2006-07-28 18:52:19 · 7 answers · asked by pest m 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
There is a lot of debate about this.
There seem to be at leat two forms of deafness, probably three, associated with exposure to sound.
One which has received a lot of publicity is that there are hairs in your ear canal that help direct the soundwaves towards your ear drum.
Exposure to loud high frequency noises snaps them. After that, it's all over sunshine. This is called high-frequency hearing loss and is extremely well documented from people working in industry with machines.
The human being in general tends to like to emphasise treble. This is because human hearing is most sensetive to sounds around the human voice. Above and below that frequency, a sound needs to be louder before you register it properly.
Some music is designed to have a pumping, kicking exciting bassline. If you like music from those genres, eg RnB, you will tend to turn up the bass. Loud bass MAY have no effect on hearing. That is not very certain either way at all.
Most music is not like that, especially classical and male/female vocal music. There is a lot of detail in the treble of those pieces. You will get frustrated if you do not hear that detail and will turn it up until you can hear the detail.
The other types of hearing loss are more controversial. It is now pretty accepted that there is such a thing as nerve trauma. If a nerve involved in your hearing process gets over stimulated, it starts to shut down. There are various theories as to how this happens, but most researchers now accept it as real.
Finally the most controversial theory is that there is psychological/mental hearing loss.
In much the same way that people who sleep in an apartment over a busy city street come to ignore the traffic as they sleep, if you are exposed to a lot of loud music your brain may begin to stop bothering to process the information.
There is some evidence that this happens by studying the MRI scans of people who listen to loud music and speech. At first parts of their brain are active in response to the stimulus, after a while they seem to ignore it.
I believe in all three types of hearing loss.
I know a lot of people who suffer from them.
2006-07-29 16:43:06 · answer #1 · answered by stardigital 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you have the volume turned up too loudly. Even then, you won't go deaf, but you will damage your hearing.
2006-07-29 01:55:59 · answer #2 · answered by Jimmy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No headphones can't make u deaf
2006-07-29 01:56:45 · answer #3 · answered by lil_john_789 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if what you're listening to is too loud. Same goes for speakers.
2006-07-29 01:56:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
statistics say put not sure maybe if you have the volume all the way up
2006-07-29 01:56:34 · answer #5 · answered by juanita2_2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but with time, they do harm your ears.
2006-07-29 01:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno. Just don't turn it up super loud. And it kinda gets hot after a while. Maybe its just me
2006-07-29 01:55:25 · answer #7 · answered by Ricky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