One Night of Loud Music Harms Hearing

Daily Telegraph
August 22, 2007

A report from the United Kingdom shows that nine out 10 young people show signs of hearing loss after just one night out, but they do nothing about it.

The report, sponsored by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), found that roughly 70 percent of clubbers and concert goers, and about 45 percent of bar drinkers suffer symptoms such as dullness of hearing and ringing in the ears ...

Dr John Low, chief executive of RNID, said, "Our research shows most young people have experienced the first signs of permanent hearing damage after a night out, yet have no idea how to prevent it.

With regular exposure to music at high volumes in clubs, gigs and bars, it is only too easy to clock up noise doses that could damage their hearing forever."