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One in five Americans has their daily life affected by hearing loss and earbuds blaring loud music may be just a small factor. Katherine Harmon reports
有1/5的美國(guó)人的日常生活被聽(tīng)力減退的問(wèn)題困擾著，同時(shí)，播放著勁爆音樂(lè)的耳機(jī)可能只占誘發(fā)因素的一小部分。Katherine Harmon報(bào)道
Many people take their hearing for granted. But a new report shows that as many as one in five Americans suffers from hearing loss severe enough to affect their daily life. The findings are in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Aging is the most common risk factor. But the 48 million people in the U.S. who have some hearing loss in at least one ear included kids as young as 12. So why are so many people affected? Loud music and earbuds might not be to blame just yet, according to the study. In fact, the new numbers suggest that the risk for hearing loss might actually be going down over time, as people get smarter about protecting their hearing and move away from louder industrial jobs. The most common sources of noise-induced hearing loss include explosions, power tools, music and common machinery. The best way to fend off future hearing loss is to protect your ears with earplugs or noise-reducing earmuffs. So, can you hear me now?
很多人對(duì)自己的耳朵沒(méi)有給予足夠的重視。但是一項(xiàng)新的報(bào)告說(shuō)明，有1/5的美國(guó)人有著嚴(yán)重的聽(tīng)力減退問(wèn)題，以至于影響到了他們的日常生活。這些調(diào)查結(jié)果刊載在《內(nèi)科醫(yī)學(xué)檔案》中。年齡是最普遍的影響因素。但是，在4千8百萬(wàn)個(gè)至少一只耳朵有聽(tīng)力減退問(wèn)題的美國(guó)人中，也包括了12歲的孩子。問(wèn)題是，為什么會(huì)有如此多的人受此影響。根據(jù)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，大聲的音樂(lè)和耳機(jī)可能不應(yīng)該承擔(dān)如此多的責(zé)備。事實(shí)上，隨著人們變得越來(lái)越注意保護(hù)聽(tīng)力和有意識(shí)的遠(yuǎn)離嘈雜的工作，威脅聽(tīng)力的因素也之降低了。最常見(jiàn)的引發(fā)聽(tīng)力減退的噪音來(lái)源包括爆炸聲、電動(dòng)工具、高音量的音樂(lè)和常見(jiàn)的機(jī)械。最好的避免聽(tīng)力減退的方式就是使用耳塞或降低噪音的耳套。現(xiàn)在，你能聽(tīng)到我的話么？每天，有1/5的美國(guó)人被減退的聽(tīng)力困擾著，而高音量的耳機(jī)可能只是很小的因素。Katherine Harmon 報(bào)道
——Katherine Harmon
