Here’s What Dr. Fligor Uncovered in an Important Study Music brings tremendous joy, but unsafe listening habits can lead to hearing loss. In fact, over a billion young people are vulnerable to irreversible hearing loss from unsafe listening habits, making...
Self-report and Long-Term Field Measures of MP3 Player Use: How Accurate Is Self-Report?
In a Study, How Accurate Is Self-Reporting? Ever wonder how honest you’d be if asked about how loud you crank up your music? This fun study, co-authored by our own Dr. Brian Fligor, digs into how accurate people are when...
Expert Hearing Care Can Lead to a Healthy Brain
Studies show that prioritizing your hearing health can lead to improved brain power, offering an exciting peek into the future of integrated health care.
Read MoreMusic to the Ears: Protecting Musicians’ Hearing
Dr. Fligor’s coauthored paper shows benefits of 3D-scanned earmolds How loud is life in the music business? You might be surprised to learn that “rock musician” is listed among the 10 loudest jobs in a fascinating online ranking that also...
Preventing Hearing Loss in Musicians
Solutions go beyond simply tuning out dangerous decibels Music offers joy and a meaningful livelihood for millions around the world, but experiencing it at unsafe volumes can lead to hearing loss. Professional musicians, for example, have a quadrupled risk of...
Sensorineural Hearing Loss & Diaphragmatic Hernias
Learn what our own Dr. Fligor found in a pediatric study How many new cases of sensorineural hearing loss appear in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH), and what drives the risk? Our own Dr. Brian Fligor, audiologist-in-chief and president...
Your Child Has Hearing Loss. You’re Not Alone.
Parent-Friendly Book Helps Demystify a Common Challenge It’s easy to think of hearing loss as just an inevitable part of getting older. It’s neither inevitable, however, nor simply confined to the latter years of life. In fact, nearly 2 out...
Preventing Headphone Hearing Loss in Kids
Dr. Fligor’s Pandemic-Era Insights Offer Key Guidance Today During the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of at-home time also meant quite a bit of headphone time. The increase in headphone use combined with potentially unsafe listening habits could jeopardize hearing...
Investigation Addresses Recreational Hearing Loss
Our own Dr. Fligor’s coauthored report also warns about tinnitus risk About 1.3 billion people have hearing loss related to excess noise, a common health hazard in many workplace and recreational settings. Finding ways to curb the problem has driven...
A New Kind of Custom Earbud
The Boston Globe Interviews Our Own Dr. Fligor Wireless earbuds have come a long way since their early days as bulky devices with limited battery life and frequent connectivity issues. Through further miniaturization; improved sound quality; more durable power; and...