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Over an iced chamomile tea at the midtown Radiance Tea House & Books, whose ambient noise level is not much louder than a coffee percolator's, Gregory Scott Farber described the app he created, SoundPrint, as "Yelp for noise." The free program allows users to search for and grade restaurants and bars according to their sound level.
It wouldn't make much sense to require employees at Best Buy to understand the inner workings of vacuum tubes. Or to mandate that Apple Store staffers be fluent in the ancient language of telephone switchboards.
The U.S. State Department has sent "a number of individuals" from the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China back to the U.S. after screenings showed they may have been affected by mysterious health problems similar to what diplomats experienced in Cuba. Two weeks ago, the agency said one government employee in Guangzhou experienced "vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure," similar to the unexplained incidents - sometimes described as "sonic attacks" - that recently sickened staffers in Cuba.
A new special publication orchestrated by five of the nation's leading hearing experts compiles the latest research into hearing loss caused by drugs and solvents - how it occurs, how to treat it, and how to prevent it. The compilation is being published online as a special research topic by the journal Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience .
The U.S. embassy in Havana will make staff reductions permanent in the wake of still-unexplained health "attacks" that caused symptoms consistent with mild traumatic brain injury in at least 24 Americans, the State Department announced Friday. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ordered the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. mission in Havana on Sept.
TRICARE's website states the company's mission is to "enhance the Department of Defense and our nation's security by providing health support for the full range of military operations and sustaining the health of all those entrusted to our care." I am a married 66-year-old veteran with three grown children.
One of the last things the Senate did before leaving town for August was pass the Food and Drug Administration user fee reauthorization act by a lopsided vote total. This was mostly a house keeping bill.
The Manchester Alumni Association will recognize its Distinguished Alumni Award winners June 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Prestwick Country Club, located at 2220 Raber Road. Association officials announced award recipients are: Elca Swigart, Ph.D., Class of 1957, Alumni Achievement Award; Dr. Vincent Sudimak, Class of 2001, Early Career Achievement Award; Al Knack, Class of 1973, Leadership Excellence Award; Joe Ashley, Class of 2000, Posthumous Panther Alumni Award; and Sam Reynolds, Outstanding Educator Award.
Sixty percent of veterans returning home suffer from hearing loss, tinnitus, or auditory disorders now considered the most prevalent injury among returning veterans. This is according to the Hearing Health Foundation.