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Audiologists raise concern over headphone use in young people (www.bbc.com)
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[–] givesomefucks 134 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The cause of Sophie's APD diagnosis is unknown, but her audiologist believes the overuse of noise-cancelling headphones, which Sophie wears for up to five hours a day, could have a part to play.

So fucking stupid...

Kid grew up on a quiet farm in the countryside, then she moved to London and probably 100+ student plus lectures.

It's not that noise cancelling headphones prevented her from developing normally, she developed in an environment like what we evolved to handle.

Then she got thrown into a cacophony of sound that is one of the planets largest/busiest cities...

And they act like she is the problem and not noise pollution?

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00642-5

Noise pollution is fucking a lot of us up, and people who grew up with it are used to it, but that doesn't stop the negative consequences of it. Someone that never had to deal with it is obviously going to have what looks like a sudden onset of a condition, but the person is fine.

The environment is the problem.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My tolerance of noise and light pollution has gone way the hell down as I have gotten older. I want to live in the woods at this point.

[–] P1nkman 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel so lucky, living in the country side where the closest road is 300m away, and the closest neighbour 250m from the house. It gets completely quiet in the summertime due to all the trees surrounding the property. It's heaven on earth in the summer!

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah I keep trying to move to the woods but my wife wants to be around people for some reason lol

[–] ebolapie 3 points 2 days ago

People are posting about wanting to run away to the woods but I think it's important to remember that cities can be quiet.

Not that we should all move to Delft, but if we built infrastructure for people instead of cars cities wouldn't be so fucking loud.

[–] acosmichippo 12 points 2 days ago

She is just an example, they say this issue is on the rise in general.

Five NHS audiology departments have told the BBC that there has been an increase in the number of young people referred to them from GPs with hearing issues - only to find their hearing is normal when tested and it is their ability to process sound that is struggling.

APD is more common in neurodivergent people, those who have suffered from a brain injury or had a middle-ear infection as a child. However, more patients with APD are presenting outside of those categories, leaving audiologists to question if external factors, such as noise-cancelling headphones, are contributing.