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Head phones=deaf?

ok so say you have the volume on an appropiate level, like just loud enoguh that you can hear it, but not so quiet that you have to actually try hearing it, how long will it take to become deaf? If you use it like 4 hours a day maybe.
 
Why don't you try it and report back?


I'm sure there's been no studies done, as no one will want to sit listening to music at "appropriate levels" for years at a time to try to become deaf.


Confused
 
Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
ok so say you have the volume on an appropiate level, like just loud enoguh that you can hear it, but not so quiet that you have to actually try hearing it, how long will it take to become deaf? If you use it like 4 hours a day maybe.
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check the OSHA hearing charts. 4 hours a day is a LONG exposure. I think you should be looking for 80 db or less. (don't quote me, the charts would help)
 
I dunno but, I cant use headphones for more than 2 hr time period - NO matter the volume, my ears get a sore feeling after 2 hrs. After another hour of rest, i can listen to headphones again. I dont get this feeling when i listen to my music on my Klipsch Ultra 5.1s at medium volume for any period of time.
 
Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
Well I friend told me that they did a study somewhere in England and the ppl became deaf, i'm just wondering if he's telling the truth or not.
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depends on what you mean by deaf. but common sense says if you listen to 100 db (any headphone can do this) from headphones for a few hours a day it is constantly damaging ones hearing.

I suffer some hearing damage from listening to loud music (headphones) but I'm not deaf. Deaf doesn't mean you can't hear, it just means you can't hear unless it crosses a certain threshold.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
Well I friend told me that they did a study somewhere in England and the ppl became deaf, i'm just wondering if he's telling the truth or not.
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depends on what you mean by deaf. but common sense says if you listen to 100 db (any headphone can do this) from headphones for a few hours a day it is constantly damaging ones hearing.

I suffer some hearing damage from listening to loud music (headphones) but I'm not deaf. Deaf doesn't mean you can't hear, it just means you can't hear unless it crosses a certain threshold.
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I would guess really loud music on headphones will do more damage than loud speakers simply because they are right on or in your ears.
 
Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
so headphones are safe then?
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if you keep the volume down.

Problem is most folks keep turning the volume up because your ears "adapt" to the volume and one turns it up to "dangerous" levels without even realizing it.
 
60-70 dB normal piano practice
70 dB fortissimo singer 3 ft. away
75-85 dB chamber music in small auditorium
84-103 dB violin
85-111 dB flute
85-114 dB trombone
106 dB timpani & bass drum rolls
120 - 137 dB symphonic music peak
150 dB rock music peak

I wonder at what distance these SPLs were measured.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
so headphones are safe then?
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if you keep the volume down.

Problem is most folks keep turning the volume up because your ears "adapt" to the volume and one turns it up to "dangerous" levels without even realizing it.
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this is very true. sometimes i will be listening to music, take my headphones off for a bit, and when i put them back on i'm surprised by how loud they were 😕
 
Originally posted by: iamme
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
so headphones are safe then?
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if you keep the volume down.

Problem is most folks keep turning the volume up because your ears "adapt" to the volume and one turns it up to "dangerous" levels without even realizing it.
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this is very true. sometimes i will be listening to music, take my headphones off for a bit, and when i put them back on i'm surprised by how loud they were 😕
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works the same way as smelling roses for a few minutes, you can't smell them anymore.

brain's pretty cool sometimes.
 
Originally posted by: Tiamat
I dunno but, I cant use headphones for more than 2 hr time period - NO matter the volume, my ears get a sore feeling after 2 hrs. After another hour of rest, i can listen to headphones again. I dont get this feeling when i listen to my music on my Klipsch Ultra 5.1s at medium volume for any period of time.
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get a nice circumaural set
 
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