Approximately 12-percent of all children ages 6-19 have noise-induced hearing loss. And that percentage is climbing as children and teens continue to damage their hearing by prolonged exposure to loud noise. Unfortunately, noise-induced hearing loss is permanent - but as Dr. B. Joseph Touma, of HIMG and Touma Hearing Centers, tells us in this brief clip from an in-depth podcast about childhood hearing loss, noise-induced hearing loss is almost always preventable.
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