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Are Smartphones Creating a Deaf Generation? Dr. Alison Grimes, Director of Audiology, UCLA

Are smartphones making you deaf? The modern smartphone has only been in existence for ten years, too brief a time to properly study all of the behavioral and physiological effects of such a new technology, especially for how quickly it changes and evolves. Yet over this window of time, from the Walkman to the iPod, and through the reign of the iPhone, we are starting to see increasing rates of hearing loss in children and young adults. I had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Alison Grimes, Director of Audiology at UCLA, to discuss some of the more recent trends in hearing health and lifestyle technology.

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#SGGQA 034: China’s Social Rank System, Homeland Security Blogger List, Facebook Causes Stress, FCC Investigating Ajit Pai – Monday Tech Chat

Snapchat returns to chronological view. China ranks citizens on a public social media score. Homeland Security looks to create a journalist data base, and apparently using Facebook raises your cortisol and stress levels.


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Stories this week:
Snapchat revives chronological feed https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/08/s…
China ranks citizens with “social credit” system http://www.businessinsider.com/china-…
Homeland Security to compile list of journalists and bloggers https://biglawbusiness.com/homeland-s…
Shell Oil predicted climate change dangers in 1980’s https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu…
Ajit Pai’s ties to Sinclair to be investigated by FCC http://fortune.com/2018/02/18/ajit-pa…
Anti-Net Neutrality Congress Woman Marsha Blackburn falling behind in Senate race polls https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/ar…
Using Facebook raises your cortisol (stress) levels https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1…

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#SGGQA 033: Sinclair Media Creepy, Facebook Creepy, and April Fools on Easter – Monday Tech Chat!

Taking a quick look at an awesome Doctor Who VR TARDIS, asking some creepy questions about Facebook scraping your data, and the Orwellian present of Sinclair Media and local news. Happy day after Easter!



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Stories this week:
TARDIS VR simulator! https://youtu.be/WaBLT_osVE8
Zuckerberg in 2006 talking about not selling user data https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/97…
Sinclair Media’s Orwellian mission statement to local news https://www.reddit.com/r/television/c…
Dr. Alison Grimes interview, smartphones and hearing loss https://somegadgetguy.com/2018/03/27/s…

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Geek Book Club 008 – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Maybe the most passionate love letter to the 1980’s ever written. Releasing this week as a feature film adaptation, directed by none other than Mr. Steven Spielberg, ‘Ready Player One’ is a high concept fantasy adventure celebrating all things geek and pop culture in a wonderful mash up style. Here’s our take on the book, before we head out to see the film!

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GBC008 – Ready Player One

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#SGGQA 032: Smartphones And Hearing Loss – Interview With Dr Alison Grimes Audiologist At UCLA

Are smartphones creating a deaf generation?


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The smartphone as we understand it today is a creation only ten years in the making, but over that decade it rapidly reached a critical saturation point. For many consumers, a phone is their primary media consumption tool, and these pocket computers can supply uninterrupted entertainment all day, with little need for a break.

At the same time, we are starting to see some disturbing emerging trends in health and etiquette. One trend to watch, increasing numbers of teens and young adults experiencing significant hearing loss.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Alison Grimes, director of Audiology and Newborn Hearing at UCLA, to discuss some of the misconceptions surrounding hearing loss, the current state of research as to what might be causing this damage, and to ask for her best practices in protecting your hearing.

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Antlion ModMic 5 Review: Turn any headphones into a great gaming headset!

Gaming headsets are kind of a big deal. Maybe you already have cans you really like, what if you could just add an awesome microphone to them? Would that make the perfect gaming headset? What compromises might we run into? Let’s take listen to what Antlion has to offer!

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Stephen Hawking’s Multiverse, Game Reviewers Fight Microtransactions, Samsung Destroys 3.5% of Global NAND, Self-Driving Uber Kills Pedestrian – Monday Tech Chat!

Get your week started off right with a tasty tech podcast!

Stephen Hawking leaves behind an exciting new Multi-Verse theory. GameStar starts reducing review scores for games that use Microtransactions. Samsung destroys 3.5% of the global flash memory production. What are the ramifications of a fatality caused by a self-driving car?


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HTC Touch Pro Old Phone Challenge: Windows Mobile in 2018

How far back can you go before a smartphone is completely unusable? I think I found my threshold for nostalgia.

Joining Erica Griffin in her “Old Phone Challenge”, my entry for the discussion is one of my all time favorite phones. That is, the MEMORY of one of my all time favorite phones. Let’s see how much my warm fuzzy nostalgic memories have betrayed me…

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