The Impact of Loud Music on Hearing Health

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The Historical and Modern Significance of Music

  • Music has always been important to human beings.
  • Modern technology allows us to take our music everywhere we go.

The Risks of Loud Music Exposure

  • Loud music can cause lasting damage to our hearing.
  • In the past, most people were exposed to high volume only in short bursts.
  • The possibility of listening to loud music every day is a contemporary problem.

Proposed Solutions for Hearing Safety

  • Some specialists believe the answer should come in the form of legislation.
  • Others suggest including warnings on product packaging.

Language Exercises and Grammar Practice

Vocabulary Review

  1. Trigger
  2. Stressed / Alarmed
  3. Heeded
  4. Extent
  5. Severity

Passive Voice Transformation

  1. The extent of the issue in the past wasn't known by people.
  2. A report about the problem has been published by experts.
  3. Our hearing can be damaged by loud music.
  4. Hundreds of patients will be treated for this complaint by doctors next year.

Assess Yourself (Page 88)

  1. A new hospital has just been built by the architect Mr. X on the edge of town.
  2. This new medicine was approved by the Medical Council last week.
  3. Has the medicine been given to the patients by the nurse yet? (The medicine has been given).

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