Article About Noise & Hearing Loss — Men's Journal

This article is definitely preaching to the choir on this site but I found it really interesting.

http://www.mensjournal.com/health-f...-losing-hearing-faster-than-you-think-w475579

 

"About 30 percent more teenagers have hearing loss now than when Reagan was president."

So sad

 

"A recent Brazilian study found that 28 percent of teenagers there had tinnitus (ringing in the ears) due to using earbuds and going to loud concerts and parties." This too!

 

This is unfortunate, but I truly believe that younger people being personally impacted by tinnitus is going to propel research forward.

Hearing issues are often perceived as ailments of the old, as much a part of the aging process as eyesight problems and gray hair. But when a condition starts to directly affect younger generations, the perception changes and there is a greater drive to cure or lessen the ailment.

For young people, what used to be a problem your grandfather had, is now something your sister, your best friend, or even you are struggling to cope with. I think as a result, there will be more young people interested in research, audiology, ENT, etc. More people having a personal drive to find a cure.