Safe or Dangerous: 4. Music Listening
What About Other Media Sources?
It isn’t only music listening that can be risky. Sound levels and listening time are important considerations when watching movies, online videos or while playing video games.
Thinking About Your Future
Remember, all our noise/sound exposures add up over the course of a day and over our lifetime.
Review permissible noise dosage:
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Each time the sound level INCREASES by 3 dB, the allowable time is cut in half (reduced by 50%).
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The LEVEL of the sound and the TIME that you spend listening to that sound determines whether a sound is SAFE or DANGEROUS over time.
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Noise exposure is cumulative over a lifetime, and the risk of noise-induced hearing loss begins early in life.
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Each time the sound level INCREASES by 3 dB, the allowable time is cut in half (reduced by 50%).Next
The LEVEL of the sound and the TIME that you spend listening to that sound determines whether a sound is SAFE or DANGEROUS over time.Next
Noise exposure is cumulative over a lifetime, and the risk of noise-induced hearing loss begins early in life.Next