Forty-four percent of daily headphone users deny hearing-damage risk despite symptoms
Evidence
Fasanya and Strong (2019) surveyed 280 college students who frequently wear headphones. Forty-four percent of daily users did not believe headphones cause hearing damage despite reporting symptoms normally associated with hearing damage: 25% experienced ringing in their ears, 33% experienced trouble sleeping and 23% believed that headphones had negatively affected their academic performance. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1705
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- SEED: Article angle: why risk perception lags physiological evidence — the perception gap between symptom and cause.
- CANDY: A striking stat: nearly half of daily headphone users deny the damage while already showing symptoms of it.
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