Healthy Home Newsletter April 2018 - Volume XVl, Issue 4 | Page 5

Preventing Hearing Loss
As the popularity of portable music players increases, many health
experts are concerned about users’ hearing loss. Brian Fligor, an
audiologist at Children’s Hospital Boston, did a study on how loud and
how long you can safely listen to music through headphones. He found
that tight-fitting in-the- ear headphones, also called earbuds, are more
dangerous than over-the-ear versions because the sound is placed closer to
the eardrum. Fligor determined that it was safe to listen to music at a
volume level set to 60 percent of the dial (with 100percent being turned
on the highest setting) for about an hour. Using earbuds though, the safe
time for some models was just 30 minutes. The moral: turn down the
volume, and listen for shorter periods, especially if you’re using earbuds.
Experience “Supersonic Hearing”
If you’re stuck chatting up a “mumbler” at a cocktail party, lean in with
your right ear. It’s better than your left at following the rapid rhythms of
speech, according to researchers at the UCLA David Geffen School of
Medicine. If, on the other hand, you’re trying to identify that song playing
softly in the elevator, turn your left ear toward the sound. The left ear is
better at picking up music tones.
Another Funny April Fools’ Joke:
San Serriffe
In 1977 the British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven-
page supplement in honor of the tenth anniversary of San Serriffe, a small
republic located in the Indian Ocean consisting of several semi-colon-
shaped islands.
April Fun Facts
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Global Child Nutrition Month
Humor Month
Mathematics Awareness Month
April 18, 1982, Canadian
Constitution Act signed. This act
established new fundamental laws
and civil rights for Canadians. It
replaced the British North America
Act of 1867.
5. April 23rd is known as the Feast
day of the Patron Saint of
England.
6. On April 4, 1949, the North
Atlantic Treaty was signed.
7. On April 11, 1814, Napoleon
Bonaparte was exiled to the island
of Elba and he was abdicated as
Emperor of the French.
8. Good Friday - Friday before
Easter Sunday
9. April 5 - Arbor Day
10. April 22 - Earth Day
11. Thai New Year in Thailand
12. Khmer New Year in Cambodia
A series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of
this obscure nation. Its two main islands were named Upper Caisse and
Lower Caisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica.
The Guardian’s phones rang all day as readers sought more information
about the idyllic holiday spot. Few noticed that everything about the
island was named after printer’s terminology.
The success of this hoax is widely credited with launching the enthusiasm
for April Foolery that then gripped the British tabloids in the following
decades.
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