The Daily News on Aug 21, 2009 published yet another article on the dangers of loud concerts and iPods resulting in permanent hearing loss. The article is titled "Beware: Loud concerts and iPods make music dangerous."
In our practice, there have been a few patients every year in their 20s and 30s who have experienced sudden hearing loss as bad as 80 year olds after attending a loud rock concert. The hearing disappears after the concert... and it never comes back. This phenomenon is called Sudden Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss or SSNHL for short.
Please wear ear plugs... and if you experience hearing loss or ringing/tinnitus after being exposed to loud noises that does NOT come back within a few days, see your local ENT as soon as possible. There are only a few medications that can help reverse the hearing loss, but only works if given within the first 2 weeks ideally and not more than 4 weeks.
Read the full article here.
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