| When you're young, losing your hearing isn't one of | | | | thinks they might be experiencing hearing loss at a |
| your top concerns. Young people are developing | | | | young age. These include experiencing a ringing or |
| hearing problems. | | | | buzzing sound inside the ears (especially after a loud |
| While hearing loss is most often attributed to heredity | | | | concert,) pain inside the ears or even an increased |
| or aging, things like concerts and listening to music on | | | | sensitivity to noise. Experiencing any of these warning |
| headsets at loud settings can often be the cause of | | | | signs should be a trigger to visit a doctor and request |
| hearing loss in a younger person. The younger | | | | a hearing test. |
| generation tends to turn things up louder just for the | | | | What Can I Do to Protect My Hearing?Young people |
| fun of it, not because they are hard of hearing. | | | | should take action if they suspect they may be losing |
| Living in a big city and being constantly exposed to | | | | their hearing by having a comprehensive hearing test |
| excessive traffic noise—at a close distance—can | | | | as soon as possible. Not only will it help diagnose the |
| also be a source of gradual hearing loss. According to | | | | problem, but it will be a good reference point for future |
| a recent study performed by the Society to Aid the | | | | tests. |
| Hearing Impaired and published in the Times of India, | | | | If a doctor recommends a hearing aid, there's no |
| roughly 74 percent of traffic patrol officers in | | | | cause for alarm. Hearing aids have evolved |
| Hyderabad, India, are suffering from hearing loss. | | | | dramatically over the years and new technology has |
| Although this loss of hearing is a result of working long | | | | allowed them to be small and nearly unrecognizable to |
| hours at an extremely close range to the major noise | | | | another person. |
| levels of a city, it's important to keep in mind the | | | | Young adults can start taking proactive measures to |
| external factors that may surround a young person in | | | | avoid hearing loss, such as listening to music at a lower |
| their own life. | | | | volume, or wearing ear plugs to concerts or other loud |
| What are Some Warning Signs?"This age group may | | | | venues. They may think their hearing problem can be |
| notice a temporary hearing threshold shift or tinnitus | | | | solved with a quick turn of the volume, but if they don't |
| (ringing in the ears) after attending a loud concert or | | | | take care of it now, it could affect them more |
| turning their MP3s up too loud," . | | | | severely in the future. |
| There are warning signs to look out for if someone | | | | |