Holler If You Hear Me: iPods May Cause Hearing Loss

[SNaKe]

It ain't really hip-hop unless you can feel the bass knock, but hearing specialists say your ears can't handle all that.

"We're seeing the kind of hearing loss in younger people that's typically found in aging adults," said Dean Garstecki, an audiologist and professor at Northwestern University.

The popularity of the iPod may actually be contributing to the growing problem. "Unfortunately, the ear buds are even more likely to cause hearing loss than the muff-type earphones that were used on Walkman and portable CD players," Garstecki said.

In a study published last year in the journal, Ear and Hearing, Harvard Medical School researchers found that the smaller the earphones, the higher their output levels.

[AspirinE]

Shit


I have my earphones on for like 4 hours a day, and then speakers ...

[Hunneh_Buns]

I hate using earphones. But I do have an iPod. But when I do use it, its at a low volume. I think I can still hear lol.

[SlurveBaller66]

yeah. they did a thing on this in RollingStone magazine. i will try to find the article. it has statistics about different earphones and which ones are safe.

[ShadyRox]

r u serious? Thats y my ears hurt.....

[MuNxMuN]

hmmm.....maybe that's the reason why i always hear a ringing sound

[Tomega]

my ears all fucked up already

[Mr. Cookie]

naw, the shit is true, I once used earphones fo' a whole day, and I had pain in my ears and I didn't hear that good, and it was a fucked up sound in my ears after I took the earphones out...

[Mr. Cookie]

thats wat britney does 2 u lmao

lol..I don't listen to britney...never did and never will....I was listenin' to, I think it was all the Em records plus D-12.. fo' a whole day...

[Mr. Cookie]

bizzares nasty ass lyrics offend your ears

lmao, which song? theres so many

probably all of them....

[Shadyluva]

when i listen to music on walkmans, ipods and other things, i love the volume up to the highest...its the best thing