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I would welcome some more hard data. The only data I have is
knowing that some of my summer students the last few years I had any at Bell
Labs had worse hearing than the 50 year old guy who has worked in the audio
industry for 35 years has. Obviously, this is a limited sample, although the existence
of loss is not merely anecdotal. __________________________ James
D. Johnston (jj@xxxxxxx) CHIEF SCIENTIST - DTS, Inc. From: AUDITORY - Research
in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of reinifrosch@xxxxxxxxxx Jeffrey, In the link, it says "10 percent
of the 14.9 percent figure"; admittedly, that can be interpreted in two
ways. I still tend to favor mine; but even 4.9 percent would be worrying.
Anecdotally, one of my grandsons did damage his outer hair cells by a loud
noise, namely by that of a fire cracker. Loud music is dangerous too, I think. Reinhart. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:58 AM, reinifrosch@xxxxxxxxxx<reinifrosch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear Kevin, From a non-professional: 10 percent of
14.9 percent is about 1.5 percent; that leaves 13.4 percent of teenagers with
hearing loss, which is still frightening. From "Molecular Biology of the
Cell", Part V, Chapter 22: "Auditory Hair Cells Have to Last a
Lifetime". Reinhart. Would anyone in the professional
community care to comment on this? Begin forwarded message: A new study from the University of
Minnesota says that we're overestimating the amount of teens with hearing
loss. Thanks in advance. Kevin
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