Ear Bud Headphones Causing Deafness
Because the tiny phones inserted into the ears are not as efficient at blocking outside sounds as the cushioned headsets, users tend to crank up the volume to compensate.
“I have an audiologist friend at Wichita State University who actually pulls off earphones of students he sees and asks, in the interest of science, if he could measure the output of the signal going into their heads,” Garstecki said. Often he finds students listening at 110 to 120 decibels.
“That’s a sound level equivalent to measures that are made at rock concerts,” said Garstecki. “And it’s enough to cause hearing loss after only about an hour and 15 minutes.”http://consumerist.com/2005/12/29/ear-bud-headphones-causing-deafness/
Take a look at the following articles from some of the most respected news sources on the planet. What do they have to say about hearing loss and earphones? What are the most alarming facts, in your opinion, from the articles linked below?
http://www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org/programs/listen-carefully/resources/?gclid=CNmqytKh_7UCFQTqnAodt3YASw
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1881130,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/magazine/09FOB-medium-t.html?_r=0
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829064707.htm
Yes I do I think that we should take deafness more Seriously. Individuals listen to loud music and The World can't control it. Us teenagers listen to loud Music because for some of Us Music is Life but that still means we can't turn our Music down a notch.
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DeleteYes, I know several people who have great hearing loss from working in loud environments. I think this is defiantly an issue that we should take more seriously. When I grow older I want to be able to hear without the help of aids. I think with all the technology we have we can develop an ear bud that would not damage your ears.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that one in five American teenagers suffered from hearing loss. I can honestly say that I don't have my volume up very high when I have my earphones in, but I know people that do. They want me to listen to a song they like, but I can't even put the earphone in my ear because it's so loud!! I think the people that make earphones should have lower volume limits on their products, and make them safer to use.
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DeleteYes I do I think that we should take deafness more Seriously. Individuals listen to loud music and The World can't control it. Us teenagers listen to loud Music because for some of Us Music is Life but that still means we can't turn our Music down a notch.
ReplyDeleteThe Strakey hearing foundation link is talking about how our ears are complex organs, and how our awareness should be high than ever. "In fact, when teens are pressured by friends or family to turn down the volume on their iPods, they do exactly what you'd expect them to do." This is from the Time.com link. Here they are saying that when teens are asked to turn their volume down on their ipods, or mp3 player, they do the exact opposite and turn it uop inspite of advisers orders. The New York Times states that music players can reach noise levels of a jet engine. I dont know anyone with hearing loss from long term exposure to noises. I believe we should take it seriously, but i dont think we should start making laws about individuals personal choices of to listen to loud music or not.
ReplyDeleteI agree it is your right to go deaf if you want to. On the other hand, I do think we should have the right to be safe when purchasing and using any company's product, if we follow their acceptable use policies and directions.
DeleteThey say if you listen to music through headphones longer than an hour an 15 minutes you could suffer hearing lost later on. They also said that just listening to five minutes of music turned all the way up. Can risk you of having permanent hearing loss later on. Some alarming facts to me is: just five minutes of exposure a day to music at full volume can cause permanent hearing loss, one out of 5 American teens has hearing loss due to headphones being played at full volume. No I do not know someone who has suffered hearing loss due to headphones being played at full volume. I think that it should be taken more seriously. But i think that kids these days will do whatever they want to do. They do the opposite of whatever grownups tell them to do.
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DeleteI don't know anybody that loss their hearing from ear buds. This issue sounds like kids need to stop listening to loud music. We should take this issue more seriously because this is the future business workers of our town. They need their hearing. I think kids should stop listening to loud music.
ReplyDeletebet u won't tell it to grace and me to our faces
Deleteohhh he'll beat that head dawg better watch out
Deletetrey shut up you dont know what youre talking about and dj dont talk the talk and dont walk the walk. i lisen to loud music and i hear great . thank you have a nice day:)
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DeleteHonestly, I think if people turn their music up too loud, yeah you can go deaf. But its not necessarily the head phones. It's the people. No, I don't know anyone who has suffered being deaf due to head phone. I think the major risk, is puttuing them too far in your ears and turning them up too loud.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know anyone that has hearing loss from headphone usage, but it is an issue to take very seriously. Just think, if everyone lost their hearing, where would we be? We would be limited to sign language or writing what we want to say on a piece of paper or typing it on an electrical device. That will not be a very good future to live in in my eyes, takes too long and is not efficient.
ReplyDeleteI think that earphones due cause hear loss and they cause a problem known as Tinnitus (term for "hearing" noises in your ears when there is no outside source of the sounds). We can prevent the loss of hearing by listening to music out loud more then earphones enclosed in our ear. Another big way to prevent hearing loss is to stay away from loud machinery. Let the noises you hear stay at a soft noise lecvel instead of an high pitch level.
