This Popular Household Plant Keeps Seriously Damaging People's Eardrums (ScienceAlert)
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SIGNE DEAN
19 JAN 2018
A team of doctors in Australia has noticed an unexpected pattern of ear trauma in their patients over the past few years - and the culprit has turned out to be a popular garden plant.
Yucca plants are a genus of hardy, evergreen shrubs and trees that hail from the Central American region, and many of these plants are a popular ornamental choice in gardens and indoor pots.
One of the main yucca plant characteristics are its spiky leaves, so you can probably see where this is going.
According to doctors from The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne, if you have a bunch of these oversized pin cushions in your garden, you can risk hearing loss unless you're careful around them.
Led by otolaryngologist Stephen O'Leary, the team identified 28 patients over the span of five years - 25 of these people had perforated eardrums, while the other three got away with just an ear canal abrasion.
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