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Can you hear me now?
For an increasing number of young kids 10-20 years old, the answer is no, they really can’t hear. It’s because of ear buds from devices such as iPods tucked tightly into the ear canal blasting at high volume, or too loud base volume booming out of the car stereo.
Susie Burdick, CEO of the Hearing Speech and Deafness Center in Seattle, says if there’s one thing she wishes she could do, it’s alert kids to the permanent damage they’re doing to their hearing.
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