Headphones and hearing loss

[Buckeyefan 1]

Front page news at Yahoo today:

Headphone Use May Worsen Hearing Loss

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050913/ap_on_he_me/early_hearing_loss

 

[Duffinator]

Oh great and I just ordered a pair of the Sony headphones Jaxvon is always talking about! I've always thought my hearing is terrible so I had it checked a couple of years ago. The doctor told me I had excellent hearing, above average. I guess all those rock concerts, nightclubs, and motorcycle races helped my hearing?

 

[j_garcia]

I use my headphones almost all day at work, but I had heard about a similar study almost 4 years ago, so I keep them turned down to a background noise level - not to the point where I can't hear people who come in and talk to me. I'm not really listening to it usually anyway, it basically IS backgound noise for me. At previous jobs I practically couldn't work without them because it was so noisy around me in the good old cubicle farm.

 

[Sheep]

This just in, News is always 100% correct.

Buck, theres a saying that goes..."Only bad new sells" ... so once you take that into account, you can firmly say "All news is made up crap, because they are trying to sell something" Thusly, its crap. I Have been listening to headphones for 4 years straigh, everyday, everynight. If people's ears are ringing, they are too loud. Thats it. To find a safe volume level, its really simple. Press play, and turn it up until its at a good volume (no harshness, but not quiet) after a couple minutes it will get quieter as your ears adjust. You then turn it up until it is at that spot again, and stop.

Most of the time the hearing change is from a build up of wax, which is usually caused by Qtips. You need to get a professional cleaning job done, and it will be good as new. I'm having one done, cause there is something in my left ear that is bothering me when I have headphones on. Its only then because the heat and sound together get it irritated.


sheep