Huh? Teens, tweens suffer hearing loss
Huh? Teens, tweens suffer hearing loss
A stunning one in five teens has lost a little bit of hearing, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found.
Some experts are urging teenagers to turn down the volume on their digital music players, suggesting loud music through earbuds may be to blame — although hard evidence is lacking. They warn that slight hearing loss can cause problems in school and set the stage for hearing aids in later life.
The researchers analyzed data on 12- to 19-year-olds from a nationwide health survey. Based on the survey, that would mean about 6.5 million with at least slight hearing loss.
Most of the hearing loss was "slight," defined as inability to hear at 16 to 24 decibels — or sounds such as a whisper or rustling leaves. A teenager with slight hearing loss might not be able to hear water dripping or his mother whispering "good night."
Those with slight hearing loss "will hear all of the vowel sounds clearly, but might miss some of the consonant sounds" such as t, k and s.
While the researchers didn't single out iPods or any other device for blame, they found a significant increase in high-frequency hearing loss, which they said may indicate that noise caused the problems. And they cited a 2010 Australian study that linked use of personal listening devices with a 70 percent increased risk of hearing loss in children.
Loud music isn't new, of course. Each new generation of teenagers has found a new technology to blast music — from the bulky headphones of the 1960s to the handheld Sony Walkmans of the 1980s.
Today's young people are listening longer, more than twice as long as previous generations, said Brian Fligor, an audiologist at Children's Hospital Boston. The older technologies had limited battery life and limited music storage, he said.
One of Fligor's patients, 17-year-old Matthew Brady of Foxborough, Mass., recently was diagnosed with mild hearing loss. He has trouble hearing his friends in the school cafeteria. He ends up faking comprehension.
"I laugh when they laugh," he said.
Fligor believes Brady's muffled hearing was caused by listening to an iPod turned up too loud and for too long. After his mother had a heart attack, Brady's pediatrician had advised him to exercise for his own health. So he cranked up the volume on his favorites — John Mellencamp, Daughtry, Bon Jovi and U2 — while walking on a treadmill at least four days a week for 30-minute stretches.
One day last summer, he got off the treadmill and found he couldn't hear anything with his left ear. His hearing gradually returned, but was never the same.
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- Posted on August 18, 2010
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Teens music is way to loud. With all the new headphones and earphones there making, I figured that A lot of teens would be loading there hearings.
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The article is basically saying that teens listen to there music way to loud.they need to turn it down, I have a fiew friends that has told me there haring isn't as good because they listen to there music really loud. Experts found out that most of the loss was slight.
'A stunning one in five teens has lost a little bit of hearing, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found.'
I learned a lot of new and interesting information in this text. One of the things I learned from this text is tweens and teens are suffering from slight hearing loss from having their ear buds on too loud. Another fact I learned was the hearing loss was by 16 to 24 decibels. I also learned that teenagers are listening to their music more than twice as long as previous generations. This information is useful to me because I know I am one of those teenagers. I will try to turn down my music in the future because now I know the danger of having m music too loud.
I agree with this article. Many teenagers listen to their music way too loud. It makes them tend to hear less than they use too. I think the reason they listen to music for a long time because it makes them feel relaxed and calm. When I listen to music I feel better and relaxed. But other than that they need to turn their music down before they go permanently deaf.
Turn the Tunes Down!
“Hey, how’s it going?”
*Friend ignores him*
“Hey, did you hear me? I like the song you’re listening to, but I think it’s a little loud.”
*Kid rips out friend's headphones*
“Oh, were you talking?”
*Kid walks away annoyed*
This conversation is probably happening to a lot of people very often in these past years. The researchers for the hearing survey do not blame iPods or other music devices, but I think they are one of the most common reasons. One in five teens might not seem a lot, but one day it will and probably more than half of the world will be slightly or fully deaf. The article states, in paragraph four, that “Most of the hearing loss was ‘slight’ defined as inability to hear sixteen to twenty four decibels --- or sounds such as a whisper or rustling leaves.” I know that doesn’t seem bad, but not being to whisper with my friends would really bad for me.
I learned two things in this article; that one in five teens have lost a little bit of hearing and that with slight hearing loss can hear vowels, but miss the consonants. I found it very interesting that they hear the vowels and not the consonants; I never knew that! I also found it very sad that one in five teens can’t hear correctly. I find when my friends play music loudly to tell them to turn it down. Now I have an example to help my cause!
Horrible Hearing.
“Honey, can you please set the table for me?” the Mom hollered as she lifted the egg-white plates to her son, “Honey!”
“Did’ya say something, ma?” the teenager shouted as he whipped out the Skull Candy ear phones out of his ears.
“Yes,yes I did. I asked you if you could set the table, please!!” The mother slapped the plates in his hands and rolled her crystal blue eyes. “ Jeeze, if you turn up the volume just a little bit your ears will melt away.”
“What did ya say, ma?” the son turned around facing his mother.
“OH NEVER MIND!” the aggravated mom shrieked.
I think that teenager’s music may be just a little to loud for their ears. Some experts urge teenagers to turn down the volume on their music players, suggesting loud music going through ear buds may be to blame for loss of hearing. The study that they have found is those with slight hearing loss will hear the entire vowel sounds clearly, but might miss some of the consonant sounds such as t, k and s. It may be time to turn down the tunes for the teenagers.
In my experience with my friends, they do tend to play very loud music. When my friends tell me to listen to a song on their iPod and shove the earphone in my ear I rip it out because of the excruciating blare of hip hop music. The loudness of the music does hurt your hearing, even if you listen for a millisecond. The teenagers better pipe down the music or they will end up with no hearing by 17.
I agree that teens are suffering from the hearing loss. Many people that I know listen to their iPods or speakers louder than they probably should be. I personally don't listen to music that much in earphones, but when I do, I don't turn it up the loudest it can possibly go, like some people. The 17-year-old is a great example on how listening to something too loudly for too long can affect your hearing possibly forever. I hope that when people read this that they realize how important it is to be careful on how loud you listen to your music.
This does not surprise me that much. I listen to music with ear buds, but I try to keep the music below medium or not much higher. Once, while on a field trip, I could hear a kids music through their ear buds. Keep in mind how loud a bus is!
A stunning one in five teens has lost a little bit of hearing, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found. How many teens has analyzer analyzed? What is the knew study? How much hearing have the teens lost? in that case, is it a problem?
Before I read this article, I had some idea of knowing that you could lose your hearing by listening to your iPod too loudly. After reading the article, it makes me want to listen to my music not as loud but I will still listen to my iPod as much as I do now.