Does constantly listening to music permanently damage your hearing?

[bubblegumlover99]

Or is this only the case when it comes to really loud music? I'm asking because my ears used to be really sharp when I was younger, to the point where I could hear my moms phone vibrating in her purse from a small distance. I never really used earplugs until like two or three years ago and it's become a daily habit for me to listen to music while doing homework, travelling and well.. anything else basically. And I've started noticing that I sometimes unknowingly put it on it's maximum volume when things in the background are really loud and I'm scared that I'll go deaf at a young age.

I've only had trouble with my ears like two times (one of which was last year and the other one was a couple of days ago while playfighting with my brother) and it was like all noise was sort of in the background. Like I was under water or something. Do you think that I have severly damaged my ears and can I still improve my hearing?

[meatballs21]

Your ears will last your lifetime if you look after them. Most devices now have a volume limiter function which you should use.

Ever noticed that if you have the volume down a notch, you eventually get used to hearing it at that lower volume? Likewise, turn it up too high, and your ears get used to it.

If you are having trouble hearing in noisy environments, either turn down the other noise (yell at your brother to turn down the TV!) or move away from the noise. If you are having trouble hearing while travelling, invest in a pair of active noise cancelling headphones. These produce a sound of the same frequency to whatever the environment has and cancels it out. Road noise while in a vehicle, air conditioining on a train, engine noise on a plane - gone or greatly reduced while the headphones are turned on. I use them every day on the subway.

Talk to your parents about this. If you're worried, you can go to an audiologist and get tested.

[Rahdle]

I doubt you've done any real damage. It takes very loud noises of high or low frequencies to mess with your hearing. It's worth noting though that as we grow, our hearing will always and only get worse. But if you had specific times that your hearing was worse than other times, it could have easily been congestion or atmospheric pressure. Of which can effect hearing for short term but not cause damage. But yes listening to music can damage your hearing if it is loud. But so can hearing any other loud noises for periods of time

[Takada]

Hearing very loud music constantly can permanently damage your hearing. It happens to people who often go to concerts or just clubs that play music at insane volumes. But I don't think there are really cases of people becoming deaf because they listened to loud music with their earplugs/headphone. Just to be safe, it's best to avoid the maximum volume setting and keep it somewhere below 70% instead.

But in your situation, it doesn't mean that you created permanent damage, nor does it mean music caused it. I once had trouble with my ears because I had vaseline on my hands and scratched my ears, so the vaseline kinda got stuck in there. It took a few days for it to come out and I had that "Like I was under water or something" feeling too.

[mr90skid]

I listen to music all the time to the point I'll have my earphones on even when no music is playing and I have some hearing loss in my left ear. I've had issues with that ear for the longest though so I wouldn't say that music is the source but it didn't it help at all

[lovejeet]

May be because it only weaks your power to hear , if it get too worst it may damage your ears permanently so be careful and ask any another question to me at fb " lovejeet bding"

[Mesonfielde]

Only if it is above a certain decibel limit.