Are you listening to me through headphones? Because here's a sample of what might be harming the ears of teenagers.
Just kidding-the last thing we want to do is damage your hearing. But that might be happening to adolescents. According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, adolescents show a significant increase in hearing loss since the early '90s.
你是通过耳机收听我的节目吗?我这里有一段音乐,它可能会损害青少年的耳朵。
仅仅开开玩笑而已--我们最不愿做的事情就是损害你的听力。不过这种情况可能正在青少年之中发生。根据发表在《美国医学会杂志》(Journal of the American Medical Association)上的一项研究结果,从上世纪90年代开始,青少年的听力损伤增加非常明显。
The study used two surveys. The first involved almost 3,000 adolescents tested between 1988 to 1994. The second involved 1,800 people tested in 2005 and 2006. There was a 31 percent increase in any kind of hearing loss in the second group versus the earlier one.
This problem affects millions of teens-one in five, according to the later survey. It can harm communication, social skills and education. The researchers don't make causal links, though they caution that loud sound exposure from listening to music might be particularly significant to adolescents. The rise in hearing loss does correlate with a rise in MP3 players and their earbuds.