Music during exercise damages ears.

 

                      
Today major section of the population has started doing some form of exercise such as walking, running etc. Many of them prefer listing to music while doing their work out. People prefer to play loud music on their headphones as it motivates them to do their regular workout, but listening to loud music during the workout can result in permanent hearing loss.

Hearing damage is more likely to occur if a person uses headphones during the workout. Human body tends to release hormone adrenalin in the body during the workout; this hormone creates fight-flight response in the body, directing blood towards the limb. The blood flow to the ears as well as other organs of the body is limited and this causes hearing loss if they are exposed to loud music during exercise. Hearing loss can also occur if a person is exposed to loud noises over a period of time the noise tends to destroy the hair cells. There are a set of hair cells which capture different frequencies of sound. If a person is exposed to a higher frequency sound for a long time it might destroy the hair cells that capture that particular frequency. And when that happens a person might experience a loud buzzing noise when he/she hears the sound of that particular frequency.

There various signs which might indicate hearing loss such as ringing in ears, unable to hear what a person might be saying on phone, difficulty in hearing low sounds and difficulty in understanding a conversation in a noisy place.  If the hair cells that hear a particular frequency are damaged can be corrected using hearing aids.  

The risk of this damage can be reduced if a person limits his usages of headphones. A person should limit the volume to 50% of the music player’s capacity during the workout, although it would be better to quit the habit of listening to loud during the workout, it is also necessary to limit daily usage of headphones. Since noise can also cause hearing loss it is necessary to protect ones ears while in noisy environment such as construction sites. One should take care not to expose themselves to loud noises for a long period of. Usage of loud speakers might reduce the risk of hearing loss.