Report: 20% of teens suffer hearing loss

Hearing loss among teenagers is on the upswing, according to research just published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association.”

More teens suffer hearing loss

Having trouble getting through to your teenager? Maybe he or she can't hear you. One in every five teenagers in the United States today has a slight hearing loss, according to the authors of a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association . The proportion of teenagers with slight hearing loss has jumped 30 percent in the past 15 years. That means nearly 6.5 million ...

John W. House, M.D.: Can Your Teenager Hear Me Now?

Recent headlines across the country screamed "1 in 5 Teenagers has Hearing Loss." I am glad this research published in Journal of the American Medical...

Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in Australia

Creator:  Perri Timmins Between July 2002 and June 2007 there were about 16 500 successful workers’ compensation claims for industrial deafness involving permanent impairment due to noise. Health read more

What others say: Don't turn it up to 11

For years, guitarist Pete Townshend has talked about noise-induced hearing loss. Was anybody listening?