If your hearing is less than perfect, you're not alone. Problems typically start at age 32 in men, and 37 in women. According to Arizona audiologist H. Lee McLeod, Ph.D.,* by the time we're in our 60s, 25% of us will have significant hearing loss.

What causes high-frequency hearing problems? A number of things, including the natural aging process, and exposure to loud music. In fact, as discovered by Ohio University researchers,** young men in particular tend to crank up the volume...and peer pressure may keep them from complaining if someone else wants it loud! As a result, males are especially at risk for loud noise-related hearing loss.

*Health Beat magazine, Arizona Daily Star, April 27, 1997
**Reported in The Washington Post, Oct. 20, 1997

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