Earbuds are a very small headphone that are typically worn inside of the ear. In today's technology the advances being made to earbuds are ridiculous. It is so easy to turn them up and block out the excess sound. It’s so easy to turn them up and drown out the weights banging and clanging in the gym. It is so easy to turn them up and jam to your favorite Linkin Park or Cranberries song. So, whether it be drowning out noise or working out to your favorite band...have you ever thought about whether or not loud volumes are harmful to your ears? Earbuds can be harmful to your hearing, depending on how loud you listen to them. With only 60-65% of the max volume no longer than an hour, you are at a lower risk of hearing loss (Laughlin) than if you turn them way up super loud.
Earbuds are damaging to your hearing, because your ears can only pick up so many wave frequencies. Our ears have a hard time comprehending high frequencies at a long rate, due to the shape of our ear canal. High volumes of high pitch sounds such as rock, pop, rap, jazz etc… can be harmful.
Despite the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report that “1.1 billion teens and young adults worldwide are at risk of hearing loss,” (Bubar)
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We use them for all different sorts of things. But as a workout freak I know, we all wish we had a pair of earbuds we can “adjust the volume with a remarkable remote, outlast any sweaty workout, and keep a long lasting charge...the Bose SoundSport Pulse is the way to go (Schwartzberg). Despite not being waterproof they are guaranteed to outlast the future years of sweating, tapping, dropping, charging, volume changing and multiple uses. But with that comes a bigger issue. The fact that these long lasting earbuds are just that; long lasting. You can use them for a varied length in time without them dying or breaking. So, what this means is you can listen to high volumes for a lengthy time period. This is exactly what our ears don't
Technology nowadays is getting more and more dangerous, especially to our ears. Every day we are subjected to videos, text sounds, alert sounds, alarms, and anything else that may be of use in life. These sounds seem to be happening more often which is damaging our ears. There is a solution to this damage though, and that is cochlear implants. These implants will bypass the damaged part of your ear to give you a sense of sound that can be made very useful to the patient. This paper will look into how the ear works, how hearing loss happens, why these cochlear implants are a good solution, how these implants work, cost and ethics related to these implants, and what the future holds for them.
In support of Gallaudet University's, “Deaf President Now!” protest, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson once said “The problem is not that the deaf do not hear. The problem is that the hearing world does not listen.” (Lee) This concept been seen throughout Deaf history; Today it is especially noticeable now that technology has been developed to restore some hearing to many who are deaf. However these seemingly miraculous devices such as hearing aids and cochlear implants (CI) are a gilding for the real problem. CI’s in particular are thought to be a miracle cure for deafness, this misconception causes a great friction between Deaf and hearing culture. Deaf people should not be expected to get CI’s to “cure” their deafness for three primary reasons: CI’s promise more than they can deliver, they are an affront to Deaf culture, and ASL is a more effective way to insure development.
Deaf people make unique population in the world today but unfortunately, deaf population may extinct due to widespread use of bionic ears, which is cochlear implant. Cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or hard of hearing. The cochlear implant controversy therefore involve questions about allowing cochlear implant for newborn to ten years old or does the cochlear implant pose a serious threat to deaf community or why wouldn’t a deaf person want to become hearing and forth on. It is harmful both to individual health and the deaf community.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. (November 2002). Retrieved October 17, 2004, from http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/coch.asp
Hearing loss is a major global public health issue. Hearnet (2017) defines hearing loss as “a disability that occurs when one or more parts of the ear and/or the parts of the brain that make up the hearing pathway do not function normally” (para. 1). There are many different types of hearing loss, which can have multiple causes, giving each individual experiencing the issue a unique hearing loss case. These types include Auditory Processing Disorders, when the brain has problems processing sound information; Conductive Hearing Loss, a problem with the outer or middle ear which prevents sound making its way to the inner ear; and Sensorineural Hearing Loss, when the Cochlea or auditory nerve is damaged and cannot
It traps dust, debris, microorganisms and does not allow harmful substances to enter the ear and cause damage.
