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Mobile devices expose youths to hearing loss

Teenagers risk losing their hearing if they do not restrict their listening to music from mobile devices to less than one hour a day, doctors have warned.

Medical experts from the World Health Organisation say the now popular devices among young people, coupled with noisy sports and entertainment events put over a billion youths at the risk of losing their hearing.

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