The claim: loud music can cause lasting hearing loss

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The amplified din of a rock concert or a few hours at a noisy bar can numb your hearing for an evening. But permanent damage? Studies show that most people regularly experience levels of noise and music that over time can leave them hard of hearing for life.

Noise from recreational and work-related activities is responsible for hearing loss in about a third of hearing-impaired Americans. The damage is often accompanied by a nonstop buzzing called tinnitus.

Dr. Eric Genden, an otolaryngologist at Mount Sinai, says it usually takes repeated doses of noise at levels from 90 decibels to 140 decibels to cause permanent harm.

Those levels, he said, are fairly common. The clamor at most bars and clubs registers 110 to 120 decibels. Amplified music at a concert can reach 120 decibels and climb to an ear-rattling 130 decibels, rivaling the sound of a jet taking off. Sound from headphones can reach 100 decibels - louder than a lawn mower.

Several studies have found that disc jockeys and others who work at nightclubs or frequent them have high rates of ear damage.

The bottom line is regular exposure to loud music and noise can inflict permanent hearing damage.

By Anahad O'Connor
 
Yes, it´s true.

I heard for some time ago that loud music could damage hearing. It could be turn into hard of hearing.
 
ravensteve1961 said:
Not to mention loud crowd noises at a football game can damage hearing too.
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yeah football field is always loud... i've seen many times a reporter is talking about how loud it is at football stadium with all those people cheering, booing, etc. normally its been 90 to 110 DB.. and i heard that silverdome is the most loudest stadium.
 
ravensteve1961 said:
I dont think so. I think my blood pressure medications has something to do with it.
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Oh wait, I thought you blamed God for your hearing loss? Now, you're blaming your blood pressure? If you weren't so uptight and anal about how democrats suck, how you hate God for making you deaf, or how much you hate cops... you would probably have been healthy without blood pressure problems.
 
VamPyroX said:
Oh wait, I thought you blamed God for your hearing loss? Now, you're blaming your blood pressure? If you weren't so uptight and anal about how democrats suck, how you hate God for making you deaf, or how much you hate cops... you would probably have been healthy without blood pressure problems.
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Im saying i rather be dead than deaf. If a never taken the meds i probily would be still hearing by now or dead.
 
bad news for me. i balre my music for hours at a time daily never mind go to many concerts and parties.. oh well...

raven: YOU WOULD RATHER BE DEAD THAN DEAF?!?!

whoah... i would take being deaf over a variety of things in my daily life!

Raven: you are nuts!
 
im glad im allready deaf, my subwoofers in my car are pumping 100-140db non-stop :D
 
i am 62db deaf and i use music all the time and have no problems, i just take my hearing aid off when listening to music it is better :D
 
Sheesh, when I take my hearing aid off, I can feel the vibrations alot and hear some music (not too clear though) when I turn it up loud to my level, but other people who can hear in the house complained how loud the music was. LOL I have a severe to profound loss.
 
i understand the words ok in the songs, i listen to system of a down, rage agains the machine, linkin park, beastie boys, green day, evanescence some rap...
 
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