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Remember jamming to music and bumping up the volume on that big clunky walkman? These days, teens can listen to music virtually anywhere and on anything. Most cell phones even come with headsets. Unfortunately, teen hearing loss is growing with this increased accessibility to mobile music.

Slight hearing loss can lead to a slew of problems. According to Time, it has been linked to slower language development, poorer performance in school and lower self-esteem.

A new study by Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, finds one in five adolescents has hearing loss. That's a 30% increase over adolescents tested between 1988 and 1994.

While the latest study didn't look specifically at noise and hearing loss, research shows loud music could put listeners at risk.

The hearing loss is often subtle so most teens don't know they have a problem. Doctors say identifying those kids is critical.

Many parents have been trying to get their kids to listen up for years. Now they have evidence to back them up.

The authors of the study say loud music may not be the only thing damaging kids ears. Diet and nutrition, as well as exposure to toxins, could be factors. Children in lower-income families are also at higher risk because they may not be getting adequate nutrition to support proper development of the auditory system, according to an article in Time.

I think I might be one of those in a few years from my earphones :-/

I think I may be one of those teens.

Don't listen to it that loud then. I have people at work who have bass set up in their car. Their cars shake the whole block. I can hear their car like a mile away because of the so much bass. I don't see the point in having bass in your car. It's just going to make it fall apart.

I don't use my headphones too much, so i should be alright. But I am kinda deaf anyway ... so I might end up being on of those teens.

You're not supposed to listen to iPods/iPhones past 60% volume. On the iPod touch/iPhone that's two clicks past the pause/play button.

This is exactly why I can't blast music. It hurts my ears, and I know it'll hurt me in the long run.

I used to listen to music through headphones with about 50% of volume loud enough. But now, 50% of volume level is still silent. Before my hearing could not tolerate 70% of the volume but now I can go up to 80%. I think I'm starting to experience hearing loss.

I have mine under the fastforward button.

My iPod touch is probably around 55-60%.

Mine's under the rewind button.

^ How do you hear it??

Yeah it's never supposed to be higher than this:

Without any background noise, I listen to my ipod a little over 50%. When I'm excercising or doing something else that involves louder volume I usually almost max the volume My ears always ring when I'm done

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I need to put it there.

^^^ That's about where mine is.

I'm seriously going to turn it down so I don't go deaf!!


I can't imagine not being able to hear Gaga :tears::tears::tears::tears::tears::tears:

My hearing has already been affected. I find a little hard to hear certain words and sometimes I will ask someone to repeat themselves.

Why not?

Sometimes, the outside music is louder than the iPod's. It's annoying, so I have to higher the volume to hear the music I'm listening to clearly.