Source: News.sky.com

A tone-deaf teenager who spent weeks in hospital with concussion injuries has since discovered the ability to play 13 musical instruments.

Lachlan Connors, 19, from Denver, tried to learn to play the piano before his injuries, but found he had no aptitude for music.

“He really had no talent,” his mother Elsie Hamilton told CBS4.

“I would say: ‘Can’t you hear what’s next?’ (while Lachlan played) something like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and he said: ‘No’.”

Lachlan was a keen sportsman. He loved to play lacrosse, and hoped to play professionally one day.

However, a series of concussion injuries on the field led to seizures and eventually hospital.

“I fell backwards and hit the back of my head on the ground. I remember getting up and feeling really dazed. I didn’t really understand something bad had happened,” Lachlan said.

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Source: Reuters by Kate Kelland October 8, 2013

LONDON (Reuters) – Exposure to high levels of aircraft noise near busy international airports has been linked to a higher risk of heart disease and strokes in two separate studies from Britain and the United States.

Researchers in London studied data on noise and hospital admissions around London Heathrow airport while a separate team analyzed data for more than 6 million Americans living near 89 U.S. airports in 2009.

Both studies, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ)on Wednesday, found that people living with the highest levels of aircraft noise had increased risks of stroke, coronary heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases.

Stephen Stansfeld, a professor at Queen Mary University of London who was not part of either research team but provided a commentary on their findings, said the results suggested that “aircraft noise exposure is not just a cause of annoyance, sleep disturbance, and reduced quality of life” but may also increase sickness and death from heart disease.

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After a thorough approval process from our friends at Apple®, the INTEGRAfit iPad® App has been approved and is now available for purchase.

INTEGRAfit is a professional quantitative fit-testing program for any brand of hearing protection (HPD).

Here is the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/integrafit/id731462963?mt=8

Alternately, Open the App Store on your iPad® and search for “INTEGRAfit”.

The App sells for $999.99 and the “green” headset sells for $485.00.  Total of $1,485.00.   (Apple® iPad® not included)

Once the INTEGRAfit- iPad® App is purchased, you will be directed to http://www.workplaceintegra.com/integrafit/purchase-headphones.php to contact us to order the approved INTEGRAfit- headset for $485.00 plus shipping.

Here are the new INTEGRAfit web pages:

http://www.workplaceintegra.com/integrafit/index.html

http://www.workplaceintegra.com/integrafit/integrafit-ipad.php

If you currently have Workplace Applications audiometric software (HTPro), the data secured from the INTEGRAfit iPad® App will download into the Workplace Applications audiometric software.  Please contact us for details.

You do not need Workplace Applications audiometric software (HtPro) to use the INTEGRAfit iPad® App.

Let us know if you would like to place an order this year and get the cost off the books for 2013!

Please contact us with any questions.

Workplace INTEGRA, Inc. has just finalized its 2014 CAOHC training schedule.  New locations on the 2014 schedule: Macon, GA and Birmingham, AL.

Here are the dates and locations for the first quarter of 2014:

Certification                              Recertification

•January 8-10 (Toledo, OH)    1/9

•January 8-10 (Greensboro, NC)   1/9

•February 5-7 (Louisville, KY)   2/6

•February 12-14  (Greensboro, NC)  2/13

•February 12-14 (Greenville, SC)*   2/13

•March 5-7 (Indianapolis, IN)   3/6

•March 19-21 (Greensboro, NC)   3/20

•March 19-21 (Macon, GA)   3/20

•March 19-21 (Bloomington, IL)   3/20

*Greenville courses are held at Greenville Tech.

Look for the entire 2014 schedule here.