Browsing the archives for the loud music tag

23Jul09 An Opportunity to Educate About Exposure to Loud Music

The Journal of Pediatrics recently released a study on how much people understand about hearing loss and the intentional exposure to loud music.
The objective of the study was to compare awareness of music-induced hearing loss to the behavior trends. The article states that they believe that music-induced hearing loss is an unconsciously self-inflicted public health [...]

11Jun09 iPhone Decibel Meter

If you are ever curious about what volume your car stereo is at or your how loud your work environment is we’ve got a great tip for you. You can use your iPhone to measure the decibels of your daily life.

For example, you could hold the iPhone up to your head phone to measure exactly [...]

8Jun09 Loud Office Environments Can Lead to Hearing Damage

A few weeks ago we shared a great tip on how to set your iPod’s volume limit and today we want to let you know why having a volume limit is important for your hearing wellness.
If you work in an environment that has any amount of ambient noise like fingers on keyboards or loud phone [...]

27May09 Protect Your Ears, How to Set Your iPod’s Volume Limit

With the popularity of portable music players like the iPod, many people have started to live their lives to their own personal soundtrack. However, the damage done to your hearing by playing loud music directly into your ears is a real danger. If you are in an area that is already loud you may be [...]

21May09 What Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Really Means

We live in an environment where sound is coming at us from all directions during most of our waking hours. In our normal day-to-day activities, we hear sounds from television; radio; normal household appliances such as blender, garbage disposal, and oven timers; and normal traffic sounds while on-the-go in our cars. Those sounds typically occur [...]

19May09 Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Due to Loud Music

It’s no surprise that yesterday’s rockers are suffering from hearing loss today. With a slogan akin to “the louder, the better” rock legends Eric Clapton and Neil Young are both victims of hearing loss.

Eric Clapton – “My hearing isn’t ruined, but if I stop and listen I’ve got whistling all the time which I suppose [...]