A rising concern in local doctors is that young people are suffering from hearing loss at much younger ages than expected, and Columbus movers want parents to be informed.

A local Columbus doctor recently reported a 40 percent increase in muffled hearing and ringing in the ears, induced by noise. Noise-induced hearing loss is a rising issue that many doctors are starting to take note of and wondering why.

If you are moving to Ohio, many Central Ohio locations can be noisy on a day-to-day basis, with neighbors constantly having to tell each other to keep their noise levels down.

However, where exactly is the noise coming from?

If you have young children who like to blast their music the highest it can go, or watch movies and play video games with the volume so loud you feel as if you are living in the movie, take caution and ask them to turn it down. Regardless of how much fuss they give you, you will be doing them a favor. Ears can only handle 85 decibels of noise for eight hours. If sound reaches above that 85 decibels, the ears can only handle it for less than eight hours. Increasing volumes mean the less amount of time that your ears can handle the sound waves, before creating damage and hearing loss.

Some children listen to their music, watch movies, or play video games with the sound around 90 decibels, severely damaging their ears. The younger the child, the less their ears can handle.