Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials Podcast

It's estimated 1 in 8 children between the ages of 6 and 19 have hearing loss due to music blaring through earbuds or headphones. The numbers keep getting worse, too, as teens spend a few hours a day wearing audio devices.In this episode, we talk with audiologist Valerie Pavlovich Ruff about the damage being done to eardrums and get some tips to protect younger and older ears.