Hearing Impairment: Young People
(asked on 29th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what data they have gathered, if any, which support the view that young people's hearing is placed at risk as a result of unsafe listening habits using headphones.
This question was answered on 9th December 2022
No specific assessment has been made. However, the World Health Organization estimates that more than one billion young people globally are at risk of hearing loss due to recreational exposure to loud sound, including through headphones.