Took a Lady friend to the pictures on Thursday (Note, Good girly movie, but exiting enough for Boys too. "A Dogs way home" it is an "Incredible journey" type movie and quite well done, but that is an aside.)
The thing was, the sound was absolutely deafening.
My friends hearing isn't as good as it used to be but even she was wincing. And its not as if it was some sort of action or war movie with lots of explosions and special effects.
It was mostly a Dog running around in the wilderness!
Now, I have read just the other day that there have been recent proposals to impose sound level limits on clubs and venues to protect peoples hearing and if the sound levels in the cinema was anything to go by then it really needs to apply there too.
The modern trend for listening to music using in-ear headphones wont help either.
Just how deaf are younger people these days?
I can only imagine that there are going to be a lot of younglings who are going to have miserable later lives.
From what I have read on the matter, many, possibly most, people who develop sensory disabilities over their lifetimes find that losing their hearing is about the most socially isolating one of all!
Once it's gone, it's gone
The thing was, the sound was absolutely deafening.
My friends hearing isn't as good as it used to be but even she was wincing. And its not as if it was some sort of action or war movie with lots of explosions and special effects.
It was mostly a Dog running around in the wilderness!
Now, I have read just the other day that there have been recent proposals to impose sound level limits on clubs and venues to protect peoples hearing and if the sound levels in the cinema was anything to go by then it really needs to apply there too.
The modern trend for listening to music using in-ear headphones wont help either.
Just how deaf are younger people these days?
I can only imagine that there are going to be a lot of younglings who are going to have miserable later lives.
From what I have read on the matter, many, possibly most, people who develop sensory disabilities over their lifetimes find that losing their hearing is about the most socially isolating one of all!
Once it's gone, it's gone