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Are you listening to me through headphones? Because here’s a sample of what might be harming the ears of teenagers.
[low-volume beating bass]
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 ____1____ in hearing loss since the early '90s.
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 ____2____ 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 ____3____, though they caution that ____4____ from listening to music might be particularly significant to adolescents. The rise in hearing loss ____5____ a rise in MP3 players and their earbuds.
Speaking of which—check out these sounds.
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你是否在用耳機聽我說話?這就是一個可能損傷青少年耳朵的例子。 說笑的——損傷你的聽力是我們最不希望的事。但聽力損傷有可能正發(fā)生在青少年身上?!睹绹t(yī)學協(xié)會學報》的一項研究表示,青少年的聽力損傷自90年代初開始明顯增加。 此研究進行了兩次調(diào)查。第一次調(diào)查開展于1988至1994年之間,有將近3000名青少年參與測試。第二次調(diào)查則開展于2005至2006年之間,有1800名青少年參與測試。與第一次被調(diào)查人群相比,第二次被調(diào)查人群的各類聽力損傷上升了31%。 這個問題影響了無數(shù)青少年——最新調(diào)查顯示有20%的青少年受到影響。聽力損傷會阻礙交流、降低社會技能以及影響教育。盡管研究人員警告,對青少年聽力損傷問題而言,聽音樂時喧鬧外放的聲音非常關(guān)鍵,但他們?nèi)晕创_定其中的因果關(guān)系。聽力損傷的增加的確和MP3播放器以及耳塞式耳機使用增多有所聯(lián)系。 說到這里,聽聽這段音樂——