People as young as 12 suffer impairment due to loud environment


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is getting noisier and people as young as 12 have been found to be suffering from impaired hearing because of the loud environment.

Private hearing care centre Bay Audio Malaysia tested about 4,000 Malaysians at roadshows since January and discovered that one-third of people who took a five-minute hearing test showed hearing loss ranging from mild to severe.

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