Public health advisories typically emphasize diet, exercise, preventive medicine, and environmental safety—encouraging us to eat well, stay active, get checkups, and avoid hazards like tobacco and pollution.
Visual reminders of these priorities surround us daily, from grocery store produce displays to “No Smoking” signs. However, one critical health concern remains largely overlooked: protecting our hearing from the constant noise we face throughout each day.
A groundbreaking endeavor in hearing health research is being conducted by the University of Michigan School of Public Health in partnership with Apple and the World Health Organization (WHO) focused on advancing our understanding of how hearing could be impacted over time by exposure to sound at certain levels.
According to Rick Neitzel, professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Global Public Health at Michigan Public Health and the lead researcher on the Apple Hearing Study, this unique collaboration is helping to expand our understanding of how the sounds around us impact our hearing health, overall health and quality of life.
Read the article: Collaboration with Apple and World Health Organization studies sound exposure impacts on hearing
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