{"id":6921,"date":"2025-02-17T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/?p=6921"},"modified":"2025-02-17T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:32:05","slug":"airpods-can-cause-hearing-loss-among-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/airpods-can-cause-hearing-loss-among-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"AirPods can cause hearing loss among young people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14405013\/Top-expert-warns-AirPods-trigger-terrifying-brain-disorder.html\">increasing<\/a> prevalence of auditory processing disorder (APD) among young people may be linked to prolonged use of noise-cancelling headphones, which alter the brain\u2019s ability to filter sounds naturally.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6906\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6906\" src=\"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/600-400-17-02-25-01-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by @azerbaijan_stockers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>The Growing Concern Over Speech Recognition Difficulties<\/h4>\n<p>Audiologists in the UK\u2019s National Health Service report a rise in cases where young individuals struggle with speech recognition despite having normal hearing. Renee Almeida, head of audiology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, explains that \u201cthere is a difference between hearing and listening,\u201d with noise-cancelling devices primarily affecting listening ability. This can lead to difficulty in understanding speech in noisy environments or recognizing unfamiliar accents.<\/p>\n<h4>How Noise-Cancelling Technology Affects Auditory Processing<\/h4>\n<p>Claire Benton, vice president of the British Academy of Audiology, warns that continuous use of noise-cancelling headphones may cause the brain to \u201cforget\u201d how to naturally distinguish important sounds from background noise. <em>&#8220;You&#8217;ve almost created this fake environment by putting on these headphones, where you only listen to what you want to listen to. You don&#8217;t have to work at it,&#8221;<\/em> she explains. Since auditory processing skills develop until late adolescence, excessive reliance on noise cancellation may disrupt this crucial process.<\/p>\n<h4>Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment of APD<\/h4>\n<p>Despite APD becoming more common, access to specialized healthcare remains limited in the UK. The Royal National ENT Hospital in London is the only facility offering a full APD diagnosis, with waiting times of up to nine months. According to the NHS, effective interventions include auditory training, specialized microphones, and hearing aids.<\/p>\n<h4>The Need for Further Research and Improved Diagnostics<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Angela Alexander from APD Support highlights the importance of further studies on the potential link between noise-cancelling technology and APD. <em>\u201cWhat will the future look like if we don\u2019t explore this connection?\u201d<\/em> she asks. Since APD is often misdiagnosed as attention deficit disorder (ADD), developing more precise diagnostic methods is crucial to ensuring appropriate treatment and preventing long-term auditory challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The increasing prevalence of auditory processing disorder (APD) among young people may be linked to prolonged use of noise-cancelling headphones, which alter the brain\u2019s ability to filter sounds naturally. The Growing Concern Over Speech Recognition Difficulties Audiologists in the UK\u2019s National Health Service report a rise in cases where young individuals struggle with speech recognition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-en","8":"category-news-en-2"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}