• tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    True. They also mention the person’s rural upbringing and then moving to the city. That mirrors my experience and my hearing issues pre-date using noise canceling headphones. I always had a rough time anywhere there were lots of people and noise, but it just wasn’t super common previously (I grew up in rural Ohio and have lived in some big US cities.followed by nearly a decade in Tokyo).

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      4 days ago

      The woman in the article is also just a single example. They mention that this condition is on the rise in general.