Did you know that you are destroying your hearing?
Scenarios like this multiply little by little: the guitar of your favorite song doesn’t sound too loud, so you turn up the volume.
You have to fight to hear the conversation on TV. In a crowded bar, you try to understand what your friends are saying, only to discover that it has become a serious challenge for you.
Hearing loss is often not a major event, it forms overnight, but gradually worsens over time. Some experts believe that it is very fashionable behaviors, such as the increasing use of headphones, using them to listen to music and watch movies, that may contribute to premature hearing aging. And the problem may affect young people now more than ever.
Why should I be concerned about my hearing?
“It’s amazing how many times in your life you don’t notice, you notice there’s a lot of noise in your ears and then it’s too late,” said Jill Gruenwald, a clinical auditory therapist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. . , “Today we live with a lot of noise from entertainment, personal audiovisual equipment, concerts, bars, etc., cinemas are noisy. We are exposed to a lot of noise every day.”
The ability to listen to music on the go and at work suggests many of us wear headphones for hours a day (Credit: Getty Images)
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The ability to listen to music on the go and at work suggests many of us wear headphones for hours a day (Credit: Getty Images)
Grunwald lectures on the perception of hearing loss at the Vanderbilt School of Music. She explained that prolonged exposure to unusually loud noise increases the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) for anyone, regardless of age. However, there is reason to believe that people may begin to show symptoms of noise-induced hearing loss at a young age, either as a result of the nature of their work or in relation to their recreational activities, especially in Nash Vail, this music center.
