{"id":9591,"date":"2026-03-09T20:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=9591"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:06:26","slug":"free-hearing-screenings-aim-to-protect-student-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/03\/09\/free-hearing-screenings-aim-to-protect-student-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Free screenings aim to protect student hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 The College of Health Sciences and the College of Fine Arts and Humanities partnered\u00a0together\u00a0to give students free hearing screenings\u00a0Monday and Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between concerts, rehearsals and headphones, college students are constantly surrounded by noise. That\u2019s why the two colleges teamed up to offer free hearing screenings in Smith Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Rebecca Allen-Jones explained why students should be getting their hearing checked.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn college, students tend to be fairly healthy, so nothing is really wrong,\u201d Allen-Jones said. \u201cHowever, if you find out when you\u2019re older and hearing loss has happened; you can\u2019t regain it back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGoing ahead and getting a baseline and establishing where you can get your hearing checked can help identify hearing loss a lot sooner.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian Pate is a mellophone player in the sound of the south. Pate said he passed his hearing test but was surprised by the results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HEALTH NEWS: Looking to get healthy? Here\u2019s one personal trainer\u2019s advice<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter rehearsal, it can be challenging to listen and talk to other people,\u201d Pate said. \u201cIt\u2019s not really like a ringing, but I just can\u2019t hear as well as I could before the rehearsal.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While hearing loss cannot be reversed, Allen-Jones said it can be prevented and managed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe recommend wearing hearing protection, so either earmuffs or ear plugs,\u201d Allen-Jones said. \u201cIf the hearing loss is profound, we recommend patients follow up with an ENT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s so bad that they need hearing aids, there is a resource in Alabama that will furnish hearing aids for people that are working. Hearing aids are typically not ensured by insurance, so we refer them to there as well.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those looking for information and assistance about hearing aids, readers can call the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services at (334) 293-7500. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 The College of Health Sciences and the College of Fine Arts and Humanities partnered\u00a0together\u00a0to give students free hearing screenings\u00a0Monday and Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Between concerts, rehearsals and headphones, college students are constantly surrounded by noise. That\u2019s why the two colleges teamed up to offer free hearing screenings in Smith Hall. <\/p>\n

Dr. Rebecca Allen-Jones explained why students should be getting their hearing…<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":9620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2945,2944,2943],"topics":[2412,2514],"class_list":["post-9591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-dr-rebecca-allen-jones","tag-health-news","tag-hearing-screenings","topics-college-of-fine-arts-and-humanities","topics-college-of-health-sciences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9591"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9621,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591\/revisions\/9621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9591"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=9591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}