Causes of Hearing Loss Beyond Loud Noise
You don’t pick your genes and you will age, but some quiet contributors to hearing loss are modifiable.
By Michael O. Schroeder, Staff Writer 
Loud and then not clear
No doubt noise is a significant contributor to hearing loss, especially in our increasingly urbanized world. “If you’re in a Western developed country, there’s noise everywhere. You walk out on the street … in your home, it’s ubiquitous,†says Richard Salvi, founder and director of the University at Buffalo’s Center for Hearing and Deafness in Buffalo, New York. But the din of city life or exposure to everyday commotion and even booms or blasts on the job – from battlefields to factories (where noise is more regulated today) – aren’t the only causes of hearing loss. As it turns out, soundless risks – some common, others less so – can also quiet a person’s world.
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