Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Posted onNoise-Induced Hearing Loss is a hearing impairment resulting from gradual or sudden exposure to loud sound. Overstimulation of hearing cells [ Read more … ]
Our articles that discuss the effects of sounds and silence on people, and the various treatments, practices, and activities that incorporate sounds and/or silence to improve physical, psychological, and spiritual health and wellbeing.
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss is a hearing impairment resulting from gradual or sudden exposure to loud sound. Overstimulation of hearing cells [ Read more … ]
Hyperacusis is an affliction that presents itself as an increased sensitivity to sound(s) and a low tolerance for environmental noise, [ Read more … ]
The phenomenon of Awkward Silence is well-known around the world, but it depends very much on the culture, the language, [ Read more … ]
In a general sense, most people feel that to be able to concentrate they need a silent and calm environment. [ Read more … ]
A Musicogenic Seizure — or Musicogenic Epilepsy — arises from abnormal brain electrical activity when a person hears or is [ Read more … ]
Noble Silence is thought to originate as a phrase and directive from Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), the founder of Buddhism. [ Read more … ]
An Auditory Hallucination, medically called Paracusia, involves hearing a sound or sounds that did not come from the natural environment. [ Read more … ]
Sonar is typically a technique that uses sound broadcasting and receiving equipment (usually underwater, but also through the air, or [ Read more … ]
Phantom Vibration Syndrome (PVS) or Phantom Ringing Syndrome is the idea or perception that one’s smartphone (or other communication device) [ Read more … ]
Noise pollution, also called sound pollution, is sound that is unwanted and has negative effects on human or animal life, [ Read more … ]