City life can really take a toll on you. It's not just the smoke-clouded air, the stress, and the fast food you're subjecting yourself to on a regular basis, it's the constant noise you have to deal with.
And according to the WHO, it's making our young people go deaf, thanks to self-inflicted noise pollution.
The World Health Organisation recently released the results of a study on noise pollution and its effects on us when present everyday. They estimate that 1.1 billion people around the world, between the ages of 12 to 35, are risking hearing loss everyday.
The safe threshold for loud sounds humans can stand is 85 decibles (dB) for eight hours or 100dB for 15 minutes. Anymore than that can be painful and can damage your inner ear. To put that into perspective, normal conversation happens at about 60 decibels.
Nearly 50 percent of teenagers and young adults then are exposed to unsafe levels of sound from the use of personal audio devices, the report says, and around 40 percent are exposed to potentially damaging levels of sound from things like clubs and concerts.
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