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Say What?
….Your Kid’s Hearing May Be at Risk by Malia Jacobson
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ids aren’t generally known for their superb listening skills. But if yours constantly responds with “What?” when spoken to, insists on blistering music volume and seems frustrated or withdrawn at school or home, something larger could be at play. Rates of hearing loss in adolescents have spiked dramatically in recent years. Your child could be one of millions with noise-induced hearing damage, a condition that could have an impact on everything from safe driving to school success. SOUNDING OFF The chorus of “What?” is getting louder; hearing loss in adolescents has increased 31 percent since 1988, according to a 2010 study, with one in five teens now affected. For many, the hearing loss is noiseinduced, and it’s permanent. The Journal of Pediatrics reports that 12.5 percent of kids ages 6–19 have suffered permanent damage to their hearing from excessive exposure to loud music, video games and environments. That’s a growing problem, because according to a new Pennsylvania State University report, school hearing screenings don’t detect noiseexposure hearing loss, leaving teens at risk for undetected hearing loss, which can put a strain on academic progress, college prep, relationships
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and home life. Even mild hearing impairment can undermine speech and language development, and require school accommodations such as speech therapy and auditory training. But parents who don’t know there is a problem can’t seek help. Noiseinduced hearing loss in children and adolescents is underreported, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Teens often don’t realize their hearing is subpar until they’ve already fallen behind in school, says Rebecca M. Fischer, Ph.D., a professor of audiology and director of the Communication Disorders program at Middle Tennessee State University. “Teens don’t usually notice a gradual change or loss in their hearing,” she says. “Usually, the ones to notice a teen’s hearing damage are relatives and friends. And sometimes, hearing damage sustained during teen years doesn’t show up as hearing loss until the 20s or 30s.” A DULL ROAR What is hurting teens’ hearing? Most likely, it’s their behavior, Fischer says, specifically, the near-constant use of iPods and other personal listening devices. The Journal of Pediatrics study points to excessively loud earbuds for the spike in children’s f i n d
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hearing problems; the 115-decibel maximum volume on an iPod Shuffle is as noisy as a sandblaster or a loud rock concert, and loud enough to permanently damage hearing with regular use. “Look around any high school or college campus, and you see teens and young adults with earbuds in, all the time,” Fischer says, noting these devices aren’t regulated to protect young listeners. By contrast, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) strictly regulates noisy work environments to protect hearing. Employers whose work environments are above 85 decibels (construction sites or airports, for example) have to provide a hearing conservation program for employees, i n clu d i ng wor k s h op s , n oi s e protection devices like earplugs, and hearing tests, Fischer says. But a teen with an iPod or video game system can take in well above the level that OSHA deems safe, every day, for years. Because personal listening devices are just that - personal - tracking and regulating use is difficult, says Stacey D. Watson, M.S., an audiologist with Seattle’s Swedish Medical Group. The sound is under the user’s control, and because teens are often away from a parent’s watchful gaze, parents probably won’t know if a
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teen is spending hours drenched in (literally) deafening sound. HEARING 101 Hearing mechanics are complex, but essentially, sound enters the cochlea, the spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, and causes cilia (tiny hairs) to vibrate. Thanks to the cochlea’s extra-sensitive nerve endings, the brain reads these movements as sound. But over time, exposure to high levels of sound can damage the cilia and impair hearing permanently. Though hearing can be temporarily muffled after a single episode of loud noise — a raucous concert or a jet taking off — the inner ear usually bounces back from these relatively isolated incidents. But daily, extended, long-term earbud use is different, because the ear rarely gets a chance to heal when the listening device is always in use. “Sound is really pressure,” Fischer says. “Think of the pressure of water on a grassy beach. Over time, the water comes ashore, and if the water has enough power, the grasses are washed away.” That’s how loud noise permanently compromises hearing eventually, the pressure destroys the inner structure of the ear — and why constant exposure to high levels of it is so damaging, she says. At first, this type of hearing damage CONTINUED ON PAGE 3… PAGE 1
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continued from front cover… affects the ability to hear higher frequencies of sound, including the softer sounds of speech, such as the “s” or “th” sounds, says deaf author and speaker Karen Putz, M.A.,
HEARING PROTECTION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS Kids don’t just need hearing protection for listening to music — they need it if they’re making music, too. Band members (whether the band is at school or in the family garage) and college music majors can be exposed to damaging levels of sound daily. Young musicians can protect their hearing with specially designed, high-fidelity earplugs that reduce sound without changing it, allowing musicians to hear bandmates. (Check out Musicians Earplugs.) And hearing protection for concerts is a must; DownBeats earplugs are an affordable option that won’t offend style-conscious teens.