ReplyDeleteYes, I know several people who have hearing loss from exposure to prolonged loud noises. One of these people is my grandfather. He worked in a mill and helped in garages for many years without ear protection and now has trouble hearing. I think we should take this matter more seriously, and make ear buds that wont get loud enough to hurt your ears. Because I know that when I get old I don't want to have to use hearing aids.
ReplyDeleteI don't know of anyone who has lost hearing due to earphone volume. But I have met some people who have contracted hearing damage from their workplace. Hearing loss is a serious subject and I don't think teens(myself included) understand the dangers of it especially the long term effects. I try to listen to my music at a low volume but the excitement you feel from the music starts to wear off as your ears get used to them music so I turn it up a little bit and the process repeats. However I don't think this issue needs to have laws put in place unless it becomes a BIG problem. Maybe we need to do a better job of informing both parents and teenagers and spread the issue.
ReplyDeletePeople listen to headphones loud cause not to hear whats going on but i think that we should cut it low or turn it off cause the loud music affects our ear drums and we slowly lose hearing but to prevent that we could listen out loud or cut it down
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DeleteNo, I do not know anyone who is or has suffered from hearing loss due to ear buds. I think we should be more concerned about this subject because in our generation today technology is something all children want and music being something children like to hear to sooth and entertain them is a part of the problem. So, we need to have a better solution to this problem, we have to find a way to give people a great sound in a small compact easy to carry headphones without the hash consequence.
ReplyDeleteI don't know anyone who has suffered hearing lost because of loud music. I think it is up to the teenagers to decide how loud thier music is. I belive we should inform the parents and teenagers about this.
ReplyDeleteI don't care about loud ear phones I doesn't phase me. I have them loud all the time. I have good hearing!
ReplyDeleteI do not know anyone who suffers from hearing loss due to earbuds. I do believe it is an issue that should be handled, though. I think awarness is the way to go, tell them what earbuds can do to thier ears, if they don't turn down the volume, and they go deaf, it's their problem.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the most alarming facts about these articles is the fact that one in five American teens suffer from a hearing problem. My dad can not hear as well because of the machinery at one of his previous jobs. I think the easiest way to prevent teens from having a hearing problem is to simply listen to music aloud instead of using ear buds when at all possible. I'm always around teens whose music is so loud that you can hear every word from their music from headphones. This definitely is a problem that can be easily fixed.
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DeleteYes i know many people who have suffered from hearing loss because of loud noise in factories or loud environments. People listen to their music way too loud and this could make someone lose their hearing very easily. We really need to take this seriously ,because imagine a world with no sound. That would be torture.
ReplyDeleteI know a few people who won't admit it, but do have hearing problems. I think it's a problem that needs to be handled. The most alarming fact about earphones in the articles is that some earphones can reach noise levels similar to jet engines. To me that is just ridiculous. I think this problem can be easily fixed by limiting the volume on iPods and/or earphones. Sounds similar to jet engines? That should be a slap in the face to adjust the volume on music players.
ReplyDeleteI do not know anyone who has been affected by hearing loss, other than myself. The hearing loss was temporary, however, it did last for a short while. We should take this seriously because at any moment your hearing could just go out due to high exposure. I think this is a dire matter and we should take more heed to the warnings we are receiving.
ReplyDeleteYes, I know some people who's suffering from hearing loss i have a uncle who used to work in this place and it was to loud and it effect his hearing,He has to wear hearing-aids
ReplyDeleteI know many people who turns the volume up on their earphones. For example, many teenagers want some alone time to think about their problems while listening to loud music in their rooms. I don't use earphones that often and I listen to my music with a medium volume. I think that the companies who makes the earphones should limit the volume so it doesn't cause people to bust their eardrums.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't know of anyone who has suffered hearing loss due to loud noise. This is an issue we should take more seriously, because it can affect many teenagers later in their life.
ReplyDeleteYes, I know of someone who is almost completely deaf due to loud noises, My step dad. We should take this matter very seriously because it affects your ability to do stuff and be involved in, so yes this is very serious.
ReplyDeleteI do not know anybody who has suffered a hearing loss from loud noises. I do listen to music through earbuds sometimes, but I don't blare my music. I make sure I can hear it, and that is good enough for me. I think it is alarming that 1 in 5 teenagers has a hearing loss just from loud music. I prefer listening to music through a speaker instead.
