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Too loud?! How can we give our ears a break?

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The One Show's resident GP Dr Sarah Jarvis has been out on the streets of London.

She was out with the ÌýtoÌýtest how loud Londoner's personal steros are. The people they checked seemed suprised at how easy it was to damage their hearing.

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Nearly nine million people in Britain are deaf or hard of hearing. Only a third of people who could benefit from wearing a hearing-aid actually wear one.


So, in an ever-louder world, how can we give our ears a break? For example, should the playing of music on public transport be banned?ÌýNo more hissy-loud personal stereos on buses?

What do you think?

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