Subscribe to Receive the Daily Report

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

What’s causing hearing loss for millions of Americans?

Author:     Ashley Welch
Source:     CBS News
Publication Date:     February 8, 2017, 1:45 PM
 Link: What’s causing hearing loss for millions of Americans?
Stephan:   On the island where I live people are very conscious suddenly about noise and its health implications because at the north end of the island the Navy has brought in an aircraft which when operational produces sound levels as high as 130Db which causes real damage. I began to do a little research on this as a trend, and this is what I uncovered. You might consider having a hearing test.

Millions of U.S. adults have some sort of hearing damage and a surprising number don’t even know it, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hearing loss affects around 40 million adults — one in five between the ages of 20 and 69. It is the third most common chronic condition in the U.S. Almost twice as many people report hearing loss as report diabetes or cancer.

While lengthy exposure to loud sounds at a noisy workplace is a common culprit, the new report emphasizes that the routine noise of everyday modern life can damage hearing just as much.

“Forty million Americans show some hearing damage from loud noise, with nearly 21 million reporting no exposure to loud noise at work,” CDC Acting Director Dr. Anne Schuchat said in a statement. “This can be distressing for people affected and their loved ones.”

“What’s causing it is loud noise and it’s not just how loud the noise is, it’s how long someone’s exposed to it,” CBS News medical contributor Dr. […]

Read the Full Article

2 Comments

  1. John Gabriel Otvos on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 3:31 am

    . . . and to the list of weed eaters, chainsaws, etc, add these other household appliances such as hair dryers for women and men (look where your ears are in relation to the drier), kitchen blenders . . .

  2. Rev. Dean on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 10:05 am

    I lost some hearing and began having tinitis (ringing in the ears) when I lived at the end of an international airport. The richer class of people at the other end of the runway actually sued to make the planes take off and land in the other direction from where they lived, and of course they won their suit. That sent more planes over my roof and drove me nuts until I could move to another area not so close to the runway. As usual, us working class people got screwed, and the rich got their way.