What Are Ear Grommets? Prevention and Protection When Swimming
Ear grommets, also known as tympanostomy tubes or ventilation tubes, are tiny tubes inserted into the eardrum to help drain fluid and improve airflow in the middle ear. They are a common treatment ...
Children and Hearing Protection: Building Awareness Early
Young infants, toddlers and children are particularly vulnerable to hearing damage. A child’s hearing is in full development in their first years and extremely vulnerable. Whether attending concert...
The Best Hearing Protection For Spectating Motorsports
It seems a perfect storm for F1 fandom was brewing in those early days of 2020-21. Netflix had just released Drive to Survive; an absolute gamechanger for onboarding engine-curious newcomers to the...
Do babies and kids really need to wear ear muffs at live sports?
It’s becoming more and more common. A player scores a match winning goal or try, or hits the winning runs in a Test Match or T20. After a few replays of the moment, the camera cuts to the player’s ...
The Five Best Christmas Gifts for Kids and Teens
It’s the lead-up to Christmas, which means trips to the beach, concerts and festivals, as well as the all important collection of presents under the tree. In this guide, we’re diving into five of t...
Best Ear Protection for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
For young kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), environments like school, day care, or even the home can be so noisy as to become confronting and painful. Unfortunately, the noises in these env...
Five Lockdown Activities For When You’re Sick of Sourdough
Variety is the spice of life — and it’s a rare spice indeed during lockdown. While the early novelty of lockdown involved ambitious plans to take up yoga, bake sourdough, and finally conquer the Ru...
Choosing The Best Children’s Earmuffs
While parents are often very diligent in wearing hearing protection when they're riding a lawnmower or enjoying loud music, it's easy to forget that your children's ears are sensitive too. In fact,...
Can White Noise Help Babies Sleep?
The first few months of a newborn’s life are miraculous, joy-ridden, and utterly destructive to a parent’s sleep cycle. It seems only yesterday they were sleeping through the night, and now the bab...
Why All Children Should Wear Ear Plugs At Music Lessons
Signing your child up for music lessons is one of the most generous things a parent can do — after all, it’s the parents who are going to have to suffer through all the racket while they practice! ...
How To Use Silicone Ear Plugs With Grommets or Sensitive Ears
Bath time or a trip to the beach can be a real nightmare if your child has grommets or sensitive ears. In fact, a lot of parents report avoiding water based activities entirely — it’s simply not wo...
The Best Ear Plugs, Ear Muffs and Sleep Aids for Babies
Babies are sensitive: we cover them up before putting them in the sun, we measure the temperature of their food and bath water, and we should be protecting their ears too. It may surprise you to le...