ReplyDeleteI know someone who does this every day and seem like each time i say something to them they barily hear what im saying so yes this can cause someone to go deaf they should create different way to listen music without hurting your ear drums.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do know several people, such as my grandfather, who have partially lost their hearing due to loud environments. I do think this is an issue we should take more seriously. I usually turn my earphones up pretty loud, and I should probably take all the information in these articles into consideration next time I want to listen to music with headphones. I know when I get older I don't want to have to use a hearing aid. I do believe that with the technology we have and the new technology we will make in the future, we could make some kind of ear bud headphones that didn't do so much damage to your ears when you turned them up, but until then we'll just have to be more careful while listening to ear bud headphones.
ReplyDeleteYes my brother listening to my sister scream at him all day. I do believe it is an issue we should take more seriously. I think that the next generation will be a generation of deaf people who cant hear the person right next to them including me.
ReplyDeleteyes, it is not good to listen to listen to load music because it can cause deafness.but in the car i like to cut the music all the way up and beat out the frame.
ReplyDeleteyes, i think it is hourble for people to listin to load music because people these days haveing diffcult time hearing what people said now, and yes, there are differnt types of earphones these days that are made till this day.
ReplyDeleteWell, if people wanna be deaf let them be, it's their ears not ours, but me for one, I keep my volume pretty low, I'm not going deaf. I only worry about my ears, I don't have time for other people's ears.
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ReplyDeleteI think its bad because a lot of people are becoming deaf because of loud music. A lot of people need to take it seriously because you can lose your hearing and most of the teenager become deaf because of loud music.
ReplyDeleteI don't know anyone that has suffered from hearing loss because of loud music. To me it's not a big problem, but to someone that has suffered then they should change their music habit. I listen to my music very loud and I have notice a difference but I am not worried about it. Parents should be informed about this problem.
ReplyDeleteno i do not know anyone who suffers hearing lose but it is something we need to take care of
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ReplyDeleteI know a lot of people are becoming deaf well mostly us young people we like loud music. we all need to start taking it seriously
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people should take it seriously about your hearing and tell people who doesn't know about how people becoming deaf.
ReplyDeleteI can not think of anybody that has suffered from a hearing loss in my family or actually know anybody that has cause by loud music. I am not going to say that i do not care because i really do cause if someone is death because of loud music even know that you have been warned and plus u should know better. I also listen to music very loudly but it has never affected me and i pray and hope it does not effect my hearing cause i love to be able to hear sounds and music. And if you see that you if having problems hearing you should first inform your parents and then they should inform the ear doctor or your doctor form you can get help before it really effects you badly and then lose your hearing.
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ReplyDeleteI think that we should turn down the music in our head phones because after what I have read it has bad effects on your life. In fact one in five American teens suffer from a hearing problem and that is not good at all. I really do think we should take it more seriously. I listen to my songs realy loud and from what I have learned I will turn them down from now on.
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ReplyDeleteYes I do know someone that suffers with hearing loss. I think we should and shouldn't do something about it. If people want to listen to loud music while they can, let them. We have no control of what most of other people do. And we should because if there are a lot of people that has lower hearing than the average person, there won't be that many job opportunities for them. I believe that we should make some earphones/headphones that regualte the volume on the type of music you're listening to.
ReplyDeleteI do not know anybody that has lost their hearing. I listen to music but not loud. I think that teenagers have more of a chance of loosing their hearing than elderly people.
ReplyDeleteI think i knew you could suffer from it because of teenagers turns the volume all the way up and it could cause the person to be deaf
ReplyDeleteI can not think of anybody that has suffered from a hearing loss it is so bad not to hear nothing my amped she told me that her ferand cant hear nothing I'm peraing for her
ReplyDeleteI do not know anybody who has suffered from loud noises. I do listen to music through ear buds and turn the volume up really loud, I make sure I can hear it. but i do believe that it is better so listen to music out loud than through an ear bud.
ReplyDelete"I think what you meant to say was.." I do not know anybody who has suffered from hearing lose from ear buds. I do listen to music through ear buds and turn the volume up really loud, I make sure I can hear it. I do believe that it is better to listen to music out loud rather than through an ear bud.
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ReplyDeleteYes, I do know people who suffer a hearing loss due to loud noises. I personally know how it feels because I have a hearing loss. It is very alarming to me that 1 out of 5 teenagers have a hearing loss from loud music. Ear bud companies should make a volume limit so that teenagers will not be able to play their music extremely loud. Everyone should take this issue more seriously because if everyone blasts their music, many people will have hearing losses.
ReplyDeleteI do know people who suffer from hearing loss because of exposure to loud noises. I do believe that we should take this issue more seriously. We can't control how people listen to music, but we can easily inform teens about the dangers of extremely loud music. Personally, I rarely use headphones because I know that I will gradually be turning up the volume so I can hear it. I normally listen to music out loud, rather than in my ears.
