“If you think hearing loss is just an inevitable part of aging, think again.
More than 48 million Americans over age 12 have trouble hearing in one or both ears, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. And the way we listen to music is partly to blame.
“Aging and genetics do sometimes play a role, but what we know now is that environmental exposures - like listening to music too loudly - can contribute to long term hearing damage over time,” says Dr. Frank R. Lin, lead study author and assistant professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “It’s a growing concern.”
Here’s how hearing loss happens with headphones: You have your headphones on and are jamming to your favorite tune on maximum volume. The sound waves enter the ear, travel thru the ear canal all the way to the hair cells located in your inner ear. Hair cells help convert sound energy into electrical signals sent to the brain. This, in return, allows you to hear the music clearly. But when the volume is too loud, those hair cells get damaged and never grow back…” CNN Health
I am one of the Americans with hearing loss. I have a great deal of hearing loss in both ears. I have never seen a doctor for it.
I have had the hearing loss since I was in grade school.
It has effected my life. My father and mother got notices from Holy Name School that I had hearing lost but never did anything about it. Then later in life when I was an adult I never checked into it.
I am not sure what the medical advice is for people with little kids. Do you have that checked at a certain age? I do know if you think or find out that your child has hearing loss have it checked.
I do not not know what we can do about kids that listen to music that is too loud. Kids like to turn up the volume and I do not think they listen to you when you tell them to turn it down.
My hearing loss was not from listening to loud music or sounds. But later in life when I was an adult I did work, as a welder, and the level of sounds at work was very high.
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