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Hearing Damage Rises among Teens

Are you listening to me through headphones? Because here’s a sample of what might be harming the ears of teenagers.

你是否在用耳机听我说话？这就是一个可能损伤青少年耳朵的例子。

[low-volume beating bass]

Just kidding—the last thing we want to do is damage your hearing. But that might be happening to adolescents. According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, adolescents show a significant increase in hearing loss since the early '90s.

说笑的——损伤你的听力是我们最不希望的事。但听力损伤有可能正发生在青少年身上。《美国医学协会学报》的一项研究表示，青少年的听力损伤自90年代初开始明显增加。

The study used two surveys. The first involved almost 3,000 adolescents tested between 1988 to 1994. The second involved 1,800 people tested in 2005 and 2006. There was a 31 percent increase in any kind of hearing loss in the second group versus the earlier one.

此研究进行了两次调查。第一次调查开展于1988至1994年之间，有将近3000名青少年参与测试。第二次调查则开展于2005至2006年之间，有1800名青少年参与测试。与第一次被调查人群相比，第二次被调查人群的各类听力损伤上升了31%。

This problem affects millions of teens—one in five, according to the later survey. It can harm communication, social skills and education. The researchers don’t make causal links, though they caution that loud sound exposure from listening to music might be particularly significant to adolescents. The rise in hearing loss does correlate with a rise in MP3 players and their earbuds.

这个问题影响了无数青少年——最新调查显示有20%的青少年受到影响。听力损伤会阻碍交流、降低社会技能以及影响教育。尽管研究人员警告，对青少年听力损伤问题而言，听音乐时喧闹外放的声音非常关键，但他们仍未确定其中的因果关系。听力损伤的增加的确和MP3播放器以及耳塞式耳机使用增多有所联系。

Speaking of which—check out these sounds.

说到这里，听听这段音乐——

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