Nope. But if it is to you, listen to your own body/ears.
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My watch warns me that 90 decibels for longer than 30 min leads to hearing loss. Decibels are logarithmic in relation to perceived output volume, so 80 to 90 decibels is actually quite sizable of a difference
How do people know what DB they are listening to? Every headphone is going to have a different sensitivity.
I think northwards of 100dba is considered dangerous for extended listening and 120+ is pretty much guaranteed hearing damage for more than a few minutes.
70dB is enough for me, which is a conversational volume. Any more volume seems loud too me. I switched to IEMs primarily because open ears I found the tendency is to turn up the volume. I live in the city and there's too much ambient noise here on the regular.
That's the benefit of IEMs or noise cancelling headphones.
Under 80 db should be fine. It's the clowns who listen all day at 100 db+ who are in big trouble later in life.
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Severe Tinnitus Sufferer
How do you know it is 80 dB? Is it dBA? Most people are not very good at guessing a level.
If you’re listening to music at 80 dBA for an hour, I think most guidelines would say that is safe. OSHA says you can safely have 90 dBA for 8 hours a day. This guideline is a bit dated and possibly assumes that the background noise one experiences for the rest of the day is lower than it actually is, but with a 10 dB safety factor and 6-7 hours in difference of length, you are likely fine if you trust OSHA.
This person does not trust OSHA
He's probably got an app on his phone that tells him.
If you connect any Apple headphones/AirPods to an iPhone it'll show you the dB level in real time.
The Sony app does the same for Sony headphones.
anything above 70db is harmful, even 70db prolonged use can affect hearing, better turn on the safety sound limit on mobiles, or use 50-60% of volume
Source? OSHA says something else
source: trust me bro
Excellent video about loudness:
Wow, he really comes off as an egotistical twat.
How did you measure 80db with headphones is the question i want answer to.
I use a decibel meter purchased online. They can be had for 20-30 bucks. Put it inside the cup of the headphone and then seal it off as if it were on your head (either with cardboard or with your hands). I shot for 70 or less, personally.
That is actually not accurate at all, hence why you need one of these to accurately measure such things.
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