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The last Blue Angel has landed...but the ears of two million Chicago spectators are still ringing.
"Millions of hearing hair cells are dying, "says Chicago audiologist Dr. Ronna Fisher Au.D. "If you're lucky the ringing will stop and your hair cells will recover."
But studies suggest some spectators at this year's Chicago Air and Water Show won't be lucky. A Blue Angel F-18 Hornet 500 feet up exposes a spectator to 105-130 decibels of noise.
"That's more than enough to cause hearing damage," says Dr. Fisher.
The government says exposure to 15 minutes of noise above 100 decibels is unsafe. Average noise levels at air shows are 92 decibels[1] (like being next to a power drill or diesel truck). What's more Chicagoans will be exposed to those levels for up to five hours!
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By Marc Davis
A migraine without a headache seemed like a contradiction to Sharon Gruszka when she was recently diagnosed.
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Plenty of people have trouble hearing, but for some, what is perceived as a problem with the ears might actually be trouble in the brain.
"It's not that the hearing instrument doesn't work in a noisy place, it's the brain," said Ronna Fisher, founder of Hearing Health Center in Chicago, Naperville and Elmhurst.
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When Ronna Fisher found out that hearing loss is the No. 1 disability among American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Chicago audiologist decided to do something to help.
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