. >> as with other healthcare professions, a career in audiology requires a great deal of training. > in order to become an audiologist, you need to go through your bachelor's degree, followed by a master's, which then leads its way into an actual clinical doctorate. the whole process is a 5h- to 6-year process. >> all that schooling will no doubt pay off, because the need for audiologists is expected to grow. >> people are living longer today. medicine is much better than it's ever been. and as we live and as we get older, it's just a natural process of losing our hearing. >> unfortunately, there are other causes of hearing loss, as well, but some of them are preventable -- for emple, turning down the volume on our earbuds. >> a rule of thumb is, if you're listening to music, the person next to you should not be hearing your music. >> in fact, studies show that one in five teens has hearing loss. so this is advice we all should listen to. >> i always knew that i wanted to connect and work with people, and this gives me the opportunity to work in a medical-related field without actual

aware of them and held a legislator chooses to act from there is a host of other factors, party come audiology, the belief of what is best for their constituents or the country. the lobar just being aware of constituents isn't being met in the modern congress. there's a lot of constituents the door on scene. there will be tough choices and so the book isn't saying that the standard is acting for eight in every interest so that is impossible but at least to be aware. >> professor miller in your research do you find that congressional district is too big? >> that is one of the implications i think can be drawn out of this work so these limited and by u.s. perceptions and at shaping their behavior and by trees this by looking at participation committees. are they asking questions what comment or the making i look at their voting record and i find that legislators who are sponsoring or see a more complete balanced district tend to vote more moderately. they tend to sponsor more wells so it has an impact. the reason they think they may be too big is your presentation is really a tough job. psycholo

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here to talk about the growing problem with hearing is pam mason, the director of audiology at the american speech language hearing association which is based in rockville. good morning, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> big concern, holidays, lots of gifts. we all have the personal devices whether it is ipad, ipods, any other kind of gaming or video players you can use in the cars. there is some concern as far as hearing. why is that? >> well, many of the hand-held devices use earphones and many well-intended gift givers aren't aware of the damages some of the devices pose for hearing. if you listen to music, the devices are wonderful. digital, high fidelity and very convenient. you can carry them along with your music and listen for hours at a time. if you're listening at a level that exceeds 85 decibels, you could be potentially damaging your hearing. so, gift givers need to know and people wearing the devices need to know limit the volume and limit the duration. >> 85 decibels sounds like an arbitrary number. can you test the device? >> you can test them but unfortunately, people