A heads-up on headphones and your hearing
Often, people use their headphones to block out the noise of an airplane or chatty neighbor, but simply increasing the volume can increase the danger of hearing damage. Many headphones now offer noise isolation or noise cancellation, which audiologists recommend over everyday earphones for protecting hearing.
As users plug into their iPods and iPhones for more hours a day, the choice of headphones is as much about keeping your hearing in top form as it is about sound quality. That's why many are looking at features that let them pump down the volume without sacrificing the sound levels they have come to love.
There is no question that your run-of-the-mill earbuds and over-the-ear headphones have been getting a lot of bad press in terms of their impact on hearing loss. While earphones and headphones don't exactly do your hearing any favors, the real issue around hearing loss is more about the length of exposure.
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