Question

Read this excerpt from a passage.

"I’m a normal high school kid—that is, I like listening to music. Until about a year ago, I always liked listening to it loud. Loud enough that it filled up my head and pulsed through my body, so the boundary between me and the music disappeared. I’ve listened to countless hours of music—vibrant music pouring into my ears from headphones, washing over me from car speakers, or blasting at me from gigantic speakers at concerts.

But there’s something about me that makes me not so normal. I have a hearing loss and a constant ringing in my ears that, unless some medical miracle happens, I’ll suffer from forever. My ear problems are so severe that I feel I need to warn you: You have to protect your hearing as much as you can."

Who is the intended audience for this passage?


scientists


doctors


teenagers


headphone manufacturers

Answer 1

teenagers

Reason: the narrator is a high school student speaking in first person and warning peers about hearing loss from loud music — clearly addressing other teens who use headphones and go to concerts.