The Hear the World Foundation - set up by Swiss hearing products group Phonax to raise awareness about hearing loss - has warned that extended exposure to such noise risks permanent hearing loss.

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Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, for this hearing because he wanted to hear from some experts from law enforcement , the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), customs, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), etc.

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Ms. IVEREM: I think she may have the edge only because of the Golden Globe already, and there is this buzz that's building around her nomination that I don't hear for the other actresses, and maybe my hearing is subjective and - but you know, the thing I love about the nomination is that, you know, she's had a chance to, you know, show who she really is as an actress.

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Rice spoke in advance of a closed-door hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday in which lawmakers are to hear from U.S. officials in charge of the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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BETHESDA, Md. (AllPolitics, Oct. 3) -- President Bill Clinton was fitted for a hearing aid to help him hear better in crowded rooms and had a small cyst removed from his chest Friday during his annual medical exam.

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