Previous Story Baby Boomer Hearing Loss The sounds of silence blast in the past from a roar to a whisper growing silver and silent the strong, silent type If you think hearing loss is a geriatric problem, think again. More and more, audiologists are seeing younger people, in their 40's and 50's in the office with difficulty hearing. That's right. 28 million Americans suffer from hearing loss costing the healthcare industry 30-billion dollars a year. And that number is expected to grow rapidly.. faster than the US population, as our baby-boomers age. 1969 New York City, more than a million and a half people attend Woodstock the crowds, drugs and noise. These same people would be today's baby boomers, growing silver and silent. "I have no doubt that's probably what caused a majority of my hearing loss." "That's what Ray Lewis is talking about loud music constant exposure to it for years Ray is just one of a growing number of baby-boomer aged hearing patients finding themselves in the audiologist's office." Just 50 years old, Ray expected to deal with graying hair and maybe low energy but not hearing loss. "It's at times embarrassing when I have to have a person repeat over and over." "They are coming in a lot more definitely..." Rajashree Natrahan, an audiologist at Oakwood Hospital says nearly 30 percent of her patients are around ray's age with similar backgrounds. "What he has is a nerve loss due to a history of noise exposure. Maybe in the 60's, gradually got worse as he got older." Take the president, just 51 years old, and he wears a hearing aid. So how much noise it too much? According to the Sight and Hearing Association, without ear protection 8 hours of lawn mowing could cause damage. 4 hours of riding a motorcycle could do the same. Just a half hour in the front seat of a snowmobile is a bad move and you're asking for immediate danger when exposed to a jet take-off or a gunshot. Ray is careful about what noise he is exposed to now, but experts say, for the most part, the damage is already done. Damage he regrets ever happened. Ray - "I if had known that at 16 years old, like most kids at 16, you know everything and no one can tell you anything." Experts offer these tips to avoid hearing loss. *Always wear ear protection when to nose *If you don't have protection, take breaks every 20-30 minutes *If you suspect you have a hearing problem, see a doctor, 95 percent of hearing cases are correctable. Home | Upcoming Stories | Previous Stories |Survey | About Healthy Living | E-Mail

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