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According to audiologist, listening to loud music on headphones can cause hearing loss. If hair cells are damaged in any way, people suffer permanent hearing loss or balance degeneration.
In each ear, the inner ear structure called the cochlea-which receives sound in the form of vibrations has 15,000 hairs. These tiny, sensory hair cells are crucial to helping us detect sound waves-but are very fragile.
The hair cells do not regenerate, so damage to them is permanent-a common cause among people with some types of hearing loss.
Noise exposure is from ear buds, if the ear where the individual listens to music at inappropriately high levels. An ear bud sits in the ear obviously and the closer the ear bud is to the ear drum the higher the sound pressure and that can damage your hearing.
Increasing sound from three to six DB [decibels] doubles the intensity of sound. If you want to use an earbud, use 60 per cent of the volume not more than 60 minutes a day. Always use noise cancelling headphones. Wearing noise cancelling headphones reduces the outside noise which reduce the volume of the sound.
Commuters using public transport are exposed to noise levels that could cause deafness if experienced repeatedly and over long periods of time. Long-term exposure to transport noise can trigger depression and hearing loss.
Chronic excessive noise exposure leads to significant systemic pathology, such as depression, anxiety, increase the risk of chronic diseases and increased accident risk. Short, intense noise exposure has been demonstrated to be as injurious as longer, less intense noise exposure.
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