Doctors are seeing an increasing number of teens and young adults who are experiencing hearing loss from listening to loud music through ear buds.
It can cause tinnitus, which is ringing in the ears. It’s a sign of hearing loss and damage to the hair cells in the inner ear. Ringing in the ears is one of the early signs of hearing loss, especially in young people.
Attending loud concerts, being a musician and listening to music at loud levels are all possible sources of noise-induced hearing loss, according to the Healthy Hearing website at healthy hearing.com.
Factories have the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to make sure workers don’t suffer hearing loss.
For regular hearing device use, there is the 60/60 rule. If you are listening to an iPod, you don’t want to have it over 60 percent volume, and if you’re listening to it for a long period of time you want to take a break every 60 minutes, according to Dr. Hugh Sims, an ear, nose and throat doctor with Med Center Health.
Sims said protecting your hearing anytime you are around noise is important. Limit the time. Wear ear protection around lawn mowers, leaf blowers, Beech Bend races and concerts
Sims said the most important thing is to help teens and young adults not injure their hearing.
Source: AP
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