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www.bbc.co.uk

Audiologists raise concern over headphone use in young people

More young people are presenting to audiology teams in England with difficulty processing sound.
www.bbc.co.uk

Another alphabet soup illness APD possibly caused by headphones leading to more anxiety and mental illnesses. Along with ADHD etc., etc.i have often seen younger people with headphones on and assumed they had some good tunes however it seems another real life avoidance device. I really do wonder.

Defend this for me or just explain.please.
 
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No one can just be normal these days, can they.
Got to have something "wrong" with them to fit the crowd.
This just seems an excuse to be rude AF.

Not to mention, the article confirms professionals believe her case comes from overuse of headphones.
Love you're just rude AF and refuse to change, oh you need a diagnosis to be rude AF and get away with it? Pathetic.

Edit: i use headphones for games and on the tube but even still there at times I notice it effects my heating and I take a change of pace and don't wear them on the underground. Notice problem, make change, it's not hard. But for the likes of Sophie, they just want an excuse.
 
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Must be a slow day for news.

I have mine because I rather listen to my podcasts instead of hearing other people on public transport.
 
First time I've heard this given a name, but it basically describes my life. It's an absolute ballache not being able to hear properly. I think it's caused by childhood ear infections in my case. Giving it a name makes no difference because there's nothing to be done about it, may as well be called buggered hearing, which is what I've called it my whole life.
 
Hagar said:
i have often seen younger people with headphones on and assumed they had some good tunes however it seems another real life avoidance device.
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Yeah, do see a lot of younger folk these days with the big cans on and just completely blinkered to what's going on around them as they go about.
 
We’re all different, we all have our own issues, don’t listen to loud music for too long or too often on your headphones and put your phone down occasionally, observe the world around you.
 
julianhj said:
It's fascinating to see how developments in medical science and diagnosis are so quickly dismissed by those who think they know better.
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Not saying the medical science is wrong.
Saying the people always looking for a problem for their rudeness is the problem, but thanks for not reading clearly.

As someone who has problems with their hearing too, do I look for a problem and reason to continue being deaf and rude around people? No, you change what's affecting you.
 
julianhj said:
It's fascinating to see how developments in medical science and diagnosis are so quickly dismissed by those who think they know better.
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Is it a development to diagose self harm, give it a label then admit they do not have any answers to it.
 
Ayahuasca said:
What’s with the image? That’s an autistic dude wearing ear muffs not headphones due to sensory issues :confused:
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They're not ear muffs (for thermal protection) but ear defenders probably for loud noise protection ie building sites where they are often mandatory.

However when you cannot hear the dog about to bite, the wasp about to sting, the cow about to crush, the incoming shell...

Hyperbole I know but we have an auditorysense for good reason and blocking it is not common sense. I spent a lot of my working life on and around piling rigs and other loud machinery. My hearing at 70 is non too good and I should have worn protection more. Excluding all auditory inputs is too far the other way and indeed seems to cause damage too.
 
They’re ear muffs my G, it’s from a film and it holds little relevance to the issue being discussed in the article you linked.

People with learning disabilities and some autistic people who have hypersensitivity to sounds and noises need them. Not blocking it out doesn’t magically make them better able to process it.

The topic is about people without a prior diagnosis developing an auditory processing disorder through use of said items.
 
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[QUOTE="shifty_uk, post: 37653518, member put your phone down occasionally, observe the world around you.
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This very much.

As much as smart phones are handy and have their uses, you really have to be conscious of how much you are using them.

I think they are negatively affecting our lives, generally speaking.
 
Ayahuasca said:
The topic is about people without a prior diagnosis developing an auditory processing disorder through use of said items.
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I know, I know, I know, I posted the thread and read the article despairing of modern life.
Ear muffs like hand muffs are generally furry things to keep out the cold. Ear defenders or protectors do muffle the sound and the yanks probably use the terminology mufflers as they also use mufflers for exhaust silencers. However they are properly defenders or protectors
 
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