A stunning number of teens have lost a little bit of their hearing,m nearly one in five, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found.
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A stunning number of teens have lost a little bit of their hearing,m nearly one in five, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found.
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treadmill and found he couldnt hear anything with his left ear. His hearing gradually returned, but was never the same.
Some young people turn their digital players up to levels that would exceed federal workplace exposure limits, said Fligor. In Fligors own study of about 200 New York college students, more than half listened to music at 85 decibels or louder. Thats about as loud as a hair dryer or a vacuum cleaner.
Habitual listening at those levels can turn microscopic hair cells in the inner ear into scar tissue, Fligor said. Some people may be more predisposed to damage than others; Fligor believes Brady is one of them.
These days, Brady still listens to his digital player, but at lower volumes.
"Do not blare your iPod," he said. "Its only going to hurt your hearing. I learned this the hard way."
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