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<\/h2>\nWhat\u2019s your favorite thing about the sense of hearing? For many, it\u2019s the ability to enjoy listening to music. However, unsafe listening practices can hurt your ears and even cause permanent damage to your hearing. Below the experts at Hearing Health Centers review how we hear, how loud music can damage our hearing and how to enjoy music safely.<\/p>\n
<\/h2>\nThe inner ear contains tiny hair cells called stereocilia. The stereocilia\u2019s job is to convert sound waves into electrical energy that travels via the auditory nerve to the brain to be interpreted as sound. Each cell is responsible for a different frequency.<\/p>\n
When you\u2019re exposed to dangerously loud sounds, it can damage or even destroy the stereocilia. Once damaged, these cells cannot regrow, and the result is permanent noise-induced hearing loss.<\/p>\n
The loudness of sounds is measured in decibels (dB). Any sound over 85 dB can cause damage over time. Below is a list of common sounds and their decibel outputs:<\/p>\n
The louder the sound, the more quickly it can cause damage. For example, while a sound at 85 dB takes eight hours or more of exposure to cause damage, sounds at 100 dB can cause damage in as little as 15 minutes, and 120 dB sounds can cause immediate damage.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s important to practice safe listening habits in order to preserve our precious sense of hearing.<\/p>\n
In general, headphones are safer than earbuds because there\u2019s more of a space buffer between the speaker and your ears. Noise-canceling headphones are best because you don\u2019t have to turn up the volume as loud to hear your music over background noise.<\/p>\n
When listening through headphones, the experts at Hearing Health Centers recommend following the 60:60 rule: listen at no more than 60% of the device\u2019s maximum volume for no more than 60 minutes at a time.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re all excited to see our favorite local bands play at Wolly\u2019s in Des Moines<\/a> again, but safety is key.<\/p>\n If you can, stand somewhere that\u2019s not too close to a speaker. You should also invest in musician\u2019s plugs from Hearing Health Centers, which allow music through at a safe volume without distorting the sound.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re playing a show<\/a>, be sure to wear musician\u2019s monitors in order to prevent hearing damage.<\/p>\n For more information or to schedule an appointment for custom hearing protection, call Hearing Health Centers today!<\/p>\n What\u2019s your favorite thing about the sense of hearing? For many, it\u2019s the ability to enjoy listening to music. However, unsafe listening practices can hurt your ears and even cause permanent damage to your hearing. Below the experts at Hearing Health Centers review how we hear, how loud music can damage our hearing and how…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"What\u2019s your favorite thing about the sense of hearing? For many, it\u2019s the ability to enjoy listening to music.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hearing-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Learn More About Hearing Loss<\/h2>\n
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