Health | December 11, 2008 | 2 comments

All That Noise Is Damaging Children’s Hearing

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/health/09brod.html?_r=1

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Michael became hooked on headphones in his early teens. He walked the streets of Brooklyn day after day with his favorite music blasting directly into his ears. By his early 20s, the sensory hair cells in his inner ears had been permanently damaged and Michael had lost much of his upper-range hearing.

By JANE E. BRODY
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2 comments // All That Noise Is Damaging Children’s Hearing

  • KefKef
  • jahbini
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      jahbini  

    • It may be hard to regulate self inflicted noise. I'll bet that Michael would have just gotten a bigger amplifier if there was some sort of dB limit on his headphones.

      Environmental noise? That's a totally different thing. I hope somebody invents the silent jack-hammer... And soon!

    • 3 years ago
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