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Robert Cowan, Professorial Research Fellow, Audiology and Speech Pathology, The University of Melbourne

Pumping loud music is putting more than 1 billion young people at risk of hearing loss

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Music is an integral part of human life. It’s all around us, just like sunshine, lifting our mood. We enjoy it so much that many of us take it with us everywhere on our phones or we spend weekends hitting the club scene, live-music venues or concerts.

Meanwhile, many of us may have felt annoyed by loud sound from music venues or remarked on sound emanating from someone else’s headphones. We’re probably aware we should prevent hearing loss from loud industrial noise at work or from using power tools at home.

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