A Health Risk Of Being A Pro Musician

The sense of hearing is arguably a professional musician's greatest tool, but a new study shows that they may face a higher risk of losing this sense than the general public. The Occupational & Environmental Medicine study included data from 3 million people between ages 19 and 66 in Germany; Over the four-year study period, from 2004 to 2008, 283,697 people were newly diagnosed with hearing loss, including 238 professional musicians.

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