If you cannot find a reason good enough to leave the iPod at home, there is bad news for you. A recently concluded study has claimed that listening to iPod for an hour daily could cause irreparable damage to your hearing.
It was disclosed by scientists in Europe that listening to music on the headphones could have a temporary impact on the hearing ability due to the damage caused to the hair cells in the outer ear.
From in.news.yahoo.com:
Scientists in Europe have shown that listening to music on headphones for an hour can have a temporary impact on people’s hearing because of the damage caused to the hair cells in the outer ear.
Participants in the study had their hearing tested and were then asked to listen to pop or rock music for six one hour long sessions using two different types of headphones and at varying, preset volumes, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ reported.
After each session, the scientists measured the responses of the 21 men and women aged between 19 and 28 to a very short sound and then two sounds of different frequencies to see how clearly participants could hear the tones.
It is highly recommended that you put off the headphones and iPod after enjoying them for a short while else the consequences can be fatal.
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