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Hearing Loss | Last Active: Mar 21, 2021 | Replies (153)Comment receiving replies
You are much more eloquent writer than me but that is exactly what I thought was going on. About 75% of my hearing loss is genetic...I have 5 other siblings and all of them suffer some degree of loss. The other 25% was industrial noise and not worrying about hearing protection until I was 40. It is interesting though that some people exposed to loud noise(shooting range for instance) never suffer the same degree of hearing loss!
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I recall a presentation many years ago at an HLAA convention that was given by a doctor who was with the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The prevailing thought at that time was that a percentage of the population had a genetic susceptibility to noise induced hearing loss, while another percentage of the population did not. The problem was that those with the susceptibility did not know until it happened, and it was irreversible. The advice given was that 'If you have noise induced hearing loss, it is vital for you to protect your hearing from noise'. That was aimed at industry, sports like hunting, the military, etc. Now we know that tinnitus is associated with noise. Isn't it strange that noise pollution kind of goes by the wayside in regulations?