An earphone which has active noise cancelling technology, features a mic around the ear-piece to identify the incoming noise impulses of the outside (undesirable) noises. A battery power driven smart circuit produces the upside down waves actively, and provides it into the audio signal which is sent to the ear canal. The produced audio signal functions to block out the backdrop noises from the outer sources. Audio energy is actually a wave-form. Therefore, in conceptual stipulations, if a couple of audio wave-forms hold the precise mirror impression of one another, whenever added alongside one another they terminate one another away, and so the outcome is absolutely no sound at all. The purpose of noise cancelling systems is to make an effort to build a sound-wave which is the mirror impression of the sound which is unwanted, and thus deleting it away. The sound seriously isn't purely obstructed away or disguised around; audio energy is in fact removed out of surroundings (Molesworth, Burgess and Kwon, 2013).
The current hypothesis is that one of my genes is a mutated gene, that mutated gene is what is causing my hearing loss. If this is the real reason why I have hearing loss, there is also worry for what other problems does this mutated gene cause. With finding a mutated gene, they will most likely be able to predict how much worse my hearing will get. Another possible but not likely cause is a tumor, currently, I have to get an MRI to make sure that there is no growth inside of my head. If there is a growth, that will lead to some serious issues. The last possible cause is that loud noises have damaged my hearing, but it is even more less likely than a tumor. I am almost never exposed to loud music, concerts, or anything of that nature, which would causes hearing loss. Since I've been losing hearing since I was 5, they have practically ruled that one out because it makes no
Ear canals are different sizes, so earplugs are often made of bulky foam that you compress to insert and then it fluffs back out in your ear. This method doesn't get a good seal and it can put too much pressure on certain parts of your ear canal. These earplugs can be uncomfortable and interfere with your sleep just because they bug you. Custom plugs contour to the shape of your ear canal so there are no gaps and no places where the pressure is to great that it bothers you all night.
The earphone is comfortable even at the time of loud volumes and does not cause any kinds of strain or headaches. The low frequency sounds are well recognizable from mid and high frequency sounds which results in a fuller, thicker and complete audio experience. It features unique passive attenuation of ambient noise,
I would recommend for a family member to consider getting hearing aids if they have a hearing loss, and I would have highly encouraged the family member to consider hearing aids.
The best in headphone also having soft ear pads and cup over shape makes the user/listener to wear as for much time as you can.
The many effects of the ever-growing aspect of airports and the rapidly demanding growth of transportation through the air may be spoiling the environment that we live in today. The most noted form of pollution that occurs from airports and the planes that fly in and out of them everyday would be noise pollution. To express sound we often refer to the word decibel. Decibel is a shorthand way to express the amplitude of sound. Prolonged exposure over 85 decibels that could occur at any point of your daily routine could signal the beginning of hearing loss. Just to give you a few examples of the decibel values of some common everyday activities, at the clothing department of a large store you could experience 53 decibels. Normal everyday conversation with someone sitting next to you exposes you to 60 decibels. Heavy city traffic exposes you to 92 decibels. A jet liner traveling 500 feet overhead from you exposes you to 115 decibels. That’s 30 decibels over the point where hearing could be damaged if there is a prolonged exposure.
For this assignment, our class was instructed to spend two to three days with impaired hearing. To do this, I obtained some regular green foam ear plugs and wore them while going about my daily routine. The plugs gave me a decent 30dB loss in my “mid” and “upper” frequencies. At first, I did not see how it would be possible to walk around with ear plugs in all day. I started to think what my other instructors would think, but being an audio arts and acoustics major, most hardly batted an eye. Truthfully, I thought I would put my plugs in when I wanted to jot notes down for my journal, but that was not the case. My ears became acclimated to the loss and I could keep them in for most the day. The purpose of this exercise was to reinforce the point our professor had been teaching us all semester; living with hearing impairment is possible, but incredibly challenging.
Earphones are a pair of small loudspeakers that are used very close to the ear that is currently very commonly used by people, its usage almost every day we do from listening to music, news, and others. Many people love to wear a headset to listen to something because the use of the headset can maintain its privacy. However, sometimes many people listen to music or other of the headset with a loud volume and a long duration of time in one day. They do not know or even care if it can interfere with brain function that can cause damage to hearing.