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[–] [email protected] 129 points 2 months ago (31 children)

The cause of Sophie's APD diagnosis is unknown, but her audiologist believes the overuse of noise-cancelling headphones, which Sophie wears for up to five hours a day, could have a part to play.

Other audiologists agree, saying more research is needed into the potential effects of their prolonged use.

That looks to me like, "audiologists have no bloody clue where this issue is coming from, and are therefore throwing shit at the wall in the hope that something will stick."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (23 children)

that's how science works until you can actually test the hypotheses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If a hypothesis is untestable, then it is a guess, and not scientific.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

it's not untestable, they just haven't actually done it yet. In fact they say in the article research is needed.

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