Does listening to loud music cause hearing loss?
Yes, if the music is loud enough, then it can cause damage to the sensitive nerve cells of your inner ear can cause permanent loss of hearing. People vary in their response to loud sounds, it is true. But repeated exposure to sounds above 80 to 90 decibels can lead to gradual loss of hearing. Indeed, the higher the noise levels are, the less time you can spend daily in that environment before your hearing suffers damage. New Scientist magazine reports that many personal stereos sold have a maximum output of 113 decibels. Citing one study, it noted that “rock music played at full blast for one hour on personal compact disc players surpassed 100 decibels most of the time and reached peaks of around 127 decibels.” Even more serious is the effect of noise produced during live concerts. Often it is a matter of how we listen and not so much what we listen to. For example, if you use stereo headphones, you may want to set the volume at a level low enough for you to be able to hear sounds arou
Yes, it does. I have always listened to music my whole life. But in 1992, that all changed! I bought two cassette tapes of my favorite band, and listened to them on my walkman. I loved listening to those tapes, even though I KNEW it would probably lead to hearing loss. I didn’t think it would lead to ringing in the ears. In 1994, the ringing in my ears started. It did go away, but after about 2 weeks, it came back again and has stayed that way ever since!! I have to play my radio every night, to help me go to sleep. It has to be loud enough to “drown out” the ringing. Too loud, and I’m just making the problem worse. I’ve been married since 2000, and I think that the ringing is worse than when it started in 1994. I was really stupid to listen to music that long and not think that it would affect my ears the way that it did. I wish that I could somehow reverse the affects of it, but it’s not going away anytime soon! I have to deal with this night and day! I hear it all the time. I have i
