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"Music is an integral part of human life. It’s all around us, just like
sunshine, lifting our mood. We enjoy it so much that many of us take it with us
everywhere on our phones or we spend weekends hitting the club scene,
live-music venues or concerts.
Meanwhile, many of us may have felt annoyed by loud sound from music venues or
remarked on sound emanating from someone else’s headphones. We’re probably
aware we should prevent hearing loss from loud industrial noise at work or from
using power tools at home.
A systematic review released today in
BMJ Global Health reports unsafe
listening practices in adolescents and young adults from using personal
listening devices (such as phones or digital music players) and going to loud
clubs and gigs are common, and could be a major factor contributing to hearing
loss.
In fact, the authors estimate the pumping tunes could be placing up to 1.35
billion young people at risk of hearing loss worldwide."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
