2006-09-26 01:18:53 · 12 answers · asked by _ni_ 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
YES..
1. your ear drums can tear easily
2. bacteria can grow 10 times or more faster if you use earphones as the earphone cover your ear.
3. If you listen to your music too loud, your eardrums wont work properly and eventually you'll be deaf..
2006-09-26 01:28:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on the volume. Studies have shown that listening to music through headphones over a certain volume too often and for too long can cause a form of noise induced hearing loss. During a hearing test this would likely show as a nerve hearing loss around 4-6KHz. The severity would likely be determined by the genetic vulnerability to developing a hearing loss, combined with the exact nature of the noise exposure.
All that said, unless you are listening to very noisy music at very high volumes for long periods of time, you should be just fine.
UPDATE: Contrary to what someone above said, there are no headphones on the market that will tear your ear drum. The damage (if any) would be to the nerve endings in the inner ear, as opposed to the middle or outer ear.
2006-09-26 08:30:32 · answer #2 · answered by ZCT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is true, because when we listen to our music, we tend to turn it up to block out the other noise around us (ie people on the bus, our parents...) but this makes it too loud.
The sound waves from the music damage the little hairs in your ear. Normally they stand up straight and help to pass the wave to your ear drum which in turn is interpreted by your brain to be a certain sound. However, when we listen to music too loud or are exposed to anything loud the sound waves damage these hairs, causing them to bend and break. Therefore they become useless at passing the sound wave into our ear for our brain.
Sometimes they can repair themselves, and we won't have too much damage. You can notice some damage has been done when you start to hear ringing in your ears, such as after being in a loud club dancing all night the ringing may last all night and into the next day, but it should go away unless you have permanently damaged the hairs in your ear.
So if you notice ringing in your ears when it should be quiet you are causing some sort of damage to your ears.
2006-09-26 08:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by MissHealthPromoter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you keep the device that you are listening to at high volumes, it can be more detrimental that jet noise. If you keep the device at a normal volume, there shouldn't be a big problem. Too much noise from anything can be bad for your ears, so just monitor your volumes.
2006-09-26 08:23:18 · answer #4 · answered by camsgirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if you play it constantly at high noise levels. You will suffer from high frequency deafness similar to someone working in high noise levels which causes industrial deafness.
2006-09-26 08:25:54 · answer #5 · answered by torrilda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because of the volume that many people keep their personal devices at
2006-09-26 08:20:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the claim, also should apply to 2000 W subwoofers.
2006-09-26 08:26:48 · answer #7 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is. Continuous exposure to high volume may damage your hearing.
2006-09-26 08:28:17 · answer #8 · answered by mercury 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes my friend was using it to loud and now she is deaf in one ear
2006-09-26 08:22:10 · answer #9 · answered by mel-sparky-13 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yup! especially when the volume is to high...
2006-09-26 08:29:52 · answer #10 · answered by knet14489 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