Headphones causing hidden hearing loss 'epidemic'
Roberta Singer
The Courier - September 24, 2016. Listening to loud music on personal devices could be leading to an epidemic of deafness among young people, a study shows. Noisy sporting events, concerts and nightclubs is also expose them to increasing risk of ‘hidden hearing loss’ - which isn’t picked up by standard tests. Known medically as cochlear synaptopathy if affects the ability to pick out sounds in a noisy environment.
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