hearing
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Man Gets Molten Metal in His Ear in Freak Welding Accident
Doctors in Australia say an unusual welding accident left a 60-year-old man with steel lodged in his right ear. In a new case study, they detail how the metal punctured the man’s eardrum, causing him to lose some hearing and develop tinnitus. Luckily, he avoided more serious injury and his hearing was restored after the…
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Big Tech Election Interference Hearing Interrupted by U.S. Senator’s Election Interference Scandal
Thank the gods for Lindsey Graham’s alleged spineless criminality. Without the presence of the senator from South Carolina, today’s Big Tech hearing on censorship and election interference on social media might’ve been completely off-topic.
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Is Cleaning Your Ears With Cotton Swabs Really That Dangerous?
A real-life horror tale that’s gotten renewed media attention last year is sure to make you think twice about digging earwax out of your ears. An Australian woman says she developed a life-threatening infection that ate away parts of her skull after years of swabbing her ears with cotton. But how likely is that scenario…
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Study Claims White Noise Can Damage Your Brain, But Don’t Panic
A recent research review suggests that white noise, the soothing, fuzzy soundtrack so many of us rely on to sleep or block out distractions, could actually be dangerous. It argues that exposure to the random, unstructured sounds that make up white noise can alter the brain’s neural connections that help us perceive sound, leaving us…