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Will I go deaf? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by sharles_legreg@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I use a Sony 1000XM3 at 16% volume for about 2 hours a day with ANC off. Will I go deaf if do that everyday? I have never used headphones before this in my life. I am in my teens. My parents say that I will go deaf.

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[–] ImVeryUnimaginative@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you won't go deaf, as long as you don't use audio products with the volume cranked up all the way. I've been using headphones, earbuds, and more recently IEMs for most of my life and I still have very good hearing.

Also, 16% volume's very quiet, you should turn up the volume so that it's loud enough for you to hear what you're listening to, but not so loud that you'd "blow your eardrums out."

[–] sharles_legreg@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

16% is loud enough for me. I feel it is too much past that. Also they are very loud headphones and at 100% volume you can very much hear sounds from the headphones without wearing them

[–] hextanerf@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I listen to 16% volume for hours. It's fine. When I measured it, it was about 45-50dB. That's even quieter than me talking and measuring at arms length.