B1 – Intermediate
What would the world be without music? Well, what would your world be without any sound? Or how would it be like if you couldn’t hear quite well?
According to studies, young people’s sense of hearing are getting worse. This could be because the volume on their headphones is too high or the sound at bars or clubs or concerts they go to is too loud.
Listen to this audio and read the transcript about how more and more young people are having problems hearing well.
https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/young-people-lose-hearing-level-1/
Discussion Questions:
- What is your reaction to this news?
- What are the reasons people’s sense of hearing is deteriorating?
- What do you think about loud noises/music/places/people?
- What is your favorite sound and why?
- What would you do if or how would you feel if you had lost your ability to hear properly?
14 replies on “Young People Lose Hearing”
1. What is your reaction to this news?
a. This is a topic that deeply concerns me. In my case, my mother lost hearing in one ear due to an illness, and I know firsthand what it’s like not to hear well. It’s very frightening
2. What are the reasons people’s sense of hearing is deteriorating?
a. Because they hear music too loud, or just they go to concerts with really high volume or simply at pubs or restaurantes. I think that headphones are very dangerous
3. What do you think about loud noises/music/places/people?
a. In my opinion it should be more moderate, something you are not even able to hear the person who is in front of you in a conversation
4. What is your favorite sound and why?
a. I would say that my favorite sound is the one which comes from nature, I mean, when I go to the mountains with my dog and you can only hear birds or the river
5. What would you do if or how would you feel if you had lost your ability to hear properly?
As I said before, my mom suffers the lost of her left ear and she can not hear well since long time. It is a really taught situation, you feel vulnerable because for example if she needs to cross the street, she can not hear if a car is coming from that side, so it can be also dangerous. I will try to prevent it not hearing loud music with my headphones at least.
Welcome to the Phoneenglish blog! Appreciate posting your answers to this lesson’s discussion questions.
Here is a sentence you can revise:
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1.What is your reaction to this news?
I had heard some news about this topic that is affecting more young people that in the past
2 What are the reasons people’s sense of hearing is deteriorating?
In my opinion this is related to headsets use as you can see everyone with headsets on the street
3 What do you think about loud noises/music/places/people?
I think that in some places the music is very high overall in concerts and discotheques. It is not necessary that volume to enjoy
as sometimes you can not talk to your friends or you have to shout in theirs hears producing them pain
4 What is your favorite sound and why?
My favorite sound is the waves in a quiet place
5 What would you do if or how would you feel if you had lost your ability to hear properly?
Probably I would have to buy a hearing device to be able hear as in other way I would feel isolated
You did well in writing your answers. Great way to practice indeed.
Here is a better way to express this sentence:
Until your next post!
1.- What is your reaction to this news? It’s alarming that so many young people are already experiencing hearing issues due to common habits like listening to loud music.
2.- What are the reasons people’s sense of hearing is deteriorating? Constant exposure to loud music, concerts, and noisy environments is causing hearing loss over time.
3.- What do you think about loud noises/music/places/people? I find loud noises overwhelming. While music can be fun at events, constant loud environments can be harmful.
4.- What is your favorite sound and why? I love the sound of rain because it’s calming and helps me relax.
5.- What would you do if or how would you feel if you had lost your ability to hear properly? I’d feel frustrated and isolated but would try to adapt with hearing aids or sign language.
Welcome to the Phoneenglish blog! Nice work starting with your practice.
Kindly note how this sentence can be revised:
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What is your reaction to this news?
1 It was surprising to me that the damage sensory cells is irreversible
2 I think that the main reasons are a high noise exposure living in the city and the use of earphones at high volume during a long period of time
3. I love quite places and try to avoid, if possible, the noises.
4. My favourite sound is the sound of the river and the sea, and also the sound of the birds because they are relaxing for me.
5. I would try to use a divice to improve my ability to hear properly.
Welcome to the Phoneenglish blog! May you be able to practice your writing more through this activity.
Here is how this sentence can be improved:
* Avoid using the same word, in this case “sound”, twice or more times in the same sentence or paragraph.
* You may add some adjectives to express more elaborately. For example, “sound of birds chirping”.
* For this part, “I also enjoy listening to the sound of the birds singing/chirping because it is relaxing for me.”, “they are” was changed to “it is” because here, you are referring to “the sound” and not “the birds”.
Write as much as you can.
1. I agree with this post. Young people is the most affected for this, and
probably this is due to the excessive use of headphones and other technologies.
2. I think the main reason of people’s hear deteriorating is the use of headphones with a very high volume.
3. This could be due to the lack of regulations about this
4. My favorite sound is the sound of the sea, this transmits me peace and relax.
5. First of all, i would go to the doctor for an urgent review, and if the damage is irreversible, i would try to learn to live this new affection.
Welcome to the Phoneenglish blog! May this exercise serves as a good way for you to see some improvements in your writing skills.
See how this sentence can be improved a bit:
Keep being consistent in practicing.
1. I totally agree with this article. It is true that young people’s hearing is getting worse and worse, and it is due to the use of headphones.
2. I think the main reason people’s sense of hearing is deteriorating is the use of headphones with a very high volume.
3. It seems like the noise is getting louder and louder.
4. The sound of sea waves = relax/holidays
5. If I feel I had lost my ability to hear properly I will go to the doctor to review my audition.
Welcome back! Good to see you continuing with your writing practice.
Remember to try to only write your responses in full sentences and not in fragments:
Here’s to your next posts! Keep writing.
1.- It was surprise me. I though this problem will produce when you will be adult.
2.- Hearing loud noises from bar, concert , by headphones…
3.- In concerts o bars, The goverment should take actions about this (for example to decrease the loud noises) and population should get used to hear normal noises.
4.- The sound from sea. It’s very relaxing.
5.- I will use earphones. It will be like using glasses.
It is good to see you practice your writing. Always try to give as much details as you can.
See how you can write these sentences better:
Keep doing this writing exercise to improve your skills more.