Thursday, August 26, 2010

Teen hearing loss increasing

Here's an interesting statement I hadn't ever considered:

"There is a difference between what we consider to be loud and what is physically intense and could be hazardous to the ear"

Seems pretty straight forward right?

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, teen hearing loss is up from 15% of teens having some degree of hearing loss in the early 1990's to nearly 20% by the mid 2000's.

As much as our teens are listening to their electronics via their rockin' Skull Candy  and as happy as I am not to be assaulted by that noise myself, perhaps they need a bit more guidance on the difference between what they consider loud and the noise level that actually creates hearing loss.  I bet there is a pretty big disconnect between the two!

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