Loud Music Can Damage Your Hearing

This is a gadget generation. We love to stay plugged in, listening to our favourtite music or podcast. We love the volume of our MP3's or smartphones to be at its loudest while listening to them. Unfortunately, we may be doing our hearing a lot of harm.

According to new reports by the Hear the World Initiative, people listen to their MP3 players on a daily basis, and most of them crank up the volume to its maximum.

In today's busy and often noisy times, plugging in your headphones can be a great way to escape. Research however shows that people are listening to their players at a level that is too high says Robert Beiny, director of audiology at the Healthcare Practice, Hertfordshire and spokesman for the Hear the World Campaign.

How Does Loud Music Damage The Ear:

People with good hearing have tiny hair cells that line the inner ear and these transmit signals to the brain, which are interpreted as sound. Listening to loud music can flatten these hairs, and although they normally spring back into place, noise damage over a long period can cause them to snap. These hairs do not grow back and so any damage is permanent.
The damage is not instantaneous. It can take a while for the effect to be apparent says Robert Beiny. However, listening to loud music over a long period will gradually weaken the structures in the ear leading to to poor hearing.

Anything loud you listen to can affect your hearing health, not just music. In fact you should be careful with audiobooks, podcast and going
close to loud speakers