Music can be Harmful

              While music is a wonderful thing to listen too, it can be harmful at extreme volumes.  It can also be rather annoying if it is the music that you don’t like and other people are playing it really loud and making a scene.
                Have you ever had an ear ache after listening to music for so long or by listening to music that was way too loud?  Hearing loss can occur after a one time exposure to extreme volume or it can be resulted from listening to music a high volumes over a longer period of time.  If you have a smartphone, a common feature is volume safety when listening to music with headphones or earbuds.  When turning up the music to a louder volume that can cause safety concerns, a message pops up with a warning about listening to music at this volume can cause hearing loss and other possible health conditions.  While many people ignore that little message and continue to turn up the volume, I would advise that next time you do that, think of the possible hearing loss that you will be causing in the future.
                Many older people have to wear a hearing aid because of hearing loss.  Although listening to music a loud volumes may not be the only cause, it is still a contributing factor.  Ear protection is encouraged when there is a planned loud event (gun firing or tractor pulls).  As I have been to both, I would highly recommend each person to invest in a good pair of ear plugs because the volume produced by those events is so loud that sometimes ear plugs still let in the loud volume. 
                Not only is loud music harmful, it can also be obnoxious and annoying.  Going to a party with loud music may be fun, but what about talking to your friends?  A person has to scream in their friends’ ear if they even want to be heard.  Music is wonderful at a safe volume and it is important to protect your ears from possible harmful sounds.  Please consider this blog post the next time you listen to music or anything that may end the possibility of having good hearing at an older age.
                Below this is a link that scientifically discusses what causes hearing loss and the type of frequency at which things are normally heard. 
 http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/noise-induced-hearing-loss/