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How Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears (Grades 7-8) - Free standards-based curriculum that investigates the multisensory process of human communication, the fundamentals of sound, and how to prevent hearing loss. (Publication No. 04-4990) (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/Customers.nsf/MSHearing?OpenForm
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Ask the Scientist: Questions and Answers About Hearing - Questions and answers about hearing and noise-induced hearing loss featuring Dr. James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., NIDCD Director. This site also includes several harmful noises video clips. (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/ask_dr/
Coblation Assisted Tonsillectomy (Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 02/23/2004) (Webcast) External Web Site Policy - This links to a pre-recorded webcast of a surgical procedure (tonsillectomy). This is an actual operation performed at a medical center in the United States since January 2004. The video lasts approximately one hour. Please note that you cannot send in questions by email, though the webcast may say that you can, because you are not seeing these videos live. To view this webcast you will need RealPlayer, which you can download for free for either a PC or a Macintosh.” Download RealPlayer (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.orlive.com/arthrocare-corporation/videos/coblation-an-advanced-
pediatric-tonsillectomy?view=displayPageNLM
Ears, Nose, and Throat (MEDLINE plus) - Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information related to the ears, nose, and throat. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/earnoseandthroat.html
Genes and Disease - Ear, Nose, and Throat - (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=gnd.chapter.32
Hearing Loss - (National Institute on Aging)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/hearing.htm
How Loud is Too Loud (Online Video) (Grades K-5) - Online video that illustrates the concept of loudness. Students learn how loudness of of sounds is categorized by units called "bells", named after the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell. (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/video/loud_vid.asp
I Love What I Hear - This is a 7 min., 25 sec. video, developed for elementary-aged students, describes how common sounds in our environment—when too loud, too close, or too long-lasting—can put us at risk for permanent hearing loss. It also teaches students how they can protect their hearing against noise-induced hearing loss by becoming "ear defenders." (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/video/ILoveWhatIHear.htm
NIDCD Free Publications - List of all free publications from NIDCD pertaining to hearing, balance, smell and taste, voice, speech and language. Incluye publicaciones en español. (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/order/
NIDCD Student and Teacher Activities - Student and Teacher activities produced by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/

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