http://www.tinnitusformula.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/hearing-at-risk-for-the-young/ Weblog on Tinnitus treatments and information Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:53:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.tinnitusformula.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/hearing-at-risk-for-the-young/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Kiri Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:14:40 +0000 http://www.tinnitusformula.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/hearing-at-risk-for-the-young/#comment-136 I am 21 years old and suffered extreme hearing loss accompanied by really loud tinnitus 2 years ago, when I was 19. I always had problems with my left ear, starting when I was young and had many ear infections. Around 11 or 12, I started to listen to my music extremely loud in my room and went to loud concerts. Parties, too, were always loud. My hearing loss came as a huge shock and now I'm extremely sensitive to any noise. I wear earplugs many places (parties, concerts, sometimes even loud restaurants, and clubs), and my music is never too loud because of the tinnitus. I see all my friends walk around tuned into their iPod throughout the day and going to loud places. I try to warn them, but everyone (like I once thought) thinks they are invincible. I, too, worry about the hearing of my generation. I am 21 years old and suffered extreme hearing loss accompanied by really loud tinnitus 2 years ago, when I was 19. I always had problems with my left ear, starting when I was young and had many ear infections. Around 11 or 12, I started to listen to my music extremely loud in my room and went to loud concerts. Parties, too, were always loud.
My hearing loss came as a huge shock and now I’m extremely sensitive to any noise. I wear earplugs many places (parties, concerts, sometimes even loud restaurants, and clubs), and my music is never too loud because of the tinnitus. I see all my friends walk around tuned into their iPod throughout the day and going to loud places. I try to warn them, but everyone (like I once thought) thinks they are invincible.
I, too, worry about the hearing of my generation.

]]> http://www.tinnitusformula.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/hearing-at-risk-for-the-young/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Britannia Glenn Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:35:29 +0000 http://www.tinnitusformula.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/hearing-at-risk-for-the-young/#comment-122 As a teacher, I see (and hear) students with their IPods attached to themselves throughout the day. Many of them have the volume turned up so loudly, I can hear the music from several feet away. Kids have told me that hearing loss won't happen to them, or if it does, someone will have a cure for it by the time they need one. Being a tinnitus sufferer, I worry about their hearing health, but they don't listen. As a teacher, I see (and hear) students with their IPods attached to themselves throughout the day.
Many of them have the volume turned up so loudly, I can hear the music from several feet away.
Kids have told me that hearing loss won’t happen to them, or if it does, someone will have a cure for it by the time they need one.
Being a tinnitus sufferer, I worry about their hearing health, but they don’t listen.

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