About 20% of adults without noisy jobs had hearing damage indicative of noise exposure.
Sources
- CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Too loud! For Too long! (archive.cdc.gov)
- https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/have-you-heard/CDC-report-shows-adults-have-signs-of-noise-induced-hearing-loss (noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov)
- https://www.assp.org/news-and-articles/2017/02/01/noise-related-hearing-loss-not-just-a-work-problem-cdc-finds (assp.org)
- https://www.local3news.com/hearing-loss-at-20-cdc-says-it-s-more-common-than-you-think/article_355292e4-85b8-5877-9820-487267201a53.html (local3news.com)
- https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article/146/5/3879/995432/Occupational-noise-exposure-A-review-of-its (pubs.aip.org)
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