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Why Don't Roosters Go Deaf From Their Own Crowing?

1/31/2018

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Science has solved the mystery.

Anyone who has lived on or near a farm that raises chickens can relate. Roosters are very loud. And scientists have often wondered they seem to be immune to their own noise.

A new study finally reveals the answer, BGR.com reports: they have built-in earplugs.

Researchers from two universities in Belgium have just published a study in the journal Zoology that describes the mechanism that prevents roosters from damaging their own hearing.

The first step was to determine just how loud a rooster’s crowing actually is, and their data indicated an average intensity of over 100 decibels: roughly as loud as a car horn, and right at the “threshold of discomfort” for human hearing.  It's definitely loud enough to cause deafness over time.

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Saffron Supplement Improves Eyesight, Slows Macular Degeneration

1/30/2018

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Studies show the benefits of the flower-derived spice.

Recent clinical studies show vision-enhancing benefits of saffron, ProHealth reports. 
 
In recent studies, patients experienced improvement in vision, measured by the ability to see an average of two additional lines on the eye chart commonly used by physicians to test vision. 

Saffron has been shown to protect and prevent the steady breakdown of light-sensitive cells in the center of the retina, the macula. This addresses the root cause of age-related macular degeneration. 

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Deaf British Girl Prepares for the Oscars

1/29/2018

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Short film 'The Silent Child' has been nominated.

Maisie Sly, who was born profoundly deaf, has been invited to the awards show after impressing critics and audiences with her performance in the short film 'The Silent Child' - her first film role, the UK's Daily Mail reports.

The 20-minute film tells the story of a deaf girl born to hearing parents who struggle to cope with their daughter's condition.

Maisie landed the role after her dad, who is profoundly deaf in one ear and uses a hearing aid, responded to a Facebook ad looking for deaf four- and five-year-olds.

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Blind 17-Year-Old Is a Standout Musician

1/25/2018

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"I don't really see it as a disability."

Ashlee Thao is a senior at Shawnee Mission South High School in Kansas City, Kansas.

She's also standout musician, playing both the piano and violin, KSMS TV reports.


"Playing the piano and playing the violin can still be extremely visual," Ashlee says. In fact, being blind "amplifies what I am doing."

Ashlee lost her vision to cataracts at the age of 6 months. 

"I don't really see it as a disability," she told KSMS. "I see it, like I said, as a tool."
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Her orchestra teacher agrees. "She's one of the hardest workers that I have ever met," he said.

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Deaf Mom Sues Little Mix Concert Promoter

1/24/2018

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"I wanted to share the same experience my daughter had."

The deaf mother of a Little Mix fan is suing the group's promoter because she could not understand the concert she attended, the UK's Telegraph newspaper reports.

Sally Reynolds bought six tickets last year to see the band in concert on September 1 in Sussex.

The tickets were for herself, two other deaf mothers and their daughters who are all able to hear. She asked the promoter, LHG Live, to provide a British Sign Language interpreter.

The company offered to give Reynolds care tickets, so they could bring their own interpreters. 

Ms Reynolds told the BBC: "We asked two or three times, please can you provide the interpreter for us, and the explanation we got back was just a 'no'."
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Weak Eyesight Is No Problem for Korean Tennis Star

1/23/2018

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Chung Hyeon beats Novak Djokovic, advances to quarterfinals in Australian Open.

Chung Hyeon started playing tennis after a doctor recommended that the green court might help his weak eyesight.

He is now savoring the biggest win of his career against 12-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic, AFP reports.

His trademark thick white-rimmed glasses have earned him the nickname "the Professor."

He models his game on Djokovic, who is his idol, and it paid off on Monday.

Chung is the first player from South Korea to reach the last eight of a Grand Slam.

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A Deaf Teenager Signs Her Way Into Poetry Slam

1/22/2018

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Documentary 'Deaf Jam' tells her story.

Deaf Jam is the story of Aneta Brodski's journey into the spoken word slam scene.

Aneta, an Israeli immigrant living in the Queens section of New York City, eventually meets Tahani, a hearing Palestinian slam poet.

The two women embark on a collaboration, creating a new form of slam poetry that speaks to both the hearing and the Deaf.

You can see the trailer here.
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Nonprofit Support Gets Harder With New Tax Structure

1/18/2018

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Still, there are ways to make charitable donations count.

If you're a middle-class taxpayer, the new tax law passed by Congress​ last year may make it harder for you to support your favorite charities.

That's because the standard deduction has nearly doubled, from $6,350 to $12,000.  For many taxpayers, it may no longer make sense to itemize their deductions -- and that means they may not get a tax break for their charitable contributions.

But there are still a couple of ways to make charitable donations count. In an interview on NPR's 'Marketplace,' Washington Post columnist Allan Sloan offered a couple of suggestions.

Taxpayers over the age of 70 1/2 who have retirement funds are required to take some money out of those funds: the "required minimum distribution." And that money is taxable.

But Sloan suggests that they instruct the fund administrator to divert some of that money directly to their favorite charities. That reduces the amount that's taxed, effectively giving the taxpayer a break.

If you're not old enough to take advantage of this strategy (or if you don't have a retirement account),  Sloan offers the alternative of a donor-advised fund.

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A Daily Cup of Tea May Prevent Glaucoma, Study Says

1/17/2018

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(Sorry, coffee doesn't work.)

A small study published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology reveals that enjoying “a spot of tea” may help lower your risk of developing glaucoma by 74 percent, Reader's Digest reports.

Researchers reviewed data from health and diet questionnaires of 1,678 people who participated in a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in the United States. Participants were asked about their caffeinated and decaffeinated drinking habits over a 12-month period.

When comparing the data for those who drank caffeinated tea daily to those who did not, it turned out the daily tea drinkers had a lower risk of developing the disease. However, there were no benefits to consuming iced tea, decaffeinated tea, coffee, or soda.

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MRI Predicts How Well Deaf Children Can Learn Language

1/16/2018

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With cochlear implants, some children still lag behind.

Cochlear implants have improved language learning in deaf children since being approved by the FDA in 1991, but some still lag behind their normal hearing peers.

Now researchers are hoping to bridge that gap with the help of a new tool. In a recent study, brain MRIs were able to predict language learning in deaf children after they received a cochlear implant, Chicago Tonight reports.

Scientists used brain MRIs of normal hearing and deaf children to capture abnormal patterns in children with hearing loss before they received cochlear implants.

The MRIs were used to construct a machine-learning algorithm to predict language development, according to Patrick C. M. Wong, a cognitive neuroscientist, professor and director of the Brain and Mind Institute at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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