SWAMPSCOTT — Maggie Upham knows kids who keep their iPod volume so loud that people nearby can hear the music. "Some of my friends listen to it really high," said Upham, 16, as she held her hot pink iPod nano with blue ear buds. "I always tell them to turn it down." The ubiquitous use of personal stereo devices like iPods, in part, may play a role in a recent increase in teenage hearing loss. Whatever the cause, the news worries hearing health professionals like Dr. Joan McCormack.
Article from The Salem News, August 27, 2010
Teens need to wear hearing protection now for a lifetime of listening enjoyment. Exposure to loud music may be a leading cause of hearing loss in teens--and it is preventable. That's the message that Boston-area audiologist Joan McCormack is working to convey. "I think healthy hearing habits should be included in high school health classes. We insist that kids wear seat belts and go to the dentist, but we ignore protecting their hearing," says McCormack, a doctor of audiology at Atlantic Hearing Care in Swampscott, Mass.
Article from Hearing Health Magazine January 12, 2011