Can Headphones Damage Your Ears Hearing & Make You Deaf?

Can headphones damage your ears Hearing and Make You Deaf?

Speakers that are played at high volume are likely to reduce the chances of you losing your hearing or becoming deaf because the sound waves from it don’t directly go into your ear canals, if compared to headphones. However, headphones are a little different because the speakers inside them are really close to your ear and all the sound goes to the hairs inside your ear, it doesn’t escape out. This means that you are increasing the chances of being deaf if playing loud music on headphones and it is the same with earphones, as the sound is 100% going into your ears.

Inside a headphone there are small speakers that are in each side, when you wear the headphone on your head, the speakers are really close to your ears. When you play music using the headphones as sound, the speakers will produce lots of vibration, as all of the sound will travels through your ear canals. The sound from the headphones speakers will then travel to the tinny hairs inside your ears. If the music is turned up really loud, these hairs will be vibrating more, if compare to music at a low volume level. If you keep consistently playing loud volume levels using your headphones or earphones, these hairs will eventually become thinner and weaker, this will cause hearing loss, or they could even break which can make you deaf. If you ears start to hurt, then please turn down the volume because this is a sign of the hairs getting hurt.

So yes it is true that headphones or earphones can cause your ears to having hearing loss, or even can cause you to become deaf. You might be thinking to yourself that that is not true because you have been listening to loud music using headphones or earphones for a long time and your hearing is not damaged. Well let me tell you will not notice that your are losing you hearing straight away, you will notice when you get older and you will have them hearing aids in your ears. So my advice is to keep the volume low, take regular breaks and your hearing should be fine.