Study: Adolescent Potentially Hearing Loss

SYDNEY - It is not a secret anymore if listening to music through the mp3 player with the volume levels can damage hearing. However, many teenagers who do not heed this Call, so that the level of hearing damage by increasing adolescents.

"Our study found, the age of adolescents have greater risk of damage to the hearing instrument. This will happen when they listen to music with the sound of the maximum. Unfortunately, many teenagers who do not care about that," said Cory Portnuff, a scientist from the University of Colorado.

SMH, Monday (23/2/2009), reported that the study also revealed that adolescent males prefer to listen to loud music with the sound, rather than girls. This also underlie the continued research on these differences.

"We concluded, about 24 percent of teenagers listen to iPod and MP3 player with a high voice," by Portnuff.

Therefore, scientists continue to do so Call adolescents do not often listen to music via the MP3 player, more than 4.6 hours per day.

"If not, many teenagers will lose power during a hearing at the age they are still young," said Portnuff (srn)
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