Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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This activity is intended for pediatricians, family medicine/primary care clinicians, internists, public health and prevention officials, nurses, physician assistants, and other members of the health care team for adolescents and young adults who may be at risk for hearing loss from unsafe listening practices.
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Hearing loss is a public health concern meriting global recognition and prioritization. Voluntary recreational noise exposure, or unsafe listening, is a modifiable risk factor for hearing loss in young people and may increase the risk for hearing loss in aging. Recurrent or even single instances of unsafe listening may cause physiological damage to the auditory system.
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 430 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss and that prevalence may nearly double without effective hearing loss prevention strategies. Unsafe listening practices, largely attributable to personal listening device use and/or attendance at loud entertainment venues, are likely to be modifiable with implementation of existing policy recommendations and known public health practices.
As many as 1.35 billion young people worldwide are at risk for hearing loss because of “unsafe listening,” a new study shows.
The study found that as many as 1 in 4 people ages 12 to 34 years are exposed to dangerous noise levels via “personal listening devices,” such as high volume settings on smartphones, and nearly half of people those ages experience damaging noise levels at entertainment venues.
“To our knowledge, this review is the first published article to estimate the prevalence of exposure to unsafe listening practices in adolescents and young adults and its global burden,” the authors write. “These estimates are needed to communicate the urgency of prioritising hearing loss prevention to governments, industries and other stakeholders responsible for implementing policy.”
Published this month in BMJ Global Health, the researchers evaluated data combined from 33 studies of “unsafe listening” among people ages 12 to 34 years. Unsafe listening was defined in the study as exposure to greater than 80 decibels for at least 40 hours a week. (For context, city traffic is about 80 decibels, according to a list of sounds that can cause hearing loss from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC].)
Research has shown that both single instances and repeated exposure to high volumes can damage hearing, potentially permanently, and the effects can build up during a person’s lifetime. Hearing loss is associated with poor academic performance, reduced economic mobility, and health problems, the study authors said.
They encouraged more be done to educate people on how to prevent hearing loss and for policy makers to take action. The CDC suggests turning down the volume or taking listening breaks, using hearing protection such as earplugs, and keeping children away from loud music or equipment at home, among other tips to protect from hearing loss.
BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(11):e010501.
