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Headphones could cause early hearing loss

Girls lying down listening to headphones

Girls lying down listening to headphones Source: Hero Images

In the modern world, many of us are wearing headphones all day, every day. But experts fear our constant exposure to audio played straight into our ears could be creating a prematurely deaf generation of Australians.



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