who penned The Parenting Journey: Raising Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and writes the Deaf Mom blog. “This can make it difficult for a teen to hear well in the classroom, in noisy situations and in crowds,” Putz says. “Women and children have voices in the higher frequencies, making it more challenging for a teen with noise-induced hearing loss to understand them.” SOUND SAFEGUARDS As attached as kids are to their earbuds, parents can exercise some influence, Fischer says. If a child listens to a device or plays a video game at a “10” (maximum) volume, ask them to back it off to 8 or 9 for a week and stay there. “Over time,
they’ll realize that they can actually enjoy sound without it being so loud.” For daily iPod use, aim for the “twothirds/one hour” rule: The volume dial should be turned up no more than two-thirds of the way, and kids should limit use to one hour at a time. “If a person can’t hear someone talking to them while listening to a personal music player, the volume is too loud,” Watson says. For iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, parents can set a volume limit and prevent changes to that setting in the devices by entering “Settings” and viewing General/Restrictions. Complaints of ringing or other sounds in the ears (known as tinnitus), pain the ears or a feeling that the ears are “plugged up” are signs to ease off on personal music players for a few days. If hearing loss is suspected, an online hearing test can provide some insight, with follow-up by an
audiologist if needed, Putz says. Relatively minor lifestyle tweaks can make a major impact on hearing quality, and quality of life, Fischer says. “Our hearing mechanism is pretty wonderful” — and too valuable not to protect. Malia Jacobson is an award-winning health and parenting journalist and mom of three. Her latest book is Sleep Tight, Every Night: Helping Toddlers and Preschoolers Sleep Well Without Tears, Tricks, or Tirades.
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ley’s life perfectly happy, is caught with Sadness in a transport tube and whisked away to Long-Term Memory storage. Without Joy or Sadness in headquarters, Anger and Fear try to hold Riley’s personality together while Disgust pushes all the wrong buttons. Along with an old memory named Bing-Bong, Joy and Sadness navigate the brain’s different departments on Riley’s Train of Thought hoping to find a way back to head-
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OUTLYING AREA EVENTS Oktoberfest in Florence. Think robust laughter, great food, stout bier, wonderful music, fabulous dancing, fun games, exciting raffles and of course, a wiener dog race. October 3rd, Florence Events Center, 8:30am – 7pm, $510, Ph 541-997-1994
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7 WEDNESDAY Ideas on Tap. Fungi and the Forest. Enjoy Claim 52 craft beers and thought-provoking discussions about science, culture and more with botanist Molly Widmer and wildlife biologist Chris Melotti. Adult only event. Sprout!, 7-9pm, Ph 346-3024, FREE!
9 FRIDAY Springfield Art Walk. Every second Friday join a guided tour of local art and murals. Meet local artists, musicians and merchants in beautiful downtown Springfield. Venues and artists change monthly. Main Street Springfield, 5-8pm, FREE! Ph 541-345-7106
Sputnik Day. Make star wheels that help stargazers navigate their way around the night sky any time of year. The 1999 film October Sky, plays in the planetarium for 4 showings. Outside the Museum, kids can participate in amateur rocket launches and use a solar telescope pointed at our nearest star to show sun spots and solar flares in incredible detail. The Science Factory, 10am-4pm, $3-5, Ph 541-682-7886.
