Are your ears still ringing?

How many times has your head hit the pillow from a night out with friends at the local nightclub and you have the ringing / buzzing sound in your ears?

You’ve taken out your MP3 player earphones and you can still hear the baseline?

Can your friend’s can hear the music from your headphones when sat next to you?

If you’ve answered yes to either or all of the above, then you could be online to damaging your hearing permanently or suffering from permanent noise in your head called tinnitus.

According to www.Dontlosethemusic.com 66% of people are listening to music louder than 85 decibels and so risking permanent tinnitus and hearing damage.

How is this quote relevant to me?

Our hearing is as precious as our sight: a fact that people only tend to recognize when they are faced with loosing it.

Sound / noise levels are measured in decibels (dB).  The higher the decibel level, the louder (painful) the noise is.  Sounds louder than 80 decibels are considered potentially hazardous, below are a sample of sounds.

Scientists believe that, depending on the type of noise, the pure force of vibrations from the noise can cause hearing loss. Recent studies also show that exposure to harmful noise levels triggers the formation of molecules inside the ear that damage hair cells and result in noise-induced hearing loss. These destructive molecules play an important role in hearing loss in children and adults who listen to loud noise for too long.

Other side affects you won’t associate with noise are increased fatigue and irritability which can hamper your learning and job performance.

Don’t stop the music! just turn down the volume not the fidelity