Parents and grandparents must think about ear protection for babies and toddlers. The best protection is teaching the children in your family learn to avoid loud sound.
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Listening to loud music on headphones is causing hearing loss in children
Listening to loud music on headphones is causing hearing loss in children, researchers believe. Love your kids? Take away their headphones.
More study needed on hearing loss among preschool teachers
More study needed on hearing loss among preschool teachers. If the study holds up, says Dr. Bronzaft, school design must focus on acoustics.
Hearing-related problems are common among preschool teachers
Hearing-related problems are common among preschool teachers, a Swedish study finds—screaming children are an occupational hazard.
Noise is bad for children
The World Health Organization has known for over a decade that noise adversely affects children’s health. So why haven’t we done anything to protect them?
How a YouTube-inspired prank ruined a young girl’s life
How one loser miscreant with an air horn “inspired” by a YouTube “celebrity” prankster ruined a young girl’s hearing and changed her life
Portable listening devices are too loud
Portable listening devices are too loud and they will damage hearing. What will it take to get regulators to protect young peoples’ hearing?
Cigarette use has dropped sharply among teens
Cigarette use has dropped sharply among teens, so can public health authorities focus on preventing noise-induced hearing loss next?
Will the nation’s young be obese with hearing loss, too?
Will the nation’s young be obese with hearing loss, too? Yes, if no one will educate their parents about noise and hearing loss.