Category: Ultrasonic hearing

Directed Audio: New Technology for Mild Hearing Loss

Robert Traynor 1 Comment Audiology / Consumer electronics for hearing loss / Deafness / Differences in hearing / Directed Audio / Directional HEaring / HEaring Aid Stigma / Hearing aids / Hearing Devices / Hearing healthcare / Hearing impairment / Hearing loss / Hearing Loss Cures / Hearing Loss in the Elderly / New products for the hearing impaired / NEw Technology for the Hearing Impaired / Research in Hearing / Stigma and Hearing Aids / Television new technology / Television soundbars / Television speakers / television speakersystems / Television Ultrasound / Ultrasonic hearing

The Newest in Hearing Technology IS NOT a Hearing Aid! People with hearing loss are not alone.  They are among 32 million Americans and 360 million individuals worldwide with hearing loss.  Roughly 1/3 of individuals over age 65 have a significant hearing impairment, making hearing loss the third most common chronic condition among older Americans.On…

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Sonic Warfare: Noise as a Weapon

Robert Traynor 2 Comments Acoustic Cannon / Audiology / Audiology and War / Crowd Control / Hearing impairment / Hearing loss / Hearing loss worldwide / Noise Induced Hearing Loss / Psy OPS / Psychological Warfare / Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss / Sensory Research / Sonic Bullets / Sonic Warfare / Sonic Weapons / Ultrasonic hearing / Ultrasonic Weapons

Audiologists have long known that noise damages the auditory mechanism and that high level noise over 85-90 dBA for a long period of time can cause deafness. But what does it take in sound levels to produce a truly damaging weapon?   If you actually wanted to kill someone with a sonic weapon, there isn’t a…

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