More young people are presenting to audiology teams in England with difficulty processing sound.
  • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The cause of Sophie’s APD diagnosis is unknown, but her audiologist believes the overuse of noise-cancelling headphones, which Sophie wears for up to five hours a day, could have a part to play.

    Other audiologists agree, saying more research is needed into the potential effects of their prolonged use.

    That looks to me like, “audiologists have no bloody clue where this issue is coming from, and are therefore throwing shit at the wall in the hope that something will stick.”

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The cause of Sophie’s APD diagnosis is unknown, but her audiologist believes the overuse of noise-cancelling headphones, which Sophie wears for up to five hours a day, could have a part to play.

    So fucking stupid…

    Kid grew up on a quiet farm in the countryside, then she moved to London and probably 100+ student plus lectures.

    It’s not that noise cancelling headphones prevented her from developing normally, she developed in an environment like what we evolved to handle.

    Then she got thrown into a cacophony of sound that is one of the planets largest/busiest cities…

    And they act like she is the problem and not noise pollution?

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00642-5

    Noise pollution is fucking a lot of us up, and people who grew up with it are used to it, but that doesn’t stop the negative consequences of it. Someone that never had to deal with it is obviously going to have what looks like a sudden onset of a condition, but the person is fine.

    The environment is the problem.

    • Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      My tolerance of noise and light pollution has gone way the hell down as I have gotten older. I want to live in the woods at this point.

  • pirrrrrrrr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    People with APD now have access to ANC headphones and are thus using them.

    I had APD in the 70s and I have it now. Difference is that i have ANC headphones now and can get them to block out what my brain won’t.

    Like the rise in ADHD and Autism diagnosis… There isn’t more cases, just diagnosis got better or more available.

    Correlation not causation.

    Idiots.

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Like the rise in ADHD and Autism diagnosis… There isn’t more cases, just diagnosis got better or more available.

      It’s both.

      We’re finding that even things like microplastics are causing changes that’s not fully understood. There’s even a recent study that links an increase in histamine to worsened ADHD symptoms.

      And then there are things like poor sleep hygiene when very young can trigger a development of ADHD later on.

      • Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.comEnglish
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        2 months ago

        And then there are things like poor sleep hygiene when very young can trigger a correlates with the development of ADHD later on.

        FTFY. Correlation≠Causation, especially in cases like you mentioned. It’s a chicken and egg scenario.

        Are kids getting ADHD because they didn’t sleep well? Or is poor sleep hygiene an early indicator of ADHD? Lots of people with ADHD have poor sleep hygiene, even as adults. Many will struggle with things like Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, because they get their biggest bursts of focus late at night when everyone else is asleep, the brain is releasing dopamine to keep them awake, and distractions are limited. Every single adult with ADHD has stories about getting focused on a project right before bedtime, then suddenly realizing the birds are chirping outside their window and the sun is rising.