Can listening to loud music damage your health and make you hard of hearing later in life?

Question

If you listen to loud music if this fact is true is it the loudness of the music or the amount of bass in the music that makes you deaf.

Answer 1

mark is right

Answer 2

Yes and loud music is one of the main causes of someone damaging the delicate bones in the ear resulting in tinnitus and partial loss of hearing. Either turn the volume down and or adjust the bass settings.

I have tinnitus as a result of listening to Beethoven's concerto's over and over again at very loud volume....only way to listen to beethoven...so I thought.

Err on the side of caution and turn that sound down. Bumm, Bumm Bumm in the car...no way!

Answer 3

It is certainly true and has happened to me - I think it is primarily the volume which does the damage, though generally bass is more intrusive than other registers. There are tiny hair like structures in your ear canal which receive the sound, vibrating and carrying that as a signal through to the auditory system. Prolonged exposure to loud music knocks these receptors flat so they can no longer vibrate properly and you lose your hearing.

Answer 4

Yes, but that's not all.

The music doesn't have to be that loud to cause hearing damage. My friend didn't listen music that loud but consistently and is now always asking me "what?" He's only 44.

I used to be the one in the family that constantly pumped up the volume on my TV. My wife was always saying that the TV was too loud. For about a year, I've been using ear plugs when I blow dry my hair. Now I can hear better and I am lowering the volume even below what my wife like. So it isn't all bad and it is somewhat reversible.

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Answer 5

yea listening to loud music can make you hard of hearing cuz im only 19 and i had bass in my car since i was 17 and i already cant hear as good as i use to, and plus it can give you migraines

Answer 6

YES. If you feel/hear any after effects when you have been exposed to loud noises you've done some temporary damage. Too many times and it's permanent

Answer 7

hi... bass or loud dont make a difference.. its the how much the ear drum vibrates and wear it out is what damages it. gun shots will also have the same effect in the long run if one dont wear ear protection. heck a person could loose its balance after one mag is spent..

Answer 8

Hi, I'm one of those noisy sods that the media told You to call a chav. I've been using bass bins in a car now for 4 years, and if anything it has fine-tuned my sense of hearing to near-superhuman levels.

Answer 9

I don't know about going deaf, however listening to loud music over a long period of time, could definitely cause damage to your ears. sincerely..

http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/hearing/tinnitus.cfm

no joke... me.. teenager, head phones and heavy metal... adult 33.. constant ringing, sometimes variable, but always there....

Answer 10

It is a misconception that bass will damage your hearing!!!! It is the top end high pitched sounds that will dammage the fine hairs in your ear and which will perferate your eardrum.
Bass has a much lower frequency so your ear drum moves slower in responce to it.

Answer 11

yes with a condition called tinnitus (ringing in the ears all the time, that gets worse as time goes by NO CURE ) , just the base can do this by its self, look at most older bands nearly all were hearing aids