https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl Due to advancements in technology that can generate loud noises like earbuds, hearing loss has been at an all time high, with the numbers only increasing. en-us 2017-12-21 20:38:32 UTC 2025-10-13 12:55:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/217788921 This was a very credible and it give information about how different technology plays a role in our hearing. 

• "One in eight people in the United States aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears, based on standard examinations"
• According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), a normal conversation takes place at about 60 decibels, but take an average MP3 player on full volume though earbuds, it reaches up to 105 decibels and firecrackers can reach as high as 150!

]]> 2017-12-21 20:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/217788921 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225231694 This is a good article because it discuses how students are affected by technology. This is good because we are now given technology in school. I used this to improve my credibility by showing how technology is affecting more than just our hearing but as well as our eyesight. Some of my other article on here are for that purpose as well like sleep, and health and technology. Just like the article on sleep, I also used this article to compare how different affects of technology play into the role of our hearing and our daily lives.
https://www.aoa.org/newsroom/the-21st-century-child-increased-technology-use-may-lead-to-future-eye-health-and-vision-issues]]> 2018-01-26 20:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225231694 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225233037 As teenagers we already don't get much sleep and technology is also a factor in that reason. It also affects our cognitive abilities to do work and stay focused. I used these articles because just like technology affects our sleep, it can also affect our hearing; I used this website because I was trying to find a correlation in which how technology affects on the different parts of our body and all have the same affect. New studies show that sleep deprivation has been linked to hearing loss.
https://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/public-information/fact-sheets-a-z/802-technology-sleep.html

https://www.hear-it.org/sleep-apnea-can-cause-hearing-loss]]> 2018-01-26 20:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225233037 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225234071 This is a good reference because it talks about how people need to pay attention to who loud their music is because it is affecting their ears especially due to the technology of earbuds that are becoming louder and smaller and putting major strain on our ears. This article was really useful because I learned that our ears have tiny hairs on them that catch sound waves so we can interpret them and words or a noise. As we get older or as we listen to excessively loud music, these hairs bend down and decay, once these hairs are gone... so is your hearing.
https://hpoal.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/on-the-rise-teens-with-hearing-loss/]]> 2018-01-26 20:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225234071 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225235143 I like this article because although it is very broad, it gives a great overview of the many different impacts that technology can have on the body. From hearing, neck strain, and eyesight to social and psychological issues. I really liked the name of it, Digital Responsibility, because it enforces that we should hold ourselves accountable/ be responsible with our own technology, as well as the companies making it should take control to ensure they are not causing any damage to their customers.
http://www.digitalresponsibility.org/health-and-technology/]]> 2018-01-26 21:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225235143 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225336976 This is a website on the health of children. I specifically used the one on hearing loss in children. It told me a lot about the different types of hearing loss and the difference between the temporary and permeant damage that we see. One usually will have a threshold point where they feel their hearing is damaged but after a few hours it goes back to 'normal'. If you listen to loud music for a long period of time this can happen to you and eventually when your hearing will slowly stop going back to 'normal'. due to the fact that this happens so gradually, it can be hard to notice the difference in hearing.
http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/rock-music.html]]> 2018-01-28 02:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/225336976 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/230199329 Hearing loss is the third most common health problem in the United States. Twenty two million Americans are exposed to harsh noises everyday. The youth of this generation have become so accustomed to loud noises such as attending concerts, using earbuds on high volume, or even blaring music in their car, that they don’t take the time to sit and think about what is really happening inside their ears as they listen, which leaves the youth of this generation at an increased risk of losing more of their hearing at a younger age than normal. 5.2 million teenagers, ages 12 to 19, are reported to have Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) in the United States alone. Decibels are a unit of measurement used to determine the intensity and the power level of sounds.  Sounds under 75 decibels are very unlikely to cause hearing problems even if it is for a prolonged period of time however, NIHL occurs from the short or long exposure to a sound that is over 85 decibels loud. ]]> 2018-02-09 20:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/230199329 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/230201104 My target audience for this project is teenage students. I put them as my target audience because of the fact that in todays society, teenagers love to listen to things on high volume. With technology becoming more advanced, teenagers are becoming more and more accustomed to listening to things on a higher volume. Some of this advanced technology includes: power tools, live concerts, subs in cars, loud engines, earbuds or headphones on higher volume.  I used this website article, "There Are Scientific Reasons Your Teen Loves Loud Music". I uses this website article to help understand why so many teens like to listen to loud music and to support my reasoning my target audience being who I chose. in the last decade hearing loss in teens has gone up 30%!

