MP3 users 'risking hearing loss'

[Gavin]

More than two-thirds of young people who regularly use MP3 players face premature hearing damage because the volume is too high, a charity warns.


The Royal National Institute for Deaf People said its findings were alarming, particularly with eight million MP3 players sold last year alone in the UK.

[Hauptmann Kauffman]

Well, luckily, i keep the volume low:D

[Aηdy]

I used to always have it on max but i rarely use headphones now anyway, i just have my ipod so i have music on any computer i go on :P

[Whisper]

If i'm mad i'll have it blaring
but usually i keep it lower like half er less

I've got a nice headset (http://www.portabling.com/images/uploads/headphonesGI.jpg) so they seal well around my ears
and u dont need the volume nearly as high

[Gavin]

nice headphones ;) Skull Candy

The limit should be under 85 decibels if any higher then your are putting yourself at risk

[Trickster]

i keep it low any higher and it hurts i dont know how people deal with it at so high it feel like a parade in my ear and everyone is shouting and yelling.

[0=]

If your everyday environment is relatively quiet then you can listen to music between 85 and 90 decibels for a few hours without damaging hearing. Many people with loud everyday environments blast their music at 90 decibels or higher. So, yeah, turn it down. I listen to loud music with a relatively quiet environment and I have no hearing damage. If you have good speakers use a program like Audacity to generate a tone at 20,000 hertz. If you can't hear it lower it by increments of 500 until you can and that will give you some idea of your hearing damage. A person with no hearing damage can hear 20,000 hertz.