Are iPods Behind Rising Teen Hearing Loss?

From Time Magazine:
That’s what the latest analysis of national health data on adolescents shows. Between 1988-94 and 2005-06, the percentage of teens with hearing loss jumped by about a third, from 15% of 12-to-19-year-olds to 19.5%. And the reason may not be the ubiquitous earphones that snake from nearly every teen’s ears during most hours of the day.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2011503,00.html?xid=rss-topstories#ixzz0wzqNIolZ

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