Using ear plugs /phones

I have used earplugs very little for music, and I don't like them. I will use headphone if I cannot use a regular speaker setup, however care must be used with them too. When using a headset or earplugs, the sound is isolated to your eardrums and can cause considerable damage if too much volume is used. As far as the bacteria...I had to use sound deadening earplugs while I was working in a factory because of the noise. This was for a period of a 10 hour work day with 2 15 minute breaks and a half hour for lunch, so it was 9 hours a day. In the military, and when I worked Corrections we spent time on the shooting range and also had to wear earplugs. As your ears can't get any air sweat tends to build up and you can be more prone to ear infections. Depending how tight your music earplugs are the same thing can happen. Your ears need to breathe and they can't if you have something stuck in them.

I believe it's true when you keep your ear plugs in your ears at rather high volume for long is very likely to develop all sorts of hearing problems, including the massive amount of potentially-hazardous bacteria. However, if we can closely pay attention to the way we use ear plugs while enjoying color media entertainment, we'll be just fine, which is to say we should adjust the volume to a suitable level. When night falls, our hearing tend to become more sensitive than it is during the day, and therefore, for our own good, we don't really need music to be too loud to give us a wonderful acoustic experience. Turning down the music a bit could ensure a healthier hearing. Other than that, use headphones or speakers as alternatives can also help. Actually, decent headphones can bring you much better taste of the music you're listening to, and since you place them on your ears rather than plugging them in your ears, they are not likely to cause as much displeasure as ear plugs after long hours of use. Well, the downside of it is that they often consume more energy, so you'll find the battery life of your iPod significantly reduced when wearing those babies. Anyway, I only use ear plugs when my roommates are asleep. Any other time I'd just play whatever it is out loud, within a reasonable acoustic capacity of course.

I do not completely agree with this. I have been using ear plug since I was 13 years and now i am 28. I have a perfect hearing and never had an infectional prolem. May be the quality of the ear plugs you use could be a deciding factor as far as your ear drums are concerned.