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Little Wonders: Stories and Activities for Pre-K. Tell Me a Story: People have been telling stories through words and art for thousands of years. Join us and learn to use arts and crafts to tell your story! Museum of Natural and Cultural History, ages 3-5, 10:30-11:30am, Free-$5, Ph 541-346-3024
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Clay Fest. Featuring a large array of handmade pottery and ceramic art created by over sixty local and regional artists. Demonstrations, kid’s clay Discovery Area and more. Lane Events Center, 11m-5pm, FREE! Ph 541-366-1495
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10 SATURDAY Clay Fest. 10am, - 6pm, see the 9th Bats and Creepy Creatures. Learn about bats, snakes and other things that are fascinating and a little creepy! Custom Cranium, ages 10-14, $15/pp, Ph 541-968-1986
11 SUNDAY Lane County Home Improvement Show. 10am-5pm, see the 9th Piccadilly Flea Market. Come find your newest treasure at Eugene’s only Flea Market where people sell crafts, collectibles, wares and services. Lane Events Center, Early bird 8-10am $7.50/10am – 3pm $1.50, Ph 541-683-5589 Walk to End Alzheimers. Offers the community a chance to see the courage and beauty of people who are fighting a disease that will ultimately win. Alton Baker Park, 1-5pm, FREE! Ph 541-345-8392
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20 TUESDAY Dar Williams. An inspired songwriter who writes folk songs from a unique, insightful perspective, Dar Williams takes pains to avoid the coy and the quirky. The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $28-36, Ph 541-434-7000 Little Family Yoga with Brynne Blevins. Springfield Public Library, 10:30am, FREE! Ph 541-726-3766
22 THURSDAY Ski Swap. Consignment, sale and pick up all weekend long. Check website for more details and get ready for the snowy season ahead. Lane Events Center, 9am – 9pm, $2, Ph 541-953-5373
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Little Monster Bash. Stories, songs and crafts. Springfield Public Library, 6:30pm, FREE! Ph 541-726-3766
Led Betty & Odetta. These two giants cast a long shadow over the folk music world and their gift is a rich legacy of song. The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $12-19, Ph 541-4347000 Riverdance. Performers propel Irish dancing and music into the present day, capturing the imagination of audiences across all ages and cultures in an innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song. Hult Center, 7:30pm, $35-75, Ph 541-682-5000 The Frightuary: Haunted House at Lane Events Center. A massive haunted attraction! Be spooked, be scared, be prepared. Open until midnight on Halloween. Lane Events Center, Oct 2nd - 31st ,7-10pm, $11-12, Ph 541-954-1136
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31 SATURDAY The Magical Moombah. To Beast or Not to Beast. 1pm, see the 30th Family Music Time. Sing and dance your way into the weekend with local musicians. This week, elementary school teacher Bryan Reed really makes learning rock! Downtown Library, 10:15am, FREE! Ph 541-682-8316 Be sure to check out our listings for Camps, Classes, and Workshops at www.oregonfamily.com
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Family Music Time. Sing and dance your way into the weekend with local musicians. This week, join Samuel Becerra for the lively music of South America. Downtown Library, 10:15am, FREE! Ph 541-682-8316 U of O Ducks vs. Washington State Cougars. Autzen Stadium, time TBD, Ph 541-346-4461 Emerald Valley Opry, featuring: Jerry Ott and Glory Road Travelers, Kim Taylor, 56 Pontiac, Monroe Street, Buffalo Romeo. Powers Auditorium Willamette High School, doors open 5pm, concert 6:00-9:30pm, $3-$7, under 7 free, Ph 688-0937
16 FRIDAY Still Thinking. A community celebration featuring Eugene’s own Still Thinking with the dare you to do it spirit of The Good Dudes and the Rangers. The Shedd Institute, 7:30pm, $16-36, Ph 541-434-7000
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Story Time at Barnes and Noble. Celebrate Halloween at Barnes and Noble with storytime and activities featuring Click, Clack, Boo! 11am, FREE! Ph 541-687-0356
25 SUNDAY Ski Swap. 9am – 4pm, see the 22nd Eugene Ballet presents, Sleeping Beauty. 2pm, see the 24th Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Festival. A celebration of mushrooms, music, and fun! Admission is free with a suggested donation of $8 for adults. Free parking/shuttle. Mt. Pisgah, 10am - 5pm, FREE! Ph 541-346-3024 Family Fun: Learn how to make new paper from recycled materials with BRING. Downtown Library, 2:30pm, FREE! Ph 541-682-8316
