As a leading manufacturer of innovative hearing protection and sound management solutions Crescendo Hearing Protection is always excited with initiatives to create awareness to prevent hearing impairment. Especially amongst the younger generation, hearing loss and prevention deserves a lot more attention. We are happy to be associated with the I Love My Ears campaign. This campaign started in 2014 to create more awareness amongst […]
Austrian researchers have developed a test that can measure a persons sensitivity to obtaining hearing damage, as can be read on hear-it.org. It seems some people are more likely to obtain noise induced hearing loss than others. The Institute of Environmental Health in Vienna developed the test and it works quite simple. Participants are briefly […]
Carnival 2017 is just around the corner. In a few weeks the costume parties erupt once again. There is however a downside to the festivities. Many people obtain hearing damage during Carnival. This is mainly due to loud music during parades and in pubs. The noise often exceeds the safe standard of 85dB. If you […]
From an article in Techtalk: Walking with ‘things in your ears’ is very common these days. This in contrast to 10 years ago, when Engbert Wilmink decided to start developing ‘smart’ hearing protection. Now his company Dynamic Ear Company is the global market leader in the field of acoustic filters. And Dynamic Ear keeps developing […]
Spinnin’ Records has teamed up with recognized earplug supplier Earproof for the global campaign MORE MUSIC. Goal is to create awareness for the effect loud music can have on the ears, underlined with the creation of exclusively made Spinnin’ earplugs. It’s a well known problem in the music scene, the noise your ears are exposed […]
One third of all festivalgoers leave a music festival early because the music is too loud. This according to research conducted by the Dutch National Hearing Foundation. Seven out of ten people come home from a festival with a ringing in their ears. According to the Hearing Foundation, this number is huge. Music at festivals […]
Music levels during fitness classes can reach up to 115 dB, as can be read on hear-it.org. These noise levels can lead to serious hearing damage for participants as well as instructors. Spinning classes prove to be the worst offenders, but classes like Zumba and Body Pump reach dangerously loud music levels as well. With […]
One in six European adults suffer from hearing damage, according to the survey ‘Evaluation of the Social and Economic Costs of Hearing Impairment’. This is equivalent to about 71 million people. There was previously assumed this number was much lower, only one in ten Europeans. The people in this group have a hearing loss greater […]
Hearing damage is a significant problem in the world of classical music, according to the BBC. More than a quarter of the approximately one hundred players of the Royal Opera House suffer from some hearing illness. In the 2013/2014 season, 117 weeks of sick leave were taken because of hearing related problems. A total of seven […]
One in four young Dutch people is affected by hearing loss. This has mainly to do with listening to loud music while going out or using portable music players. They would really benefit from using hearing protection, for instance the Crescendo Music. Read the full article on hear-it.org.