These are better
Globetechnology: — This is all about ear buds that inject sound directly into the ear. Everyone knows they are bad news. And can you image how bad they are for the guy who is seated next to you and whose music YOU can hear from the buds in his head? Huh? Wha?
Increasingly, Novak says he’s seeing too many young people with “older ears on younger bodies” %u2014 a trend that’s been building since the portable Walkman made its debut a few decades back.
Everywhere she turns, Angella Day sees people carrying portable music players, often with the ear buds stuffed firmly in place. “They’re very widespread,” says Day, a senior at Chicago’s DePaul University who regularly listens to music on her own iPod while studying or working out. “So addicting.”
I think the problem lays with the volume and not with the type of speaker. I like to feel the bass in the seat of my pants as much as the next person, but when blood begins spurting from my ringing ears I know it’s time to stop.
Strange. Everyone says that the young are getting deaf. But I can’t help and conclude they’re getting dumb too.
Cities, subways, and trains are all loud. To listen to headphones you need to listen to the music singificantly louder. Louder noise == more damage.
One suggestion is to try the shure or etymotic research earphones – these are a combination of earphones and earplugs (passive noise reduction). With them you can hear your music at soft levels even when subway’s going past.
I also wonder how much damage drivers do to their ears when they crank up their car stereos so that the bass can be heard a block away.