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THURSDAY, Feb. 19 ( HealthDay News ) -- Vitamin supplements appear to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in lab animals, a new study shows. According to researchers, the finding suggests that it may be possible to create a pill that protects against noise-induced and even age-related hearing loss in humans. Two studies found that giving supplements containing antioxidants [ beta carotene and vitamins C and E] and the mineral magnesium to test animals before they were exposed to a loud noise prevented both temporary and permanent hearing loss. In the first study, vitamin supplements protected guinea pigs exposed to four hours of 110-decibel noise, similar to levels reached at a rock concert. In the second study, vitamin supplements prevented hearing loss in mice exposed to a single loud noise. The findings were to be presented Wednesday at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology annual meeting. Previous research showed that antioxidants can also protect h...

Noise can be classified into different colors based on spectral density. There is such a thing as a white, pink, red or brown, blue or azure, violet or purple, and grey noise. Other ‘less official” colors of noise are red, orange, green, black, noisy white and noisy black. Their definitions and characteristics are so technical and definitely not interesting. What might catch your attention however is the effect of one noise color in calming crying babies. Read on. If you were a baby, you'd cry too. After being thrust into a world full of strange people, strange sights and strange sounds, you'd want to return to the womb; a happy haven where it was warm, cozy, and the sound that lulled you to sleep was a pleasant kind of whooshing. Experts believe that you can significantly decrease crying associated with colic and recreate this whooshing noise by playing white noise for your crying baby. White noise is all around us. The humming of a fan, the road noise in the car...