Professional Musicians Have Four Times the Risk of Deafness

Professional musicians have four times the risk of being affected by noise induced hearing loss as found in a new study. Noise induced deafness can be caused by sudden very loud noise, such as an explosion or gunfire, but it may also develop gradually as a result of repeated exposure to loud noise, suggested the study authors. They base their findings on data from 3 statutory health insurance providers containing the details of 7 million German citizens ...

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