Loud Noise and Hearing Loss

Posted by Anthony Lee Jul 26, 2008

If there is one thing I see frequently in our current age of digital technology, it's MP3 music players. I cannot ride the train to and from work without seeing at least one person listening to music on headphones. There are times, however, when I could hear the song through the headphones.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone about excess noise. Our ears and sense of hearing are things to be grateful for. Therefore, we should make sure we don't damage them with unnecessarily loud noise.

This is not anything new, of course, especially with certain workers who wear protection with regular exposure to loud noise. The message may be important for young people who listen to music that is too loud, whether through headphones or at a concert. Just because one's sense of hearing is good early in life does not mean it will definitely stay that way decades later.

When I listen to music through headphones, what I like to is to set the volume level to the minimum necessary to hear the music. It's loud enough to hear it but I could still converse with people if I want to. If you want to protect your ears, this is one thing you can do. And, of course, if you can avoid being near speakers at a musical event or anything that is a source of potentially deafening noise, then why not?