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et’s take an imaginary journey, back in time, but not in place. That’s right, imagine yourself in the Willamette Valley, 300 years ago, before the pioneers. You are a native of this place, a Kalapuya Indian, specifically part of a band of people called the Tsanchiifin (pronounced San-chee-fin). You and your kin, some 15,000 Kalaypuans, are the largest tribe in what is now Western Oregon. There is a hint of winter in the air. Your family is busy, just like your present-day family might be, enjoying the final bounty of summer. Unlike your current family, however, you don’t have a fridge for cold storage of any of these
goodies, or a grocery store down the street. So, how would you feed yourselves during the winter? Through lots of hard work, gathering and preserving food all year long. Here in our area, bulbs from the lovely blue-purple camas flower were harvested in the spring, roasted in underground ovens, and compressed into cakes. These cakes were hung in trees to dry in nets made from wild iris and then brought inside to store for winter eating. Wild sunflower seeds and oak tree acorns were toasted and stored. Waterfowl, deer, elk, and salmon
were also preserved and part of the Kalapuya diet. What do you and your children do today to celebrate and save the harvest? Because it’s so easy to buy food from a store, lots of kids haven’t the slightest idea where their food comes from or how much work it takes to preserve it. This fall, why not make an effort to connect your kids with their carrots, so to speak! Talk to a farmer (you’ll find them at local farmers markets, most through October -- lanefood.org/farmersmarkets.php) or visit an actual farm. Dry some apples or pears. Prepare pesto from fresh basil. Make pickles (email info@nearbynature.org for an easy recipe). Kids can also visit
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rick-or-treating may b e the standard Halloween tradition for most American families, but the holiday has branched out extensively over the last decade. Today, Americans spend over one billion dollars visiting Halloweenthemed attractions. Where are they going, and what are the best activities for your family? The experts at Hauntworld. com are offering some spooky answers in this ultimate fall to-do list.
FARM FUN Many farms offer tons of fall activities ideal for families with young children, including picking the perfect carving pumpkin, finding your way out of a corn maze and drinking homemade apple cider. Other fun activities include pony rides, hay mazes, non-spooky hayrides, petting zoos and even shooting pumpkin cannons. GHOST TOURS Ghost hunting television shows have really increased the popularity in finding haunts and eerie tours. Learn more about your local area’s spooky history by taking family or out of town guests to haunted mansions, cemeteries, prisons and more.
ZOMBIE RUNS What could be scarier than a 5K run? One with zombies of course! Zombie runs are a good time for the whole family, providing a fun reason to get kids and teens moving, using obstacle courses, contests, prizes and more as incentives.
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HAUNTED HAYRIDES Hayrides can be as sophisticated as a Hollywood movie, complete with fog machines and lights. Some have even adopted new twists. For example, on a zombie paintball hayride, guests go on a high adrenaline adventure, hunting and shooting zombies with paintballs. Haunted hayrides make guests and especially smaller kids feel safe as they ride in groups. HOME HAUNTS Americans are now decorating their yards and homes into spooky graveyards with high tech lights, animations and more. Some homeowners take it further by also decorating their home’s interiors and creating mazes in the garage or backyard. Finding a spooky home haunt or neighborhood near you can be a great Halloween activity to do if
you’re on a budget. For tips and tricks on haunting your own house, visit www. hauntedhousesupplies.com. ESCAPE ROOMS Escape rooms offer an immersive and interactive experience like none other.
HAUNTED HOUSES Haunted houses come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from three-dimensional black light attractions to haunted trails to major scream parks. Haunted houses also change regularly, so it may be very different from visit to visit. Today, most haunted attractions don’t rely as much on blood and guts as they do on interactive special effects, sophisticated costumes, story lines and computergenerated imagery. To celebrate the scary side of Halloween, get the family together for an unforgettable night filled with fun and screams. To find America’s scariest haunted houses, trickiest corn mazes, spookiest zombie runs and every pumpkin patch, ghost tour and escape room near you, you can review a comprehensive director y of these attractions at www.Hauntworld.com While tradition never gets old, novel Halloween activities provide different thrills than a standard trick-or-treat trip around the block.
