Beware of turning up the volume of your headphones!

Months ago, results of a scientific study came out. Among the items, there was one which gave a warning against using the headphones too much. It says that no matter how low the volume maybe, the use of headphones adversely affects the ears. It causes some harm to the eardrums, thus someone's hearing suffers everytime one takes hold of that headphone. The effect reaches bad levels after sometime of using the headphones - the length of time varies from person to person. It is quite sad that I cannot exactly remember how long was it shortest and longest. These studies of course, come out with the figures.

Not only that, but it can annoy the people around you. I swear, there's ALWAYS someone on the bus with their music player blaring and the entire bus can hear it. It's really annoying! It kinda makes the whole point of headphones pointless if everyone can still hear it.

The ringing in your ears became permanent? Uh oh! LOL I don't listen to my music really loud all the time...and I don't wear headphones...I just blair my music in the house. LOL But there have been times that I have heard ringing. I would hate for that to become permanent!!! That would drive me crazy! Is there anything that can be done to help you? How do you live with constant ringing in your ears?

hey that is not the only problem it can cause. it also increases the rate of bacterial growth in the ear. so think twice before you increase volume

I know what you mean. I burst my eardrum in my left ear while on a plane and I've never been able to hear the same out of it. I lost about 15% of my hearing from the eardrum bursting. However, I've listened to music loud from my iPod for years and when I saw the hearing specialist the other week to check up on my progress, I'm now up to 25% hearing loss in my left ear, and 5% in my right (where it was 100% perfect when I burst my eardrum). They say its probably directly related to constantly listening to loud music on my iPod, and constantly standing near huge speakers at live gigs. So take me as a warning to you all, turn down your iPods! I'm only 19!

Wow, I havnt seen that before. I admit I do listen to music double the volume than I did a month ago, and I do have some ringing in my ears, but it happens at times when im not listening to music.

Do you still hear the ringing ? How long has it been , and did you see your doctor ? Did they say it was permanent , or will it eventually go away ? I don`t own 1 yet , but maybe I will in the future . Thanks for warning everyone . I hope the ringing will go away for you

Yes thats true, there are studies that speak out about this full volumes makes ear sore. You get used to loud sound and your ear will only be able to hear at this range, that will make you deaf for some times.

I think this is very good suggestion and can never figure out why people have their headsets up so loud. Some of my students do that while they are working, and I can hear the music from quite a distance. It is definitely not good for your hearing and can probably make a person go deaf after a period of time or at least make your hearing worse. It is also not good to blast your car stereo system loud as it can have the same effects on persons hearing.

Say WHAT?! I can't HEAR you! ;-) I would have better hearing today if I'd learned to put earplugs in being going to loud, live concerts. If I'm listening to my iPod and there's a lot of noise around, I just pause instead of turning the volume up loud. iPod lets you set a maximum volume, other players probably do as well.

well maybe i should turn my headphones down then! i always have my ipod on full! i do have a ringing sometimes :S thanks for your advice

Thanks for the warning. I turn it up when a real good song comes on and then I forget to turn it down!

I always put in earplugs when I go to a rockconcert. You just have to protect your ears. Good post. Too manny people don't realize they can damage their ears by pumping up the volume with or without earplugs.

i m in the habit of listening my favorite songs really loud but i never faced this problem or maybe i didn't notice it at all;)now on i m not going to turn the volume as up as i used to because i would never ever like to have some kind of constant ringing in my ears.thanx for the warning:)

another info, after eating your meal dont listen to loud music or rock cause there is this possibility that loud sounds affect our disgestion and this may cause indigestion. actually i have a prolem with my ear. my hearing abilities are low (the left side of my ear) due to over used of headphones and turning it loud.

i am already very careful about the volume on my iPod...i have tenitus probably due to all the concerts i went to before my crash...

Thanks for this warning. I really want my earphone in max volume. So this really make me think twice.

already there but thanks for telling me what it is i had no idea

Hey,I can hear buzzing in my head when a turn down the volume but usually I forget to turn it down.When a good song plays I turn the volume up to maximum and a forget to turn it down afterwards.I get carried away!

I never play loud music on my earphones, i just can't. As soon as i feel the slightest pain in my ear, i turn it down.