Reporting by Emma Yasinski
Photo by Timo Lenzen
Until a couple months ago, Lucie Gendreau, 66, had never really worried much about her hearing. She never noticed anything wrong with it and rarely exposed herself to the kinds of noise intensities known to cause hearing loss. As a younger woman, she’d go to the odd Roberta Flack concert, but was never one for blasting heavy metal. She’d much rather spend hours in the library than at a noisy football game.
Now a self-described introvert living in Boston, Ms. Gendreau has mild tinnitus, which started in her 30s, but, until recently, no other hearing issues. She lives a quiet life, literally and figuratively, occasionally participating in clinical trials in her spare time.
In October, she sat in a soundproof booth while researchers administered an odd sort of hearing test. Instead of asking her to raise her hand when she heard a tone, they asked her.....
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