One in Six Teenagers Now Has Measurable Hearing Loss from Headphones

What was said

"You have 1 in 6 teenagers right now have hearing loss. It's a quiet pandemic because they're blowing out their ears, whether it's headphones and, you know, just loud music and a lot of reasons. Once you damage them, they don't come back."

Starkey CEO Brandon Sawalich revealed that one in six teenagers currently suffers from hearing loss, primarily due to prolonged headphone use and loud music exposure. He called it a 'quiet pandemic' with irreversible damage to cochlear hair cells. This represents a major unaddressed youth health crisis.