-all genders, races, and socio-economic status
-ages 12-19
-St.Cloud MN community]]> 2018-02-09 20:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/230201104 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/230203435 Due to the fact that the youth of St. Cloud, Minnesota have become accustomed to loud noises, they may encounter the problem of NIHL at a young age, how might I advance their knowledge regarding Noise Induced Hearing Loss so that they will make concerted efforts to reduce the amount of time they are exposed to high volume environments leaving them less likely to develop NIHL as adults in 2018 and beyond?]]> 2018-02-09 20:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/230203435 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238420727 I like this youtube video because it was a short and easy way to gain information on Noise Induced Hearing Loss. It was very engaging and it kept me interested. I used the information in this YouTube videos to put in the announcements for my "Turn It To The Left" Challenge. I also used the style of video as an inspiration for my own YouTube video that I created using PowToon.]]> 2018-03-06 01:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238420727 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238420927 I liked this video because it went more in depth than the other one. I was not too keen on the presentation (it was boring) but it did have really useful information. Did you know Noise Induced Hearing Loss in the second most common cause for hearing loss. I used the video for the good information and discarded the rest.]]> 2018-03-06 01:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238420927 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238421203 Due to the fact that my target audience is teenagers/high school students,  I decided to do a challenge for my final outcome in addition to a YouTube video. because teenagers like to watch a lot of YouTube videos. I decided making a channel may appeal to them as well as encourage them to learn about the topic. Because many teenager are competitive, I also decided to do a challenge to see who could really go a whole school week without using their earbuds.]]> 2018-03-06 01:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238421203 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238439820 I liked this article because it talked about how Music Induced hearing loss is now becoming a thing due to the fact that we have such advanced technology that can negatively stimulate the hairs in our ears leaving them damaged. I used this article to gain information about on how the world around us is playing a role in the deterioration of our senses.
http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.elm4you.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=keh&AN=127185278&site=ehost-live]]> 2018-03-06 03:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238439820 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238439834 This article was all about how we can prevent the gradual decay of our hearing by not messing it up know, as young individuals. It talks about how temporary threshold shift (TTS) is a type of Noise Induced Hearing Loss but it can lead to the acceleration of aging hearing loss. I used this article for information on how to prevent hearing loss and put it in my youtube video.

http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.elm4you.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=keh&AN=116487389&site=ehost-live]]> 2018-03-06 03:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/238439834 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/239504736 I used this website, Teen Safe, to help me justify why I chose these outcomes.
The reasons I chose to do these outcomes is because teens like to be challenged and they participate because they want to prove that they can do the challenge. I chose to make a YouTube channel because students spend a lot of their time on social media and watching movies and videos.
https://www.teensafe.com/blog/why-are-social-media-challenges-popular-teens/]]> 2018-03-08 04:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/239504736 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/239511021 This article is about Personal Music Players (PMP) and how teenagers/ adolescents are using them. It talks about how when teens use their devices for leisure, they tend to not notice how loud the music is rather than the music itself.

http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.elm4you.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=keh&AN=120212438&site=ehost-live]]> 2018-03-08 05:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/239511021 sc956666 https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/239826689 https://youtu.be/w9Obh8sHKAI]]> 2018-03-08 18:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sc956666/9cgrbl0r9qnl/wish/239826689