How harmful is it to wear headphones for a long time? Teach you how to use headphones correctly

Listening to music, watching TV shows, playing games, exercising and fitness... There are so many occasions in life where you wear headphones. Headphones have become a necessity in life. But do you know? Wearing headphones for a long time or using them improperly can cause varying degrees of damage to your ears. Today, I will tell you about it~

How harmful is it to wear headphones for a long time without taking them off?

1. Hearing damage

The inner ear hair cells located in the cochlea are the main "power generators" of the entire hearing system, transmitting external sounds to the auditory nerve. The number of these cells is limited, and they are a "non-regenerative scarce resource". If you use one, you lose one. If you use headphones for a long time, the hair cells are forced to "work" continuously, and they are in a state of fatigue for a long time, which will cause irreversible hearing damage.

2. Cause ear diseases

Wearing headphones for a long time, without air circulation, will make it easier for bacteria to grow in the ear holes and auricles. Once ear bacteria grow, it is not easy to detect. By the time our ears start to react, it may be too late, which can easily cause inflammation of the eardrum, tinnitus, and hearing loss.

Is it okay as long as I don't wear the headphones for a long time?

It is also not good to use headphones with too high volume. Generally speaking, a volume higher than 85 decibels can easily cause auditory fatigue, and a volume higher than 110 decibels can cause the death of inner ear hair cells, leading to irreversible hearing damage.

Many friends like to wear headphones in noisy environments. In this case, in order to hear the sound in the headphones clearly, they will unconsciously turn up the volume of the headphones, not knowing that it has exceeded the range that the ears can bear.

So, how to use headphones correctly?

1. Choose the right headphones. In a quiet environment, the safety of headphones can be divided into head-mounted = semi-in-ear > in-ear; in a noisy environment, try not to use headphones. If you must use headphones, choose high-quality noise-canceling headphones.

2. Follow the "60-60 rule", that is, the volume of the headphones should not exceed 60%, and the use time of the headphones should not exceed 60 minutes at a time. Remember not to sleep with headphones.

3. Do not constantly increase the volume of headphones in pursuit of clarity and sound quality. In noisy environments, it is recommended to use headphones to meet the needs of sound quality.

4. Clean the earphones regularly to prevent bacteria from growing in the ear canal.

Friends, are you a "headphone lover"? Be sure to use headphones correctly! Minimize the harm of headphones to your health!