Sound Therapy
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Conair SU1W Sound Therapy, Silver Sale Price: $14.50  |
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Sound therapy with 10 soothing sounds. |
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Marpac SleepMate 980A Electro-Mechanical Sound Conditioner Sale Price: $49.95 |
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Since 1962, Marpac has combined ingenuity and quality craftmanship to bring you the -Original Sound Conditioner. The Marpac SleepMate creates white noise, the soothing sound of rushing air, to mask disturbing noises and provide a consistent and unobtrusive sound environment... |
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Ecotones Sound + Sleep Machine, Model ASM1002 Sale Price: $129.95 |
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Get a better night's sleep, the natural way, with the Ecotones SOUND+SLEEP machine. For roughly the same amount you'd spend for a month's supply of sleeping medication, SOUND+SLEEP provides high-quality, natural sound compositions to help you relax and treat your body to a night of deep, restorative sleep... |
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Marpac 980A Sound Screen Sleep Conditioner White Noise Generator Dual Speed Sale Price: $54.95 |
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Since 1962, Marpac has combined ingenuity and quality craftmanship to bring you the -Original Sound Conditioner. The Marpac Sound Screen creates white noise, the soothing sound of rushing air, to mask disturbing noises and provide a consistent and unobtrusive sound environment... |
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Conair SU12 Sound Therapy with Night Light, Silver Sale Price: $9.88 |
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Drift off to peaceful sleep with any one of 10 soothing sounds from our sound therapy machine. There is also a 4-position sleep timer with auto-off (15,30,45, or 60 minutes) and an LED nightlight. |
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Sound Oasis Travel Sound Therapy System Sale Price: $80.00 |
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Sound Oasis Travel is a unique sound therapy product that combines high performance digital sounds with a full-featured travel/alarm clock. Incorporating 18 digitally recorded sounds, an exclusive jet-lag reduction sound and a voice memo feature, Sound Oasis Travel allows users to drift off to sleep with soothing nature sounds and wake up to any sound or a buzzer alarm... |
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HoMedics SS-2000 Sound Spa Relaxation Sound Machine with 6 Nature Sounds, Silver Sale Price: $15.98 |
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Turn any room in your house into a relaxation spa with the sound machine. Bring clarity of mind throuth the 6 nature sounds, ocean, summer night, rain, rain forest, waterfall and heartbeat--which is great for a baby's room... |
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Oregon Scientific WS903 Aroma Diffuser and Sound Therapy Clock Sale Price: $72.65 |
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The Aroma Diffuser Elite activates your senses to soothe and invigorate your mind, body, and spirit. This unique product harnesses three types of alternative medicine--aromatherapy, light therapy, and sound therapy--to create a naturally pleasing environment that can positively alter your mood, cognition, and overall health... |
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Sound Oasis Sound Card, Ear Therapy Sale Price: $14.04 |
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This Sound Oasis Ear Therapy sound card provides 12 masking sounds for advanced tinnitus relief. 6 of the sounds were composed by Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, one of the world�s leading experts on sound therapy... |
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Ecotones® Duet Adaptive Sound Therapy Relaxation Sleep Machine with Bonus Sleep Mask Sale Price: $129.95 |
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Ecotones Duet offers 10 SoundStories - high-quality, mostly natural recordings of relaxing sounds from ocean waves to crackling fires. Its built-in computer and microphone continuously "listen" for intruding noises such as barking dogs, automobiles, overhead airplanes, or loud roommates... |
It is a common occurrence for any night owl in any city of the world. After a few hours drinking and partying it up at a nightclub or concert, you return home to your house with a ringing or buzzing in your ears. Since it happens on a normal basis after a night out on the town, you think nothing of it and go to bed; it will more than likely go away in a few hours like it always does.
On this specific instance, however, the ringing does not go away, it has remained constant. Your hearing is now a bit distorted. Although not painful, that constant muffled sound - resembling the voice of the teacher in the "Peanuts" cartoon specials - is getting to be a little bit annoying. You have caused some actual damage to your ears; you are suffering from minor tinnitus.
Although the majority of cases are temporary, lasting for a few hours to a few days, tinnitus is one of the most common sources of hearing problems in the United States, with an estimated 50 million people having the condition. There is a wide array of causes for it besides simply listening to loud music, many of which are medical and health related. Such sources include allergies, diabetes, head or neck injuries as well as such medications as antibiotics and sedatives. Even high intakes of sugar, salt or alcohol can cause the condition. The actual symptoms of tinnitus can include ear infections, extra earwax or even hearing loss.
Even though many of the cases are temporary, as already stated, large selections of treatments are available to help alleviate some of the effects of the condition. On the holistic, all-natural level, such herbs as Ginkgo Balboa or Hawthorn can help people with tinnitus, as well as acupuncture, magnetic therapy or even aromatherapy. Even sound therapy is utilized with such soothing noises as rainfalls and wind sounds to help distract suffers from the constantly annoying noises that result from the condition.
For severe cases, hearing aids are always good devices to look into for correcting any actual hearing loss. After a medical test or exam, most doctors will recommend a specific model or aid for a person to look in to and purchase in order to improve their overall hearing.
Yet, even though the condition seems to be somewhat unavoidable, since many health and environmental issues factor in as potential causes, there are ways to avoid tinnitus or other future ear problems. The first step is to simply take care of yourself and your health. Eat a balanced diet and exercise frequently, since many of the actual causes listed were medically related.
Additionally, try to avoid frequenting nightclubs, pubs or concerts where loud music playing is almost always a certainty. Reducing visits to these places will more than likely reduce future hearing problems. Not to mention that turning the volume down on your Ipod or MP3 player when listening to music, or avoiding headphones all together, is another great tactic.
No matter what techniques or tactics you implement to protect your ears, if a problem occurs and persists, the most important thing to do is to see a doctor. The last thing anybody wants is to go deaf, and seeing a doctor to catch a potential problem before it worsens is the best action that anyone can take. It is always better to be safe than sorry.
Recover your hearing with a hearing aid today. A hearing aid from miracle ear will let you actively participate in those lost conversations again.
How hard is it to get into an Occupational Therapy (MOT) program?
I am a recent college graduate with a bachelors of business administration and a minor in psychology. I would like a career in the health field and Occupational Therapy sounds like a really interesting career. Does anyone know how hard it is to get into an MOT program, how to make your application more competitive, and what are the best schools to apply to? How many volunteer hours are necessary to be competitive and what GPA and GRE scores? Thanks for your help!
I recommend that you do some "informational interviewing." That is where you seek out persons working in the OT field, and ask them to meet with you for a cup of coffee. Then, you ask them all kinds of questions: what do they dis/like about OT? how did they decided on this career? etc. Most people are happy to answer your questions, especially when they know you are not asking for a job.
You can find OTs in hospitals, rehab centers, and the phone book (yellow pages).
Best wishes.
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