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Saturday, 11 March 2017

Disadvantages of using ear phones

If you listed the benefits of earphones, you could probably go on and on
. You can use them to listen to music while working out, doing chores
 or even while waiting for an impossibly long bus ride to be over. 
You can also use them to hear what's going on if your television 
or computer's speakers are busted. However, no matter how
 awesome or beneficial earphones may seem, they still have
 their downside.

  • Hearing Loss
One of the main side effects of listening to loud music is hearing
 loss. According to Dr. Brian Fligor, the director of Diagnostic 
Audiology at Boston Children's Hospital, people who listen to music
 at volumes exceeding 90 decibels, can suffer temporary loss of hearing
. Sounds in this range can eventually cause permanent hearing loss,
 especially to teenagers who wear their earphones for long periods
 of time.
  • Decibel Ranges
Decibels are the measurement of loudness. If you listen to music
 at a restrained volume, then you don't have to worry. However,
 if you listen to music at the highest volume possible might want to 
consider the following warnings. If you listen to your music using 
earphones at 85 decibels, you can get permanent hearing loss if you
 listen up to eight hours a day. At 88 decibels, you can get the same
 result at just four hours of listening time. Now for the painful truth,
 you can lose your hearing in just 15 minutes if you listen at 100-105
 decibels.
  • Ear Infections
Since earphones are made for two ears, it is quite inevitable that
 people share them. According to the Manchester Evening News
, regular use of earphones can enhance the growth of harmful
 bacteria, and sharing or borrowing earphones may just cause
 the transfer someone else's bacteria to your ears. Research leader,
 Dr. Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, advises everyone to avoid sharing
 earphones. If it cannot be helped, sanitize them before using.

Tips and Warnings:
Do not use earphones that are inserted directly into your ear
 canals because, even though they can make the music sound
 better, they enhance the chances of hearing loss will also increase.
 You should also try taking 5-minute breaks every hour. This
 will help your ears recover from being bombarded by concentrated
 sound waves. Last but not least, if you can use speakers at a
 moderate level instead, then do so because they will disperse the
 sound waves and not cause as much direct damage to your ear drums.

Hope this helps :)
Noise from Improper Use of In-Ear Headphones
 — Earbuds, Buds, Earphones — May Put Hearing at Risk
The iPod and things like it represent a major advance in personal
 portable sound systems that can be conveniently worn for
 extended periods. Included with the variety of sound systems
 is the variety of amplification systems that come in all shapes
 and sizes of headphones and earphones. These devices are
 potentially dangerous because, if used improperly, they can
 cause permanent hearing loss.
Personal sound systems have become so overwhelmingly
popular it seems almost everywhere you go, you see people
 of all ages tuned into what they want to hear and tuned out
 of the world around them.
That said, what is the future cost for the luxury we have today to
 pump up the volume and listen to anything we want whenever
 and wherever we go, for how ever long we choose? What is the cost to
 the people that portable listening devices, especially in-ear headphones,
 are most popular with; namely, our youth?
A leading cause of hearing impairments used to be excessive
 noise exposure in the workplace, but today many young people
 are losing their hearing at alarming rates due to excessive noise
 exposure from portable stereo earphones.


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