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    Listen up, all you young 'uns who insist on being plugged into your iPods all the time...you might be setting yourselves up to graduate from those earbuds to hearing aids as you get older.

    "...Increasingly, Novak says he's seeing too many young people with "older ears on younger bodies" -- a trend that's been building since the portable Walkman made its debut a few decades back.

    To document the trend, he and colleagues have been randomly examining students and found a disturbing and growing incidence of what is known as noise-induced hearing loss. Usually, it means they've lost the ability to hear higher frequencies, evidenced at times by mild ear-ringing or trouble following conversations in noisy situations.

    Hearing specialists say they're also seeing more people in their 30s and 40s -- many of them among the first Walkman users -- who suffer from more pronounced tinnitus, an internal ringing or even the sound of whooshing or buzzing in the ears.

    "It may be that we're seeing the tip of the iceberg now," says Dr. John Oghalai, director of The Hearing Center at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, who's treating more of this age group. "I would not be surprised if we start to see even more of this."

    Noise-induced hearing loss happens any number of ways, from attending noisy concerts and clubs to using firearms or loud power tools and even recreational vehicles (snowmobiles and some motorcycles are among the offenders).

    Today, doctors say many people also are wearing headphones, not just to enjoy music, but also to block out ambient noise on buses, trains or just the street. And all of it can contribute to hearing loss...."



    Miulang
    "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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    Re: Headphones linked to hearing loss?

    HAH? No can hea!

    EH MIULANG IT'S TRUE JUST ASK ANY RADIO JOCK. I'VE BEEN IN THAT BIZ FOR OVER 22-YEARS AND I'M A BIT DEAF...HAH? I SAID D E A F! AND NO I'M NOT IN DEBT, THANK YOU.

    HEADPHONES WILL MAKE YOU DEAF IN TIME OR AT LEAST MAKE THE CAPS KEY STUCK ON YOUR KEYBOARD
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    • #3
      Re: Headphones linked to hearing loss?

      Originally posted by craigwatanabe

      HEADPHONES WILL MAKE YOU DEAF IN TIME OR AT LEAST MAKE THE CAPS KEY STUCK ON YOUR KEYBOARD
      Or maybe you just a little bit DAFT, not so much deaf, yeah? Besides, the headphones the radio jocks use are big bambucha kine with the acoustical soundproofing in them.

      At least other people can tell when you have those on your head. Those earbuds make people look like their talking to themselves. I dunno how many times I've tried to start a conversation with someone who's totally oblivious to everything going on around them because they're so plugged into their cell phones or iPods. Anden I tap them on the shoulder to try to get their attention, and watch them jump out of their skin because I've "sneaked up" on them. You know how hard it is for a local person wearing slippahs to sneak up on anyone!

      Miulang
      "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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        Re: Headphones linked to hearing loss?

        umm pardon me but were you talking to me? Sorry I had my Ibuds in my Iears listening to Imyself.

        My teenage kids would do that to me when I started a lecture with them...I'd be 10-minutes into my lecture when I noticed the thin cords coming out of their heads. I'd pull them out and tell them, "Good I'm glad you understand what I'm trying to teach you guys...thanks for donating your PS2 and your MP3 players to the needy. I'll drop them off at the Salvation Army tomorrow morning". Yeah same look...I never thought their eyes could open that wide
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        • #5
          Re: Headphones linked to hearing loss?

          Huh? What? Can somebody repeat the question again???

          But really as an owner of 2 iPods, 90% of the time when I use them they are connected to external speaker sources such as my stereo system, the powered speakers at my workplace or to the cigarette lighter device that delivers an FM signal to my car radio. I don't use the headphones all that much.

          The iPod can't be singled out as a bad device. People have been playing music on headphones for many years, through either conventional home stereos or through portable devices such as the original Sony Walkman tape players that came out more than 20 years ago.
          Last edited by mel; September 13, 2005, 06:43 AM.
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          • #6
            Re: Headphones linked to hearing loss?

            The difference though is that with the advent of music downloads and the ability to skip songs as opposed to a cassette tape, music listening is prolonged and with the Ipod commercials idealizing those white cords dangling to the music, it's become somewhat trendy to have earbuds in one's ears.

            But then again better to have someone blast their own ears with some of the trash coming out of today's music scene than to have them blast everybody elses ears as instead.

            Did you see that device from Numark? That company makes DJ equipment that allows you to simulate scratch-cue CD's like records. Well they've done it again...it's a dual IPod docking station with a cross-fader and scratch jogging wheels. You dock two IPods and use it' vast storage capacity to store music and then mix it with this docking station
            http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000757040098/

            Pretty cool device and worthy of a decent Ipod accessory. It's easier to carry two Ipods than a suitcase full of records and cd's when doing mobile DJ'ing.
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            • #7
              Re: Headphones linked to hearing loss?

              Maybe that's why a lot of young ones with cars (or very good computer sound systems) needs to turn up the music? (either that or to feel the bass )

              But I keep my headphones sounds to the minimal, because I want to still hear what's around me; unlike those other people who crank up their headphones (sometimes, its those that covers the ear - and I can still hear the music) and complain that they missed a call on their cell.
              How'd I get so white and nerdy?

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              • #8
                Re: Headphones linked to hearing loss?

                Just a funny old story this thread reminded me of. Who needs headphones for hearing loss? Long ago a friend of mine actually climbed up and sat in a speaker for the Ted Nugent concert at H.I.C.- oops! Blaisdell. The parts I remember, I had a really great time.
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