Safe or Dangerous: 4. Music Listening
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4Music Listening
Music is Universal
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Almost everyone listens to music. New technology, like smartphones, make this easy to do day or night. There is a risk of damaging your hearing when listening to music too loudly for too long.
So How Long Do We Listen?
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Across age groups, it appears that that the average listening time worldwide is 18 hours a week or 2.6 hours a day. If you think about the average song being 3 minutes long, this would be equivalent to listening to 52 songs a day!
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