Pumping loud music is putting more than 1 billion young people at risk of hearing loss

  • Written by: Robert Cowan, Professorial Research Fellow, Audiology and Speech Pathology, The University of Melbourne
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Music is an integral part of human life. It’s all around us, just like sunshine, lifting our mood. We enjoy it so much that many of us take it with us everywhere on our phones or we spend weekends hitting the club scene, live-music venues or concerts.

Meanwhile, many of us may have felt annoyed by loud sound from music...

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