Headphones Quiet At Max Volume
The volume level for my headphones on my laptop suddenly became too low. Even at maximum volume, it is still way too soft to hear comfortably. Check under audio setting see if someone mutted your windows sound. Will playing Ipod at max volume damage earphones? Discussion in 'iPod' started by WillMak, Mar 2. It is best to get noise cancelling headphones. They are expensive, but instead of having to turn your music up to overcome outside noise, they block that sound out completely, allowing you to listen at a normal volume and not putting stress on.
I'm not a doctor, but I really doubt that was enough to cause hearing loss or other significant problems by itself. I've experienced that myself (though I had the headphones off my head in less than a second) and I suspect it contributed to starting some quiet tinnitus but the one event was not enough to cause problems by itself.I do think it contributed to longer term damage though that built up from multiple loud events I've experienced and has since caused hyperacusis and acoustic shock disorder in my case. Which I could mention.PSA: tinnitus and hearing loss are not all there is to worry about. There's also hyperacusis and acoustic shock disorder, which are less known but can be an utter nightmare if they're bad enough, as it basically means the ears are too fragile to endure sound, which is problematic to say the least because sound is fucking everywhere. So take care of your ears!Back to what happened with your ears, from my experience I would explain it like this: imagine your ears have both a shield and hp bar with 100 hp. The shield bar is recoverable.
Once that bar is depleted, it starts chipping away at the hp bar, which doesn't recover (or if it does recover, it only does so very, VERY slowly and only recovers a little). What you endured might have torn through the shield bar and chipped off a hit point or two. You've probably still got a large buffer before any problems like tinnitus, hearing loss, hyperacusis or acoustic shock disorder start.I saw a science exhibit once that explained that there are two aspects to causing ear damage - how loud the sound is, and how long you're listening to it (so even listening to something at a volume that seems like it couldn't be harmful all day long for weeks can be damaging if your ears don't get to rest). That was a relatively quick sound, so hopefully not too much damage was done.Give your ears a break for a few days, be sure to avoid loud sound or listening to stuff for long periods as well while your 'shield bar' recovers, and try to be careful to make sure it doesn't happen again (start the music before putting the headphones on or something). Again, I'm not a doctor though. You got me there.Just so you know what you're dealing with, you won't experience any immediate persistent hearing loss as a result of this isolated exposure with your headphones.
Hearing loss damage typically is cumulative and hits catastrophically. In other words, all those hours playing music with the headphones turned up over the years, or cranking the amps while practicing with your band, or standing in front of the speakers at the bar at live shows, or the industrial noise exposure you got on the job, or extensively being around firearms or fireworks without hearing protection, etc. All of it, all that excessive-level noise exposure will not have much effect on you in your youth. You may experience a small increase in tinnitus as you age. No, it will all descend upon you at once. One morning in your late 30's or mid-40's, your hearing will go all muffled and you'll suddenly hear intense ringing, or crackling noises. You'll go to a ENT doctor who will prescribe steroids and urge patience.
At first the ringing will be louder than any external sounds and it'll drive you near-insane, and you'll wonder if you can even live like this any longer. But that only lasts a few weeks and the steroids do help some, and after 3-6 months you'll be mostly back to normal. Except even with being healed, the tinnitus will be 10x louder than it ever was before 'the event,' and you'll have lost a significant amount of high frequency hearing range.Happened to me, and has happened to lots of people (mostly male) I know in my age bracket. Currently 45-50 years old or so, i.e. The first generation to have the Sony Walkman and its progeny from our teens years onward. You got me there.Just so you know what you're dealing with, you won't experience any immediate persistent hearing loss as a result of this isolated exposure with your headphones. Hearing loss damage typically is cumulative and hits catastrophically.
In other words, all those hours playing music with the headphones turned up over the years, or cranking the amps while practicing with your band, or standing in front of the speakers at the bar at live shows, or the industrial noise exposure you got on the job, or extensively being around firearms or fireworks without hearing protection, etc. All of it, all that excessive-level noise exposure will not have much effect on you in your youth. You may experience a small increase in tinnitus as you age.
No, it will all descend upon you at once. One morning in your late 30's or mid-40's, your hearing will go all muffled and you'll suddenly hear intense ringing, or crackling noises. You'll go to a ENT doctor who will prescribe steroids and urge patience.
At first the ringing will be louder than any external sounds and it'll drive you near-insane, and you'll wonder if you can even live like this any longer. But that only lasts a few weeks and the steroids do help some, and after 3-6 months you'll be mostly back to normal. Except even with being healed, the tinnitus will be 10x louder than it ever was before 'the event,' and you'll have lost a significant amount of high frequency hearing range.Happened to me, and has happened to lots of people (mostly male) I know in my age bracket. Currently 45-50 years old or so, i.e.
The first generation to have the Sony Walkman and its progeny from our teens years onward. Very interesting.
Thanks for the info. I've had tinnitus since I was a child, but I can usually only hear it when it is fairly quiet. I also randomly get these sudden bursts of really loud tinnitus that last for like a couple of seconds once in a while.
I've never been continuously exposed to loud sounds, though. This sort of event (in which I accidentally max the volume on my headphones) did happen before a while ago, but that's pretty much it.
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I usually hear music at around 30% max volume, and I've never been to a concert or shot a gun or worked in a loud industrial environment. ¯(ツ /¯. Very interesting.
Thanks for the info. I've had tinnitus since I was a child, but I can usually only hear it when it is fairly quiet. I also randomly get these sudden bursts of really loud tinnitus that last for like a couple of seconds once in a while.
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I've never been continuously exposed to loud sounds, though. This sort of event (in which I accidentally max the volume on my headphones) did happen before a while ago, but that's pretty much it. I usually hear music at around 30% max volume, and I've never been to a concert or shot a gun or worked in a loud industrial environment.
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Why Does It Matter?Generally when we think about hearing loss we think about heavy machinery, a trip to the gun range without proper ear protection, or other loud and immediately painful noises. Most people don’t suffer hearing loss in a single catastrophic moment like firing off a large bore rifle without ear plugs in, however, they suffer hearing loss over time via slow but dangerous exposure to loud noises just loud enough to damage their ears but not loud enough to alarm them.