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Teen hearing loss rate worsens

Percentage of adolescents with some decline has increased since 1990s, study shows

By Nathan Seppa

- More than 2 years ago

SENSORY DEPRIVATION Nearly one in five U.S. adolescents has measurable hearing damage, a new study finds. Shargorodsky et al/JAMA

The prevalence of hearing loss in teenagers rose by nearly one-third in recent years compared with the rate in the 1980s and 1990s, a new study shows.