"Shhh! Sound Health in 8 Steps"

In the Ted Talk “Shh! Sound Health in 8 Steps”, by Julian Treasure he mentions 8 steps on how you can improve your hearing. He mentions the bad side of sound and also the good side. Julian gave examples and key points about sound I never knew. Treasure said “Your body is a chord, it can feel everything; the vibration from my voice in the room. Definition of health is that that cord may be in complete harmony.” He says our ears cannot hear that cord, but they can hear ten octaves including, our ears are always on, even when we’re sleeping and that part made me smile a little because I’m a light sleeper the littlest noise can wake me up. In his Ted Talk he said ears are made for listening not hearing.

          

 Noise kills, head phones bring three really big health issues. First, one is schizophonia its  a dislocation between from what you see and from what you hear. Inviting into our life’s the voices of peoples who are not present with us. Second, is cost of compression, squash music into our pockets; compressed music makes you tired and irritable. Third, Deafness, sixteen percent, one out of six teens suffers from damaged hearing; maybe we are raising an entire generation of deaf people This is the bad side of sound; sound also has a good side.

Treasure broke down the positive side with eight steps to improve sound in passive modalities and active modalities, one of them are ultra sound to treat physical therapy. Second is lithotripsy, saving thousands of people a year by pulverizing stones with high intensity of sound. Third, sound healing treating autism, dementia and other conditions. Forth, is music just listening to good music is good for you with good intentions. In active modalities, take some action and get involved. Fifth, listening consciously; sixth, create by singing, playing or speaking. Seventh, connect by choirs, groups, chanting or drum circles. Eighth, is care by protect, design, and speak up.

I thought it was interesting when he said headphones bring big health issues and one of the issues were schizophonia. I know now not to listen to music so loud and the funny thing is i like it that way.