If you have not been able to quit smoking for the good of yourself, then do it for the good of your children!A pile of the dangers of smoking have been exposed, what power, there are still many active smokers who just can not stop these unhealthy habits. Cigarettes not only attacks the respiratory tract and damage the skin beauty, a recent study revealed that adolescents who are exposed to cigarette smoke will increase the risk for hearing loss are two times more than adolescents who are not exposed to smoke.
The study was conducted by the New York University School of Medicine as reported by Reader's Digest. The teens about 1,500 people in the age range 12 to 19 years were tested to find out how much they are exposed to cotinine. Cotinine is a byproduct of nicotine that produced by active smokers and passive smokers in the form of smoke. Then the teens tested the ability to hear high frequency sounds, medium and low.
The result, more and more teenagers are exposed to smoke from active smokers, the greater the risk of significant hearing loss. Those who are affected by exposure to high amounts of experience triples the risk of hearing loss. These disorders can cause teens have difficulty understanding human speech, leading to problems in school and they are often considered a troublemaker because of one word captures intentions of others.
What makes Sad, 80 percent of children and adolescents does not know that they have experienced significant hearing loss. Moreover, children and adolescents in the United States more affected by exposure to secondhand smoke in their own homes. In addition to hearing loss, exposure to cigarette smoke also increases their risk of lung cancer, learning disabilities, heart disease and other diseases.
The scientists advising parents to minimize exposure to tobacco smoke in children and adolescents they are. If you know that they are often exposed to smoke, then they should regularly check their hearing function so that hearing loss can be detected early. Often the parents too late to check this problem and cause their children to wear hearing aids.
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