When listening to headphones, noise levels should be no more than 85 decibels for adults and 75 decibels for children, audiologists say. Yet, many young people place their hearing at risk by ...

A 2017 study indicated that approximately 80% of individuals between 13 and 18 years of age use headphones for listening to music for 1–3 hours a day. Listening to loud noise for long periods ...

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Talk about noise cancelling: 1.3 BILLION people under age of 35 are at risk of going deaf from listening to headphones too loud. Between quarter and half of young people listen to music too loudly ...

How to check if your headphones are too loud Your phone can tell you a lot about how loud your music is. Opening an iPhone’s Health app, for instance, reveals a lot of your decibel-related data.

“It really boils down to unsafe listening habits by people who go to loud concerts, sporting events and, of course, use headphones.”—Kathleen Wallace, AuD. Why can loud music cause hearing loss?

The WHO outlines that sounds measuring 60dB and below are safe no matter how long you are exposed to them. At 80dB, listeners should abide to a maximum of 40 hours a week, and at 85dB, the limit ...

Welcome to their conversation. (Or YouTube video. Or baseball game.) For people bothered by the liberal use of speakerphones, the public sphere can be a circle of hell. By Erik Piepenburg Hang out ...

Commuters call for crackdown on headphone dodgers on trains – ‘people are too scared to speak up’ Our community is urging action on loud and antisocial behaviour on public transport, sharing ...