Your earbuds are working overtime

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Your earbuds are working overtime, and so is the damage to your cochlea. Prolonged exposure to sound above 85dB doesn’t just fatigue your ears, it quietly destroys the hair cells responsible for hearing, and unlike your playlist, they don’t repeat. The WHO estimates over 1 billion young people are at risk of noise-induced hearing loss. Thus, your earbuds are slowly making you deaf.

Your ear’s SOS

Ringing, buzzing, muffled sounds, after listening, muffled sounds, constantly raising the volume, or that odd pressure in your ear.:triangular_flag:

:shield: Prevention

  • Stick to the 60/60 rule: 60% volume, 60 minutes max.
  • Take breaks,
  • choose over-ear headphones,
  • don’t sleep with earbuds in. :sleeping_face::cross_mark:

:light_bulb: Already noticing symptoms?

Rest your ears, use volume-limiting apps, and see an audiologist or an ENT specialist sooner rather than later. Early action makes all the difference.

The playlist can wait. Your hearing cannot :headphone::sparkles:

MBH/PS

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That’s the great alert message for those who use ear buds frequently

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Great reminder! Especially among young Noise-induced hearing loss has become common. Small habits like taking breaks and lowering volume can be helpful.We must protect our ears today for better hearing tomorrow.

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Much needed awareness post for today’s time.

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Ok this is an topic which nobody speaks about. And it’s very informative to know about this

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Yes. Let’s share among family and peers for awareness​:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Absolutely. I’m included.

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You’re right. I tried to avoid those noise reduction earphones and now I do not need to turn up volumes.

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Thanks Anushree :hugs:

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That’s really a good reminder.
We use earbuds so casually, even while sleeping, and don’t really think about the damages.

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It is alarming to know that there is an increase in the use of earbuds and hence is the increasing danger of hearing loss especially among the young generation. Despite another awareness still this is not addressed properly

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Very informative one.

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This is so true, earphones are ruining our hearing ability

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Thanks for sharing. This creates awareness about how to use the earbuds without losing your hearing ability.

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Yes,Try to minimal use of earbuds.

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Today people including me cannot imagine travelling without earphones. Even for a short distances like buying groceries we are addicted to take our phones and earphones with us.

This is a raising alarm to all those who have this habit and should reduce the use of earphones all the time. Like rest parts of our body, our ears too need rest.

I have also switched from bluetooth earphones to wired ones and take breaks while listening like you have mentioned.