{"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

Summer of Love, Winter of Hearing Impairment<\/h2>\n

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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

Polls show early listening habits can lead to later hearing loss<\/h3>\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