ReplyDeleteIt shocks me that 1 out of 5 teenagers suffer from hearing loss due to loud noises. Most teenagers probably know the statistics on this issue and still choose to leave their music up loud. It's just because most of us are stubborn. If they only knew the damages done, and how it felt to be that 1 teenager out of 5 with a hearing loss, maybe they could understand and take better precautions.
ReplyDeleteYes i agree that you can loose your hearing with to much loud music. But some people wants to play their music loud and if they want to loose their hearing then let them.
ReplyDeleteyea i agree that you can loose your hearing with too much loud music in your ear. but some people like the loud music and like to play it. if they go death thats them.
ReplyDeleteNo i do not know anyone who has lost hearing from loud noise, but i hear alot that many people in the world has loss of hearing by loud noises not only headphone and loud music but many things that are loud. I think that people today should take it more seriously about the loud music and noises today..
ReplyDeleteI agree, you can lose your hearing if your music is too loud. For most people music is all they have, it's their life, personally I like music more than I like people; but that's just me. I listen to music and I have it turned up all the way, to when you talk to me you look like a mime.
ReplyDeleteI think that deafness is a problem that we should take seriously, but there is nothing anyone can do about it. It is their problem if they turn their music up to loud. I know many people who have lost hearing due to loud music. Yeah, I don't think people should have their music extremely loud, but it is their fault if they lose hearing because of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree that people should turn there earphones down. I still listen to mine really high I know I probably shouldn't but it just sounds better. There should and are earphones that have a limit to the amount of noise you can hear but they don't really care because they keep making us deaf anyway. The only people who care is I pod and people will probably just quit buying them so that they can listen to their music very loud.So if you care so much just turn them down.
ReplyDeletePeople listen to headphones loud cause not to hear whats going on but i think that we should cut it low or turn it off cause the loud music affects our ear drums and we slowly lose hearing but to prevent that we could listen out loud or cut it down,
ReplyDelete"Turning the volume up too high on your headphones can damage the coating of nerve cells, leading to temporary deafness, scientists from the University of Leicester have shown for the first time." I was shocked that 1 out of 5 teenagers. I personally do not know of someone who has suffered from hearing loss due to loud noises. I do think it should be dealt with more seriously. Music is a major factor in many peoples lives. But, they should still take precautions for their health.
ReplyDeleteI agree that people have hearing promblems because of ear buds. I think that if you listen to music through ear buds, you shouldn't have it so loud.
ReplyDeleteI do not know of anyone who has suffered hearing loss from the use of ear buds. I find it alarming that 1 in 5 teenagers suffer hearing loss from loud music. I think we need to address this issue because a lot of teenagers listen to music through ear buds at top volume. If we don't address this problem then in 50 years every one will be deaf and unable to hear.
ReplyDeleteNo I don't know anyone who has suffered hearing loss from prolonged exposure to loud noise. Some people might want to take this issue more seriously. I think that some people have their music too loud and they might want to think about cutting the volume down every now and then.
ReplyDeleteNo i don't know anyone who has suffered hearing loss.However, the most common cause is noise-induced hearing loss. ... tests, such as by comparison with noise of known frequency and intensity, as in an audiometric test. Subjective tinnitus can have many possible causes, but most commonly. Hearing loss and may increase the damage done by exposure to loud noise
ReplyDeleteI do not know anyone that has lost they're hearing due to loud headphones, but I'm sure if anyone I know does, it'll be me. I don't know if we should take it more serious because if peoples hearing is in danger then that is up to them to continue the loud noisy headphones.
ReplyDeleteHearing loss I think is a serious matter that I think more people should take seriously. Its kind of like when you think of an elderly person, I have met some that can out run teenagers that's an example that they have taken care of themselves. Same deal with our hearing we should take care of our ears so that when we are older we can still hear all the things we want to. Instead if people talking about us and laughing because we're death and can't hear them. They will be saying wow that older person has some great hearing, just a little thought.
ReplyDeletei do agree that you can lose your hearing by playing loud music . and yes this issue should be taking a lot more serious. but if people want to listen to their music really loud and end up maybe one day not being able to hear them that's their fault !
ReplyDeleteNo, I do not know anyone who is or has suffered from hearing loss due to ear buds.but this is a great deal in our generation because teenagers love music an they play it really loud.
ReplyDeleteYes,I know plenty of people who have suffered from hearing loss do to loud music not through ear buds. I did not know that listening to loud music through ear buds really affected us. We should take this serious before the outcome of the majority of us teenagers in the U.S is being deaf.
ReplyDeleteYes, you can loose your hearing if you listen to music to loud and to much with the earphones in your ear. I don't know anyone that has suffered from this. Also there is no reason for anyone to be listening to music ALL day with the music as loud as they can go. Cause then you really will go deaf in your ears.
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