Study Links Cell Phone Use to Hearing Loss

[ToscasMom]

http://www.switched.com/2007/09/20/...ring-loss-study-finds/?ncid=NWS00010000000001

I know what you are all gonna say: EH???????

 

[Renee750il]

Hadn't heard that . . . .

 

[ToscasMom]

Did you say something?

 

[noludoru]

Well, for goodness sakes, we can still READ.... Though

A disconcerting report, released this morning from researchers at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India, revealed that people who talk on a cell phone for more than an hour a day were found to have suffered losses of high-frequency hearing.

You have to wonder who talks on their cell phone more than an hour a day. I don't even use my landline that much. I might use the cell phone for an hour in a whole year, though...

 

[Charliesmommy]

I saw this on the news last night and thought the same thing Nolu. Who talks on their cell for an hour a day?????

 

[ToscasMom]

Heck Nolu I know people who have the thing glued to their ear.

 

[ToscasMom]

I would say for most Americans, an hour a day is short. Add up all the calls you take and make in one day.

 

[sparks19]

It's all a bunch of bull.... it's just another excuse for men to not listen to what their wives say

"Im sorry hunny.... I can't hear you. I have cell phone ear."

 

[Emmalee]

I saw this on the news last night and thought the same thing Nolu. Who talks on their cell for an hour a day?????

Umm I do sometimes.. lol :lol-sign:

I have friends that like to talk your ear off

 

[ToscasMom]

It's all a bunch of bull.... it's just another excuse for men to not listen to what their wives say

"Im sorry hunny.... I can't hear you. I have cell phone ear."

Then we'll make em read lips!

 

[Charliesmommy]

I guess I'm just not much of a phone person. If you have something to say, say it and bye bye.

 

[ToscasMom]

Aye???

 

[jess2416]

I've talked on mine for about 3 hours one night..

an hour is short to me... of course it all depends on who Im talking to also...

 

[noludoru]

Heck Nolu I know people who have the thing glued to their ear.

I figure I should have added to my post "teenage girls don't count." I don't know any adults who have it glued to their ear. All I have to do is get stuck in rush hour traffic to see how many girls who are under 20 driving with phones glued to their ears.. it's insane.

 

[sparks19]

I figure I should have added to my post "teenage girls don't count." I don't know any adults who have it glued to their ear. All I have to do is get stuck in rush hour traffic to see how many girls who are under 20 driving with phones glued to their ears.. it's insane.

People who use their cell phones for work.

Like my hubby.... although he had hearing loss long before cell phones came into play or so he says

 

[Aussie Red]

lol no surprise to me half of society has the darn fool things growing out of the sides of their head.

 

[keyodie]

When my generation gets old, we're all going to be deaf. I probably already made myself partially deaf by using my iPod.

 

[malmo]

I don't have a home phone -- just a cell phone. I'm probably prime candidate.

 

[sparks19]

When my generation gets old, we're all going to be deaf. I probably already made myself partially deaf by using my iPod.

I have news for ya.....

by the time any generation gets old they will probably be half deaf it's part of getting old.... and sticks with my theory about husbands.... it's a mans reward for surviving marriage for so many years.... he gets to be deaf and live out the rest of his life in peace and quiet i bet that's what my grandpa would say lol

 

[Debi]

nope..don't buy it. you'd be more likely to suffer hearing loss from operating power tools, the lawn mower, playing the radio too loud (especially in the car), etc. noise is the common cause of high frequency hearing loss. damage is caused when you are subjected to noise over 130db., and most concerts we attend are direct assaults on your hearing. anytime your ears ring..there could be damage. now...maybe there's something to that study, but believe me...everyday noise is going to harm you (and most of that you can't control) more than a cell phone.