Kristina Rigsby

Teenage girl with headphones

Vanderbilt researchers find rise in teen hearing loss; offer headphone safety tips

According to a Vanderbilt-led study published in Journal of the American Medical Association, hearing loss is now affecting 20 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19, which is a 5 percent increase over the past 15 years.

Children’s Hospital offers headphone safety tips to prevent long-term hearing loss