We hear a lot about how people are going deaf thanks to things like concerts that are too loud and headphones that are cranked way too high for way too long. And it’s true: doctors see lots of people with hearing issues, but not as much as everyone might have expected.
Every five years, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health tested the hearing of a group of people born between 1902 and 1962. Even though later generations were exposed to more loud music more often, their hearing didn’t deteriorate as much or as soon as earlier generations.
Why? Probably because older folks were exposed to more noise PERIOD on a daily basis. So don’t think this means you can just crank up the iPod and not get hurt.
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The saddest thing I saw was a kid that was maybe 19, working in McDonalds with a hearing aid that he said was from music being too loud. I had no problems after that with going to concerts wearing earbuds – besides, you hear more of the music.
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This is a subject that is always on my mind because I am playing in a band. Hearing loss can be caused by even volumes as low as a phone conversation if it is carried on long enough. Those effects should be negligible though. City traffic and blasting radios in order to compete is probably an issue, and concerts definitely are.
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