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In the News

How loud is too loud? (2022). Science News for Students.
Future cars may offer personal sound zones-no earphones needed. (Nov 15, 2021). Science News for Students.
Children’s headphones put them at risk of early-onset hearing loss, experts say. (July 7, 2021). Healthy Hearing.
Experts call for new standards to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in younger generations. (July 3, 2021). American Academy of Audiology.
How headphones, earbuds can slowly harm your hearing over time. (June 14, 2021). Healthline.com.
Headphones, earbuds impact younger generations’ future audio health. (June 10, 2021). Acoustical Society of America.
Soundproofist (2019). Tinnitus, hyperacusis, and noise: a podcast interview with audiologist Jan L. Mayes.

My Portfolio

Mayes, J.L. (Winter, 2022). This is your brain on noise. Tinnitus Today, American Tinnitus Association, 47(3), 46-47.
Mayes, J.L. (2017-2022). Audiology and noise science reporter for The Quiet Coalition.
Mayes, J.L. (June 30, 2022). If only we could see the noise exposure. Hearing Health Foundation. [Republished Spring, 2022 Tinnitus Today article: If only we could see the damage of noise exposure.]
Mayes, J.L. (Spring, 2022). What tinnitus taught me. Hearing Health, Hearing Health Foundation, 12-13.
Mayes, J.L. (Spring, 2022). If only we could see the damage of noise exposure. Tinnitus Today, American Tinnitus Association, 57-59.
Mayes, J.L. (2022). Protecting hearing for life. Communique, Speech-Language & Audiology Canada.
Mayes, J.L. (Summer, 2021). The danger in headphones. Hearing Health, Hearing Health Foundation, 22-24.
Mayes, J.L. (Summer, 2021). Tinnitus Q & A: Tinnitus can be unsettling but is seldom a symptom of serious disease. Tinnitus Today, American Tinnitus Association, 46(2), 30-31.
Fink, D. & Mayes, J.L. (2021). Curbside consultation: Making recommendations to reduce noise exposure. American Family Physician. 103(1):57-59.
Mayes, J.L. & Fink, D. (2021). Personal audio systems unsafe at any sound. The Hearing Journal, 74(12), 36-38.
doi: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000804864.64799.d3
Fink, D. & Mayes, J.L. (2021). Too loud: Noise exposure in everyday life is causing hearing loss. The Hearing Journal, 74(10), 9-10. doi: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000795648.82072.99
Fink, D. & Mayes, J.L. (2021). Unsafe at any sound: Hearing loss and tinnitus in personal audio system users. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 43, 040003; doi: 10.1121/2.0001452

Fink, D. & Mayes, J.L. (2021). Too loud! Non-occupational noise exposure causes hearing loss. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 43, 040002; doi: 10.1121/2.0001436
Mayes, J.L. (Winter, 2020). Building your own hearing protection toolkit. Tinnitus Today, American Tinnitus Association, 45:3, 46-47.
Mayes, J.L. (Spring, 2019). Community noise, hearing health, and communication limits. The Right to Quiet Society NoiseLetter.
Mayes, J. L. (2019). Urban noise levels are high enough to damage auditory sensorineural health. Sound and the Healthy City, special issue of the Cities and Health Journal, Routlegdge. DOI 10.1080/23748834.2019.1577204.
City noise, hearing health, and communication. Kudos plain language summary of Mayes, J. L. (2019) in Sound and the Healthy City.
Mayes, J.L. (Spring, 2018). Noise discrimination against people with hearing loss, tinnitus, and hyperacusis. The Right to Quiet Society NoiseLetter.
Mayes, J.L. (Winter, 2011). My 25th Tinnitus Anniversary. Communique. Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists, 14.
Mayes, J. L. (Spring 2011). Tinnitus Triage. Communique. Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists, 22-23.
Born, D. (2010). A Q & A Session with J.L. Mayes. Tinnitus Today, American Tinnitus Association, 25; 3, 14-15.
Mayes, J.L. (2011). Tinnitus Treatment Triage—Filling the Gap Between ENT and TRT [Poster presentation]. BC Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Conference.