Earphones All Day? Your Hearing Is Quietly Paying the Price Think about your day. Morning commute with music. Work calls on a headset. Gym playlist. A web series at night, earphones in, volume up so you do not disturb anyone. Nothing hurts, so nothing feels wrong. That is exactly the problem. Hearing loss from loud sound builds up slowly and quietly, and by the time you notice, a part of it is already permanent. fig 1. Earphones All Day? Your Hearing Is Quietly Paying the Price Why it is permanent Inside the inner ear there are tiny hair cells that pick up sound. Loud sound, or moderate sound for very long hours, can damage them. Unlike skin or bone, these cells do not grow back. Hearing aids can help later, but prevention is far easier than cure. I now see people in their twenties and thirties with problems I used to see only in much older patients. Signs you should not ignore - A ringing or buzzing sound (tinnitus) after removing your earphones ...
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