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Jamming to the iPod Is Making Us Deaf

A generation of adults will suffer hearing loss well ahead of its time

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted May 18, 2009 10:57 AM CDT

(Newser) – The popularity of iPods and similar devices may leave a generation of adults with impaired hearing decades ahead of their time, the Boston Globe reports. Sensory cells in the ear can only take so much bombardment, and frequent, pulsing music causes irreparable damage. New research...   Read full story »

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