{"id":881,"date":"2019-08-23T23:06:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T23:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiologycenternw.com\/?p=881"},"modified":"2020-11-13T16:21:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:21:09","slug":"peace-love-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/peace-love-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace, Love & Hearing Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lucky Portlanders who enjoyed three days of peace, love and music in upstate New York during the summer of 1969 are paying the price today. Many are suffering the effects of noise-induced hearing loss<\/a>\u2014an irreversible condition that can seriously impact their daily lives.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hearing loss<\/a> becomes more common as we age. One of the biggest factors contributing to a decline in hearing is noise. Of particular concern are the concerts and music festivals many older Americans attended during their youth.<\/p>\n Exposure to loud noise can damage the hair cells of the cochlea. 85 decibels (dB) is considered the threshold for safe listening; at this volume, it would take eight hours for hearing damage to occur. Noise levels at concerts can easily exceed 100 dB or more; at those volumes, permanent damage can occur in a matter of minutes. Considering the Woodstock music festival lasted for three days, it\u2019s likely many concertgoers are dealing with a hearing impairment 50 years later.<\/p>\n A Harris Poll<\/a> confirms this. Out of 1,000 adults between the ages of 65 to 80 (often labeled as the \u201cWoodstock generation\u201d even if they never attended the seminal event) who were surveyed, nearly half who listened to loud or very loud music in their teens are struggling with hearing loss today. Other statistics from the survey show that:<\/p>\n We can\u2019t solely blame Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane for permanently harming many older people\u2019s hearing. The number of people who actually attended Woodstock is around 400,000, and rates of hearing loss far exceed that number. There are other factors that have led to hearing loss for the Woodstock Generation; these include noisy jobs, war-related injuries and even just the cumulative effects of a lifetime of noise exposure. All those barking dogs, traffic horns and lawn mowers add up over the years.<\/p>\n In many cases, hearing naturally declines with age. It\u2019s estimated that one-third of people aged 65 experience hearing loss in Portland; by the age of 75, that number is closer to 50 percent. For those people, turning back the clock isn\u2019t an option; hearing loss is permanent, though hearing aids can help with quality of life. Because concerts and music festivals continue to be a big draw, if you\u2019re attending these events, please take precautions to protect your hearing. A good pair of earplugs today can help you enjoy music well into your golden years.<\/p>\n Your audiologist in Portland<\/a> is happy to help answer any questions you have about hearing loss and can provide tips on protecting<\/a> your hearing as you grow older.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lucky Portlanders who enjoyed three days of peace, love and music in upstate New York during the summer of 1969 are paying the price today. Many are suffering the effects of noise-induced hearing loss\u2014an irreversible condition that can seriously impact their daily lives. Summer of Love, Winter of Hearing Impairment Hearing loss becomes more common…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"7","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"503-232-1845 Portland | Many are suffering the effects of noise-induced hearing loss\u2014an irreversible condition that can seriously impact their daily lives.","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","locid":"","rating":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Summer of Love, Winter of Hearing Impairment<\/h2>\n
Polls show early listening habits can lead to later hearing loss<\/h3>\n
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Hearing loss is more than just the Woodstock effect<\/h2>\n