14 years, 7 months ago

The message's loud and clear

We constantly complain our teenage kids don't listen to us. Concentrated sound — the kind that our young pour into their ears through fancy button speakers from iPods and MP3 players — is bound to damage hearing capacity. “A number of them complain of a blocked sensation, tinnitus, pain in the outer ear and plain hearing loss, at least in one ear.” Some admitted they were faking conversation, as they had no pitch discrimination and no word-to-word clarity. A 2010 Australian study linked use of personal listening devices to a 70 per cent increase in risk of hearing loss in children. What we need is a set of healthy hearing habits, now called “hearing conservation”, to protect our ears from noise pollution.

The Hindu
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