Tens of millions of Americans suffer environment-caused deafness or tinnitus

Evidence

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 30 million Americans suffer from environment-related deafness in today’s digital age of pervasive sound and sensory overload. Roughly the same number suffer from tinnitus, a condition, also environmentally related, that makes silence impossible in even the quietest places. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 4

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 4
• XREF: connects to: Excessive noise causes widespread hearing damage and tinnitus in the US population — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 357; Near-total silence reveals that most people generate internal sound perceived as tinnitus — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 571; Chronic toxic noise exposure is a widespread, unrecognized pandemic in developed nations — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 43 (+5 more)

Library Connections

• Excessive noise causes widespread hearing damage and tinnitus in the US population #corroborates (0.92) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 357
• Chronic toxic noise exposure is a widespread, unrecognized pandemic in developed nations #expands (0.88) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 43

Broader Connections

• Near-total silence reveals that most people generate internal sound perceived as tinnitus #contradicts (0.70) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 571
• Noise harms hearing-dependent wildlife more than visual species like peregrines #corroborates (0.60) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 691