How much hearing loss can listening to an ipod for 1 hour at full volume cause?

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#1. May 15th, 2008, at 10:30 PM.

Permanent. I’m not sure you’d go totally deaf, but im sure it’d be pretty significant. 1/5 for a short period won’t do anything, just make sure if the bass is high, you turn it down a notch.

frankkristy82
#2. May 16th, 2008, at 6:31 AM.

Full volume for an hour. If you are used to say “what” ever time someone says one thing after u listen to it like that you will be sayin “what..huh..speak up” the effect will be permanent I’d say if you listen to it like that every day a yell in ur ear will sound like a whisper…u no u are perfect

Fan of All
#3. May 17th, 2008, at 9:15 AM.

Well, personally, I have experienced a bit of hearing loss after listening to loud stuff…well, kind of experienced.

In the past…well, not that far back, about half a year ago, I used to watch television and blast the volume(Nah, I didn’t disturb the neighbors). Though it is kinda nice to do so as you block out all surrounding noise, I realised that when speaking to my friends, I could not hear them as clearly as I used to and they begun to make jokes such as “Hey dude, you gotta get a hearing aid!”

Anyway, I do think that you’ll suffer from significant hearing loss if you listen to you iPod at too loud volumes but I doubt if it would result in permanent hearing loss. You might experience a kind of high pitched ringing noise after listening to extremely loud music and depending on the loudness and how long you’ve been listening to, the time that your hearing will return differs.

Hope this helps, maybe you could take my “story” into your report!

skeptical
#4. May 20th, 2008, at 6:52 AM.

There are three really wonderful things about hearing loss:

1. It’s cumulative. Whatever damage you do today, will be added to what you did yesterday. It just keeps adding up, day after day, year after year.

2. It doesn’t always show up right away. You might think you’ve ‘gotten away with it’, only to find at 35 you are having trouble hearing things. It can just sneak up on you!

3. It’s usually irreversible. Once your hearing is gone, it’s gone.

So, is that music really worth it?

No.

8162008
#5. May 22nd, 2008, at 9:16 AM.

Okay the deal with ipods is that the further in your ear the earphones are the louder the sound hits your eardrum. So the ipod has brought this issue out as they are commonly used with the small earbuds. It is fine to use the small earbuds if you are not blasting the volume on the music.

OSHA standards for noise exposure for workers in a factory are that the worker can be exposed to an 85 dB sound for 8 hours. So if the sound is louder they need to wear ear protection. The formula continues and you can safely listen to a 90 dB sound four 4 hours, a 95 dB sound for 2 hours etc. Some examples of how loud things are.
Average conversational speech is 60 dB
a dog barking is about 75 dB
a piano is about 80 dB
a helicoptor is about 95 dB
a Lawnmower is about 100 dB

So the moral of the story is. Don’t let all the talk prevent you from enjoying your music. Be sensible don’t use the volume all the way up. Don’t listen all day long at loud volumes. Short use should be okay. Better safe than sorry so you should always wear ear protection when around a lot of noise when using power tools and mowing the lawn