Can people get hearing loss from palying music too loud in their cars?
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Quite simply, yes.  I have some authority on this subject, as I used to be an acoustics consultant.\nWhen the eardrums are subject to this kind of assault, they can take a long time to recover after the sound has stopped.  A typical reaction is a ringing in the ears, which take literally take hours to fade away.  During this time, other sounds may not be clear.\nContinued / repeated exposure to excessively loud noise can result in the ears never being able to return to their 'normal' level - i.e. a level of deafness.\nIf people want to show off their cars, they could have some spectacular artwork painted on it.  This is something people could admire, instead of being subjected to ridiculous blasts of unwanted noise that really will produce the risk of deafness for the occupants. <End of rant>
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if they are loud yes, if you listen to them at a decent volume they aren't
30295
Is this a gross generalization or what?  I see young men with shaved heads and tattoos driving around listening to classical music at a reasonable volume as well as older long haired women with no tattoos speeding past with volumes approaching the threshold of pain.  Perhaps your experience is a local thing.  It takes all kind to make a world.  Some kinds just seem stranger than others.
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Yes sometimes. I don't like it that loud. Its ridiculous.
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If you keep the volume at the max, your hearing can be put in danger. First, you will begin to hear much harder, and you will ask others to talk louder. Why ? Because the crytical limit of hearing is bigger. If u keep the volume to the max, eventually, afer several time, it can cause deafness! SO, be careful !
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drinking while driving\n\ninexperienced with driving\n\ntoo much talking with friends\n\nthe music or radio is too loud
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Babies may be able to hear out to 30 or 40kHz.\nA very few adults can as well. Older adults have a hard time hearing anything above 4kHz (there is a small drop in everyone's hearing around 4kHz).\n\nThe 20 to 20kHz thing came about as a "statistical norm" in testing hearing many years ago.
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Broadband spectrum of non- regular pulses from 10 Hertz to\n200 KiloHertz in bursts of alternating frequency ranges\nof high/low,  to cover the entire human ear range of\nsounds, in a manner that is not consistent with other\nsounds, such as the regular pulse of CD/radio/MP3 speakers within a passenger vehicle playing music, and as diverse\na range so that people with a gap in one or more frequency ranges will pick up the other frequencies, and...\nirregular enough that the pulsing does not combine in a\nheterodyne-type of mixture with road tire noise, heater/airconditioning blower fan pulses, and composite road /drive train/wind noise to creat a harmonic blend that is dampened. Irregularity is a key to increase the awarness time. Alternating high/low frequencies means that the low frequencies travel well through the heavy frame members, and \nhigh frequencies travel thorough lighter areas of vehicle construction. Expensive automobiles have heavy ( weighted) padding glued to many interior car sections to cut out road noises - and it works. They also have lighter styrofoam and composite materials filling air pockets to dampen the low frequency road and drive train "throbs" comming from the engine compartment. I have had the radio on an alternative music station with synthesizers blasting unusual\nfrequencies, and much to my horror, glanced in my mirror to find an ambulance behind me trying to get my attention. It was not until I turned off the radio that I heard the pathetic BEE BAW of the siren. ... Locomotives use two or three different frequencies, which are quite LOW on the human audio scale, and these low frequencies can be heard MILES away. Transports, again use two or three lower frequency blasts from air horns, and again, the lower frequencies can vibarate right through most well insulated vehicles. The "standard" pathetic BEE BAW two tone regular patterned, weak siren common today is too narrow a region of the human range, too regular, too weak, and easily blocked by any expensive vehicle's sound insulation. Turning on any music can totally obliterate the noise.... Much better technology can be employed, ... and should be!\n How come I can hear some kids punked out stereo system BOOMing 2 city blocks away, as the car races towards me, and I can't hear an ambulance that is sitting on my back bumper?\nGo figure.
