Cellphones and portable music players are inescapable on college campuses. But if students don’t show some discretion in using the devices, hearing aids could soon be ubiquitous, too, according to researchers on Purdue University’s main campus.
The researchers say they’ve diagnosed a growing number of students with auditory problems, like hearing loss and tinnitus, that typically strike middle-aged adults. The ears of plugged-in students "have very little quiet time to recover from noise exposure," says Robert Novak, director of clinical education in audiology at Purdue.
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