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everyday I'm thinking, "Dude/Dudette, you're going to have serious hearing loss by the time you're 25" for at least 2 or 3 people on the train/subway -- nm

Posted by zork Jun 22 '09, 07:27

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I can't hear you. My ipod is too loud. - lileve Jun 22, 07:36
These are words to live by: "if other people can identify the song on your ipod, you are playing it too loud." -- nm - secretslacker Jun 22, 07:34 1
- these people are in their own world and will never recognise (nor care) that this is happening -- nm - zork Jun 22, 07:57
my old company tested us every year. I'm still doing quite well. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:31 4
- worried about getting sued for putting you in helicopters? -- nm - zork Jun 22, 07:32 3
  - mostly, but partly also to correct behaviour. my boss never wore earplugs until he started seeing midrange hearing loss. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:33
  - oh, and congrats on the hearing retention -- nm - zork Jun 22, 07:32 1
    - woo! -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:48
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- that's why I got a pair of sound-isolating headphones. ipod volume never goes past about 20%, even on planes. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:32 5
  - exactly -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 22, 07:37
  - I hate when I have to use mine to drown out someone else's. Even then I keep the volume so low that often I can still hear it. -- nm - zork Jun 22, 07:34 2
    - just remember that the decibels are additive. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:37 1
      - i normally use the noise blocking ones like mafic, so when I'm still hearing someone else that sound has actually been reduced -- nm - zork Jun 22, 07:56
  - smart. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:32
- NY subway noise levels can result in hearing loss. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 22, 07:31 4
  - The average maximum inside of subway cars was 95 dBA - Danedukenuuk Jun 22, 07:36 3
    - on the platform I'm sure it gets higher. Sometimes the brake squeal is excruciating. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:37 2
      - Union Square is particularly bad, due to it being on a curve. - znufrii Jun 22, 07:39
      - ave. max is a continuing thing sort of highest background level - Danedukenuuk Jun 22, 07:39
I'm at the age where some of my friends say they're feeling music-induced hearing loss. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:28 4
- How is it an age issue? -- nm - con_carne Jun 22, 07:43 2
  - It tends to take a few years for the effects to make themselves known. You could go to concerts in your 20s and not notice hearing loss until 40. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:45 1
    - Yeah - and it's a cumulative effect, as well -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 07:45
- What? -- nm - Redmond Jun 22, 07:29

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