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“Noise is the New Smoking”

Preschool play

The effect of excessive noise on kids made the news recently. A Newshub (TV3) report has featured a Wellington audiologist who is concerned about the impact of the amount of noise in our environment. http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/health/2018/02/noise-levels-in-nz-dangerously-high.html Lisa Seerup noted the amount of noise a child is exposed to in pre-school or school, as well as in…

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Winter packs a wallop!

Sunstrike

It’s winter! Time to rug up beneath layers and puffer jackets, scarves and woolly hats (and hey, don’t we all love a good pom pom?).                  Winter… time to rug up Time to forget about slathering on sunscreen, using sunglasses – there’s no sunshine to hurt you, right? Woah, Nellie! Not so right. If you…

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