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Snoring is not only upsetting for a person sharing a bedroom with you; it can also be dangerous for your health. <\/p>\nSnoring is not only upsetting for a person sharing a bedroom with you; it can also be dangerous for your health. <\/p>\n
A number of studies, including one published in the Turkish journal KBB-Forum: Elektronik Kulak Burun Boaz ve Ba Boyun Cerrahisi Dergisi<\/em>, have found that snoring can actually drastically harm one of your senses.<\/p>\n We know that noise-induced hearing loss can result from loud music through earphones or in clubs and from prolonged exposure to machinery in factories.<\/p>\n But now, researchers claim snoring can also trigger hearing loss. <\/p>\n Researchers recruited 72 subjects, all of whom had been diagnosed with sleep apnea.<\/p>\n The loudness of sound is measured in decibels (DB). The scientists divided their subjects by the loudness of their snoring: above and below 65 dB. <\/p>\n They then tested these people’s hearing on different frequencies of tones and on speech recognition.<\/p>\n Loud snorers had much worse hearing than light snorers.<\/p>\n This was true for sounds in both their ears, for pure tones at various frequencies, and for speech recognition.<\/p>\n They were especially bad at hearing high frequency sounds at 4,000 and 8,000 hertz, which had to be turned up very high before they could hear them.<\/p>\n Unless it is caused by one big explosion, noise induced hearing loss is normally gradual and most people who suffer from it cannot detect its progress. <\/p>\n Because snoring continues for approximately 8 hours a day (or night) and it is a sound that is so close to you, it is no surprise that 65 dB is enough to gradually affect your hearing. <\/p>\n