of hair cells located on the basilar membrane in the cochlea in the inner ear: some 12,000 ...

Your world might be getting quieter, and you may not even realize it. While most people associate hearing loss with aging or loud concert venues, ...