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I’m sure I’m not the first person to warn you about the dangers of loud noises. Our ears are remarkably sensitive organs and they can suffer permanent damage after a surprisingly short exposure to sounds in excess of 100 decibels (dB). It’s why people who routinely work with heavy machinery wear hearing protection. But for everyone else who simply goes about their lives doing normal things like listening to music, the threat of hearing damage seems like a faraway risk, not something that needs to be guarded against. And that’s exactly wrong. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a slow-moving epidemic. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) estimates that more than 40 million (about 12%) of American adults ages 20-69 have some kind of hearing loss . Half of these people don’t experience any loud sounds at work. What makes NIHL so insidious is that it’s almost impossible to detect in its early stages. Because it’s cumulative, repeated loud … [Read more...] about A deafening epidemic: The rise of noise-induced hearing loss, and how to stop it

There are laptop deals for different brands across various retailers, so if you need to upgrade your machine or add another one to your arsenal, you won’t have a hard time looking for an offer that fits your needs and budget. However, if you’re an Apple fan, looking for discounts on MacBooks is a more difficult task. While they’re harder to find, there are some MacBook deals out there, if you know where to look. One such source is Amazon, which is selling the MacBook Air with a $100 discount to lower its price to $899 from $999; the 13-inch MacBook Pro with a $200 discount to lower its price to $1,799 from $1,999; and the 16-inch MacBook Pro with a $300 discount to lower its price to $2,499 from $2,799. MacBook Air – $899, was $999 The MacBook Air , the entry point into Apple’s MacBook line, is powered by the 10th-generation Intel Core i3 processor, Intel Iris Plus Graphics, and 8GB of RAM, which makes it more than capable of smoothly running several apps at once for … [Read more...] about These are the best MacBook deals on Amazon today – MacBook Air, MacBook Pro