Exposure to loud noise can damage auditory cells and lead to tinnitus. — Whalespan
Exposure to loud noise can damage auditory cells and lead to tinnitus.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Those cells will get damaged. The brain doesn't know. If you're deaf in the natural world, you just die. We didn't evolve to get used to loud sounds. That didn't exist for thousands and thousands of years. That all came on with the Industrial Revolution. You know, a thunder clap was like a loud sound. Nowadays, you can go to a concert, and you would be at 120 decibels, 130 decibels for hours at a time.”