{"id":21612,"date":"2010-09-28T08:27:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T12:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=21612"},"modified":"2010-10-01T08:28:56","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T12:28:56","slug":"headphone-hearing-hazards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/09\/headphone-hearing-hazards\/","title":{"rendered":"Headphone Hearing Hazards"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21731\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/teenageheadphone_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21731    img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"The use of headphones is contributing to hearing loss among young people.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/teenageheadphone_lg.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Teenage headphones.&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"216\" height=\"170\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/teenageheadphone_lg.jpg 700w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/teenageheadphone_lg-300x237.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 216px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 216\/170;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The use of headphones is contributing to hearing loss among young people. Stock photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to hearing loss, a tiny iPod seems much less threatening than a  rock concert but it actually may be more dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Research has found that college  students who listen to their iPods in a noisy environment tend to play them at  80 percent of the possible volume, putting their hearing at risk after a little  more than an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Other studies have found that young people have a rate of  impaired hearing 2 \u00bd times that of their parents and grandparents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/PhysicianProfile.aspx?ID=347\">Dr. Kourosh  Parham<\/a>, an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist at the Health Center, says  it doesn\u2019t matter whether it&#8217;s an iPod, MP3 player, or an old-fashioned Walkman,  hearing loss simply depends on how loud the sound is and how long you\u2019re exposed  to it. The louder the sound, the less time it takes to damage your ears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px\">\n<p>Parham offers tips on how to prevent hearing loss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decrease the volume when in a quiet environment.<\/li>\n<li>Turn volume down if you can\u2019t hear people speaking near you.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid turning up volume to block out noisy surroundings.<\/li>\n<li>Limit the amount of time you use earbuds\/headphones at high volume.<\/li>\n<li>If you experience ringing in the ear or hear muffled speech, rest your ear.<\/li>\n<li>Protect your ears from household, occupational, or recreational activities  involving loud noise by wearing ear plugs and\/or ear muffs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The popularity of iPods has brought new attention to the issue of hearing  loss, and the estimate that 50 million people in the U.S. will be hearing  impaired by 2050 may finally get people to listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health Center&#8217;s Dr. Kourosh Parham highlights the problem of hearing loss among young adults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-21612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 15:59:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21612"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22141,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21612\/revisions\/22141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21612"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=21612"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=21612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}