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Have a safe, happy and healthy Labor Day...from all of us at Helton Hearing Care. :) New research into the “ringing in the ears” condition known as tinnitus points to an alarming level of early hearing damage in young people who are exposed to loud music. The researchers interviewed and evaluated 170 students between 11 and 17 years old, learning that nearly all of them engage in risky listening habits, favoring loud music at parties, in their vehicles and on their personal listening devices.
It is common after listening to loud music to experience tinnitus for the next day or two, and more than half report that it has happened to them. Alarmingly, more than a quarter of the subjects are already experiencing persistent tinnitus, which generally affects people over 50. This brief tinnitus is an early warning sign of vulnerability to the damaging effects of noise exposure on the neurons that transmit sounds to the brain. While some other forms of hearing loss can be repaired, such nerve damage cannot be reversed. The only sure solution is prevention. To that end, developers have created smartphone applications and other devices that help young users – and their parents - to insure that young ears do not exceed their safe “Daily Sound Allowance” (DSA). By tracking the listening habits of users, these applications are designed to never let users exceed their DSA and to prevent them from exposure to harmful levels of listening. For more information, visit www.limitear.com. If you have youngsters in your life, be aware of the significant and permanent damage they may be doing to their hearing. While they may be our potential customers of tomorrow, we would vastly prefer to see them practice safe listening habits today. Need a good pair of custom hearing protection devices, give us a call at 406-586-0914 to schedule an appointment with our doctors of audiology. Adapted from “Increase of Tinnitus in Teens Indicates Early Hearing Damage” hearingreview.com 6/16 |
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