Safe or Dangerous: 4. Music Listening

What About Other Media Sources?

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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

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Remember, all our noise/sound exposures add up over the course of a day and over our lifetime.
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Tuning fork iconEach time the sound level INCREASES by 3 dB, the allowable time is cut in half (reduced by 50%).

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Tuning fork iconThe 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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Tuning fork iconNoise exposure is cumulative over a lifetime, and the risk of noise-induced hearing loss begins early in life.

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