Hearing Loss

There is an article in the NYTimes today, it is definitely a concern.

Being eternally rosy in my optimism I shall point out these two bright sides:

"A landmark study in 1975 found that children in classrooms on the noisy side of a school had lower reading scores than those whose classes were on the quiet side."

and

"Once damaged, hair cells can neither be repaired nor replaced. The damage makes it difficult to hear high-pitched sounds, including certain speech sounds and the voices of women and children."

so the hearing loss should improve these children's reading skills and once they have grown into adults they will listen to fewer women and children!!

That fulfills this blog's cheeriness quota for whatever time frame is currently involved.

Be well!