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March 15, 2017

Loud sounds may be more harmful than you thought

  • Research about ‘hidden hearing loss' lends new urgency to the standard advice about protecting your ears in loud places.
    • By MALCOLM RITTER
    AP Science Writer

    NEW YORK — Matt Garlock has trouble making out what his friends say in loud bars, but when he got a hearing test, the result was normal. Recent research may have found an explanation for problems like his, something called “hidden hearing loss.”

    Scientists have been finding evidence that loud noise — from rock concerts, leaf blowers, power tools and the like — damages our hearing in a previously unsuspected way. It may not be immediately noticeable, and it does not show up in standard hearing tests.


     
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