Is it harmful to listen to music loudly in an earphone?

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Is it harmful to listen to music loudly in an earphone?

Is it harmful to listen to music (only in the earphones) out loud? Yes, of course! But how loud? After all, loud is a subjective concept. A sound that seems loud to one person may seem low to another, and vice versa.
When it comes to headphones and and smartphones, more questions arise.

Many may have faced a similar incomprehensible situation - when you have a smartphone in your pocket, you turn up the music on your headphones, but the sound doesn’t change. When you unlock the screen, you will see a similar entry (https://t.me/gsmgurus_FAQ/1172).
But the music is very low and the volume is around 60%. Why does the smartphone think it’s “too loud”? Is it really that loud?

Music height is measured in decibels (dB). For example, a normal conversation - about 60 dB, noisy street - 70 dB. 120 dB is the pain threshold, 150 is the contusion, and 160 decibels is the eardrum.
So in what decibels is listening to music dangerous for your hearing? In fact, it also depends on the duration of listening to music.
If the duration of the sound does not exceed 9 seconds, even a deaf120 dB will not have a detrimental effect (https://deep-review.com/articles/headphones-and-hearing-loss/). However, if the total listening time of music at 95 dB per day exceeds 50 minutes, this can lead to negative consequences.
The World Health Organization considers noise levels above 85 dB that affect a person for several hours to be dangerous (https://style.rbc.ru/health/5f68f2259a79477c98e928f5).

Modern smartphones detect the volume level and display a warning message when you want to listen to music at a higher volume than recommended (channel poll (https://t.me/gsmgurus_FAQ/1172)). According to European standards, such a notification should appear at 85 dB of sound.
Some smartphones, on the other hand, display detailed reports on volume. For example, starting with the One UI 3.0 shell on Samsung smartphones, you can see reports of how loud you listen to music during the day.

For those who are accustomed to making the sound louder than recommended, headphones that actively reduce noise will help (https://t.me/gsmgurus_FAQ/1171). Then you will hardly hear any sounds other than the sound of music (the quality depends on the manufacturer’s technology) and this is a healthy invention.

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