do you listen to music too loud?

[MonsieurFish]

i know i do. i have no idea by how much or anything, but i swear when i get older im going to have permanant hearing damage. anyone else worried about this? usually on my ipod, if i use ipod headphones (but usually i use the giant ones that cover my full ear), i have the volume up about 80%, and i listen to it like that for hours. then in the car i always have it as loud as i can before it hurts. think im screwed? anyone else/

[habernac]

had a walkman back in the 80's. The volume knob broke off at maximum. Listened to it for years. That and my car stereo have definitely affected my hearing in a not-so-great way. In my IPOD, I use the volume limiter so I can't turn it too loud. Hopefully I won't be deaf by the time I'm 50.

[troutman]

What?

[Burninator]

Music is meant to be loud.

Expect on head phones. I never listen to my iPod loud. That is the fastest path to hearing damage. Plus I hate hearing others people crappy music on the train and I am sure other people don't want to hear my crappy music either.

But I've been to a couple dozen concerts and my old car had a very loud stereo (2 Alpine S10 subs). I haven't gotten a chance to install it on my new car yet. So I think I have done my fair share of hearing damage to myself.

[troutman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_damage

Personal electronic audio devices, such as iPods (iPods often reaching 115 decibels or higher), can produce powerful enough sound to cause significant Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, given that lesser intensities of even 70 dB can also cause hearing loss.

[czure32]

When i was in high school and took the big blue limo everywhere I had my discman on as loud as it would go
I know that some people could hear it and actually make out what i was listening to, but no one ever really complained
now that i have a car I'll turn the volume up but its not all that spectacular as I still have the factory stereo

besides I'm sure I've done way worse than listening to my discman/ipod too loud that will affect my hearing more in the future... Like standing beside the monitors of a NIN concert in colorado, or having a monitor feed back directly next to my ear messing around in a recording studio

[Buff]

Thanks to iPods and other MP3 players, in 40 years you'll see more hearing specialists than starbucks or Tim Horton's combined.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by troutman

What?

LOL!

Yeah, you listen too loud. My roommate is like that. He's always got the TV cranked up so loud I can hear it from the hallway.

I play in a band and even I don't listen to music all that loudly. Always use earplugs when I play too.

Turn down and get used to it.

[burn_baby_burn]

My hearing is definately damaged. Thank goodness the factory stereo in my vehicle doesn't go loud enough with my satellite radio to do any more damage.

[HelloHockeyFans]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...ck=1&cset=true

At blame, say audiologists, are the tiny, dime-size earbuds favored by music listeners. Unlike the earmuff-style headphones that came with Walkmans, earbuds are placed directly into the ear, boosting the sound signal by as much as six to nine decibels. That's the difference between the sound made by a vacuum cleaner and the sound of a motorcycle engine, said Dean Garstecki, a Northwestern University audiologist and professor who has studied the issue.

"We're seeing the kind of hearing loss in younger people typically found in aging adults. Unfortunately, the earbuds preferred by music listeners are even more likely to cause hearing loss than the muff-type earphones that were associated with the older devices," Garstecki said in a university release.

[troutman]

Pete Townshend Warns Headphones Cause Hearing Loss

http://www.internetdj.com/article.php?storyid=724

"My ears are ringing, loudly. My own particular kind of damage was caused by using earphones in the recording studio, not playing loud on stage." He must take painstaking 36-hour hearing rests while recording.

"Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired," he wrote. "If you use an iPod or anything like it, or your child uses one, you may be OK. It may only be studio earphones that cause bad damage."

[Locke]

I dunno, I read a report about hearing damage, I used to work at Greyhound and spent almost a year in very close proximity to very loud Diesel engines. Now, I am huge music fan, I love going to concerts and shows and about 8 years (since I was 14) of going to shows and waking up with ringing ears made me a little concerned.

I never let the volume on my iPod get any higher than half, and I'll usually listen to it at about 1/3 of max volume.

Locke.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...ck=1&cset=true

At blame, say audiologists, are the tiny, dime-size earbuds favored by music listeners. Unlike the earmuff-style headphones that came with Walkmans, earbuds are placed directly into the ear, boosting the sound signal by as much as six to nine decibels. That's the difference between the sound made by a vacuum cleaner and the sound of a motorcycle engine, said Dean Garstecki, a Northwestern University audiologist and professor who has studied the issue.

"We're seeing the kind of hearing loss in younger people typically found in aging adults. Unfortunately, the earbuds preferred by music listeners are even more likely to cause hearing loss than the muff-type earphones that were associated with the older devices," Garstecki said in a university release.

Those earbuds are the worst. The damn things are inside your head and about an inch away from your eardrum. Of course it's going to do damage.

I don't wear them partly because they are uncomfortable as hell and partly due to the fact that this whole IPod craze still kind of baffles me.

I've done more than enough damage at heavy metal shows in small venues though. The worst part of live music isn't the music but from other people yelling in your ear trying to be heard above the racket. If you think about it, it really is someone shouting directly into your ear. Ouch. Imagine having your buddy screaming in your ear if the music wasn't playing. It would be funny looking, but it would (and does) hurt.

[J pold]

I really don’t enjoy loud music…or loud anything for that matter I have pretty sensitive hearing I never go louder than 1/3 on my iPod

[FlamingLonghorn]

Playing in a band that played sometimes every night for 2 months in a row that tried to be as loud and high pitched as we could destroyed the hearing in my left ear so now I have to listen to everything loudly...

[HelloHockeyFans]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Those earbuds are the worst. The damn things are inside your head and about an inch away from your eardrum. Of course it's going to do damage.

I don't wear them partly because they are uncomfortable as hell and partly due to the fact that this whole IPod craze still kind of baffles me.

I've done more than enough damage at heavy metal shows in small venues though. The worst part of live music isn't the music but from other people yelling in your ear trying to be heard above the racket. If you think about it, it really is someone shouting directly into your ear. Ouch. Imagine having your buddy screaming in your ear if the music wasn't playing. It would be funny looking, but it would (and does) hurt.

Yeah, I've experienced the same thing before inside a club when people insist on telling me something over the music. It's one thing to yell near some one's ear, but it's another thing to yell DIRECTLY INTO some one's ear.

[OILFAN #81]

I always do at home! It pumps me up listening to loud music!

I try not to at public places though cause I can't stand people who blast their headphones on the train or the people who try to be cool when they pull up beside you in a lane and turn up the volume all the way in their car lol.

[DuffMan]

I used to, and now I have a crazy little thing called tinitus.

[troutman]

I was at a Teenage Head concert in the 1980s that was so loud, we could only communicate by pointing out letters on our beer cans.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by troutman

I was at a Teenage Head concert in the 1980s that was so loud, we could only communicate by pointing out letters on our beer cans.

Teenage Head, I haven't thought of them in about 20 years. I probably still have the record.