One Billion Youth At Risk Of Hearing Loss From Loud Music: Who

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Sat, 02/28/2015 - 8:47am

More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through listening to loud music, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The WHO estimates that around half of those between the ages of 12 and 35 in middle- and high-income countries are at risk due to unsafe levels of sound...

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