Today almost 90% of population is using earphones either bluetooth based or wired one. He/she is using it either for listeing music or for phone calls. All have become so habitual of it that not ready to accept the harmful effects of it inspite of the hearing problems they are facing.
All are unintentionally damaging their hearing just by listening to an mp3 player or ipod through earphones at high volume for just an hour every day. A recent study by scientists looking at emerging health risks in Europe concluded that using earphones and playing loud music every day for five years could cause permanent and irreversible hearing problems. Five years seems like a long time, but listening to music through ear phones for longer each day would have the same effect in a much shorter time.
Doctors have recommended that upto 85 Decibels the sound is fine but above that is harmful to ears.
Technically the earphones(when turned on) are two powerful magnets. If you put them on, the brain is sandwiched in the middle, sometimes for hours with the magnets "magnitizing" the brain.The magnets in your earphones are always magnetized, not only when you play music through them. Some earphones use rare earth magnets which are much more powerful than regular ceramic magnets found in home speakers because they have more force with less weight.
The ‘earbud’ design of earphone, which are inserted into the ear rather than just sitting on top of the pinna (the fleshy part of the ear) are more dangerous because they force the sound directly towards the eardrum. Often described as noise-cancelling earphones, earbuds prevent sound escaping into the environment close by,
So try to avoid earphones for longer time.
Try to use speakers for listening music.
Try to listen phone calls or music at low sound level.
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