{"id":2626,"date":"2015-03-03T11:50:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=2626"},"modified":"2015-03-03T11:50:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:50:35","slug":"hearing-loss-in-rich-countries-another-decadent-crack-in-the-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/hearing-loss-in-rich-countries-another-decadent-crack-in-the-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing loss in rich countries – another decadent crack in the system."},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year it was reported that for 4 decades global development had followed the pessimistic scenario projected in 1972 in Limits to Growth.\u00a0 2015 was projected as the start of the outward signs of decay.\u00a0 And here’s one of them:<\/p>\n

World Health Organisation data shows increasing hearing damage in developed economies from partying, and other stuff.\u00a0 It says 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults<\/a> are at risk of permanently damaging their hearing by listening to “too much, too loudly”.<\/p>\n

So the media device is helping us corrupt social behaviour – people don’t talk to each other, they text etc.\u00a0 And is helping us make ourselves deaf too.<\/p>\n

The louder the noise (measured in decibels), the faster it damages the ear.\u00a0 The WHO’s safe listening times are:<\/p>\n