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lthough she’s too old for trickor-treating, about 10 times this month, my teenage daughter Sally will dress up like a soldier from the Napoleonic wars. She’ll wear a blue tunic with brass buttons down the front and gold braid looped through the shoulder straps. Her hat is a flat-topped shako, decorated with an ostrich feather. Yes, she’s in the Good Times Regional High School marching band. This is her fourth and final year playing piccolo in the Plumed Legion, which is what her school named its marching band. Sally LIKES the music, but she LOVES the camaraderie, the discipline, the sense of purpose and the competition with other bands. In the marching band, there is only one correct way to move your feet, hold your head and turn your body. Sally has always been bossy and competent, and this reinforces her notion that there is a right way to do things and she knows what it is. When Sally was 3, she would try to tell her big sister what to do. She’d command, “Hey kid, come back inside and put on your shoes!” “You’re not the boss of me,” was the inevitable reply. Sally, using a word of her own invention,
would say, “I’m the GOODBOSS of you.” Yes, the goodboss. We heard it many times. The goodboss knows what’s right, and she shoves the unrighteous into line. The goodboss needs no authorization. To resist the goodboss is to embrace evil or at least chaos. Fast-forward 13 years and Sally is a counselor at a sleepaway camp. In a phone call home, she tells me about the cabinful of kids she commands. “Lately they’ve been throwing food in the dining hall.” “Sounds like a good time,” I say. “It’s disgusting,” she says, “I can’t really punish them, so I just yell at them and they stop – until the next meal. It’s frustrating.” Back when her band uniform was in style, discipline was enforced by flogging. But I don’t mention it to Sally. Why tantalize her with visions of a happier time? Sally is 5-foot-1 and maybe has a bit of a Napoleon complex, the personality quirk that makes short men want to conquer Europe or fight big men in barrooms. For the past couple of years, Sally had been planning to be drum major in her senior year. That’s the conductor and guiding force of the Plumed Legion. She would analyze the
Ouch! Alone with Sally, driving her home from track practice, I said, “If you’re not trying out for drum major because you’re afraid you won’t be picked, that’s a bad reason. And being afraid you can’t do the job is another bad reason. Let the band director decide that. He’s an expert judge of what people can do. If you think it would be a thrill to have 75 musicians respond to a wave of your hand, go after it. If you don’t try, you’ll always regret it.” The pain of reopening the case made her cry. She argued a little, and when we got home she avoided me and my heart ached. When I collected my good-night kiss, she said tiredly, “Sometimes I hate you.” We didn’t talk about it any more. But a few days later, she let me know she’d applied for the drum-major job. In her interview, the director asked what sets her apart from the other candidates and she’d replied, “My dynamic personality.” Nevertheless, when the last day of school arrived, it was announced that Kristin would be drum major in the fall. Sally was half disappointed and half relieved. If this were a Disney TV movie, Sally would’ve been selected. But she also would’ve had to overcome some affliction even more grievous than being my kid. So now Sally is having a fun season in the ranks with her piccolo and her pals. Plus, she still gets to harass a new crop of shuffling, staggering, stumbling and waddling freshmen, so everybody’s happy. After all, goodbosses are born, not appointed.
field of contenders person by person and always figured her chances to be pretty good. In May, as the time approached to declare her candidacy, Sally’s confidence failed her. “I’m not going to try out,” she said. “I’m so bad at conducting that I’d make us lose all the competitions and everyone would hate me. Besides, Kristin is going to get picked anyway.” My jaw dropped. It was as if Napoleon had said, “I give up; Europe deserves a taller emperor.” I didn’t say anything right away. I had to examine my motives. Sure, I wanted her to be drum major. But more importantly, I want her to go after what she wants. But what if I urged her to try out and she wouldn’t? Our relationship would have failed a test. And what if she became drum major and led the Plumed Legion to disgrace? Rick can be reached at rickepstein@yahoo.com.
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