Music training may help deter hearing loss

EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The brain can be trained to overcome, in part, some age-related hearing loss in those with musical training, U.S. researchers suggest.

Personal Health: Lifelines for People With Hearing Loss

This "hidden" disability, currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, may be the nation's most damaging sensory handicap.

Hearing loss might go unnoticed for years

Tuesday afternoon, representatives from Hear Inc. provided Western Stark County with the chance to find out how well they hear the world around them. Representatives from Hear Inc. visited the Massillon Family YMCA to provide free hearing tests to the community.

Musical training can avoid age-related hearing loss

Age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or offset with musical training, according to a new study from Northwestern University. The study is the first to provide biological evidence that lifelong musical experience has an impact on the aging process.

Turn down the sound on your iPod or risk early hearing loss

One in four teens might be at risk of early hearing loss due to too many hours listening - at too high a volume - to music on their iPods and other MP3 devices.