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Yes it can be somewhat harmful to the ear.  BUT according to OSHA it is not suppose to be.  I would consider on purchasing ear plugs for safety measures.  hope this info helps\n\nAs seen in the OSHA Noise Exposure table in figure 2, the louder the sound, the less time it takes for damage to occur. OSHA limits noise exposure levels in the work environment to about 90dB for an 8-hour period, but permits exposure to higher levels for short periods. Many experts believe that the OSHA numbers are too high for hearing safety. EU countries have very strict laws about noise exposure. For example, U.K. employers must take action at two levels of noise exposure: 85dB and 90dB. At 85dB, employers must offer hearing protection and hearing education to employees. At 90dB or higher, employees MUST wear earplugs, and the employer MUST try to reduce the ambient noise level. \n\n90 dbA 8 hrs \n92 dbA 6 hrs \n95 dbA 4 hrs \n97 dbA 3 hrs \n100 dbA 2 hrs \n102 dbA 1.5 hrs \n105 dbA 1 hr \n110 dbA 0.5 hr \n115 dbA 0.25 hr or less \n\n\nNote: When the daily noise exposure is composed of two or\nmore periods of noise exposure of different levels, their combined effect should be considered, rather than the individual effect of each. Exposure to impulsive or impact noise should not exceed 140 dB peak sound pressure level.
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the sonic level is below human hearing.
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A lot of states do have noise pollution laws.  Here in AZ, if your stereo can be heard 100 feet away, you can be ticketed.  It could also be considered a hindrance to the drivers ability to watch and hear for road dangers.  I think the violation, moving or non-moving, depends on if he was moving or non-moving.  Sitting in a parking lot blasting a stereo would be non-moving.  Driving with the stereo that loud would be a moving violation.\n\nEDIT: I looked around Ohio state statute pages and couldn't find anything regarding noise pollution at all.  However, if in the cops judgement, he was being unsafe by having the stereo too loud, then it would probably still be considered a moving violation.
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In most states its illegal to listen to any kind of headphones while operating a vehicle.\n\n-J.
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I know what you mean.  I have a hearing loss in my left ear.  I've had this since I was about 3.  There are many disadvantages, I agree: People having to repeat themselves, but you need to hear what is being said just in case it's important.  I can't stand the fact that I can't tell where a sound is coming from.  I do like that fact that I have an advantage of blocking out sound when sleeping or the fact that I can tune out some noises.  I'd rather have hearing, don't get me wrong.. but that part is nice at least.  Just live you life and love who you are.
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Hearing lose is not a joke. I've had less than half my hearing since I was a teenager.  For the rest of my life I have to watch television with the captioning on because to really hear it it's so loud and I'm afraid of my children losing their hearing. Please be careful.
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I would be carefull about the volume cause tests tell us you can screw up you're hearing!
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Taken from Anderson, Brett, The treble and the damage done…\nVol. 20, Twin Cities Reader, 01-11-1995, pp 15. Sometimes my ears ring dull and low. I hear something that sounds like a cross between the hum of a Hammond organ and the purr of a well-tuned luxury car. Other times the noise is a faint, high squeal that alternately surges and recedes like surf. Most often, my head hisses like the inside of seashell, causing a cool sensation that feels like my ears are leaking gas. As unpredictable as the nature of my own private echoes might be, it’s certain that I will awake from a night spent sucking down loud rock music with a hangover that has nothing to do with booze.\n\nI’m not alone.\n\n“What happens is the hair cells are damaged, but they’re not dead,” Dr. Sam Levine (an otolarynologist) explains. “As they’re damaged, you lose some of your hearing. Most of the time, if you get out of the environment, your hair cells will recover somewhat. Each day, it [your hearing] comes back, but not as good as it did the day before. Eventually, over a long period of time, hair cells are permanently damaged instead of temporarily damaged.”\n\nMost people would rather believe that hearing loss is like car accidents, violent crime and tax audits - something that affects other people. There are some famous cases. Who guitarist
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Listening to Foreigner too loudly.