Teenager Hearing at Risk

We can only warn them!

Scores of millennials could be deaf by the time they reach 40 – because they’re listening to music too loud, claims a new study by a team at the University of Sao Paulo’s Medical School in Brazil. Soaring numbers of teenagers are being diagnosed with tinnitus, a permanent ringing or hissing sound in your ear that is a key symptom of hearing loss. It is normally common among older people. But a new paper published in Scientific Reports says the condition is becoming more prevalent in younger groups due to long spells of listening to loud music using earbuds. Worryingly, however, teens seem unfussed about getting the condition checked out by a doctor.