Today, a news hit a hot search, saying that a man fell asleep while listening to music with headphones for a long time, causing hearing loss in his left ear, which terrified netizens who were used to sleeping with headphones.
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Does sleeping to music really cause hearing loss? Anything to watch out for? Today’s hot discussion, let’s talk about this news today.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Sensorineural hearing loss (sensorineural hearing loss) refers to deafness caused by lesions of the hair cells of the inner ear or the auditory nerve or auditory center.
There are many common pathogenesis mechanisms, including inner ear vasospasm, stria vascularis dysfunction, vascular embolism or thrombosis, hair cell damage, and membranous labyrinthine hydrops.
So for the man in the news, sleeping with headphones on for a long time and exposure to noise can only be regarded as a possible cause of hearing loss, not a direct cause.
The news is calling on everyone to protect their ears. The intention is good, but the harm is exaggerated.
The main danger of long-term listening to music with headphones is that the sound is too loud and the time is too long.
High noise can cause hearing loss, which may lead to noise-induced deafness, but this is generally deafness that occurs in both ears, manifested as sudden or progressive hearing loss on both sides, usually at high frequencies Hearing loss (4000 Hz) is most common.
If you are used to listening to music to fall asleep, remember these two points:
Adjust the volume to no more than 60%;
Set the timer to turn off and the playback time does not exceed 60 minutes.
Because when we fall asleep, although we cannot hear music, our ears are still passively receiving noise damage, which will still affect our hearing and may still cause hearing loss.
Someone in the comments mentioned that wearing earplugs also caused hearing problems. Can’t you wear earplugs too?
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Don’t panic, earplugs inserted in the external auditory canal will not directly lead to inner ear lesions, such as neural deafness mentioned in the comments.
However, prolonged use of in-ear earplugs may cause damage to the skin of the external auditory canal, resulting in otitis externa, and at the same time promote the accumulation of cerumen (earwax), causing cerumen embolism.
If you need to wear earplugs to sleep for a long time, especially in-ear earplugs, pay attention to daily cleaning when using them, avoid earplugs too deep, and choose good elastic earplugs to avoid pressure on the external ear canal Severe otitis externa.
So, friends who like to listen to music and sleep with earplugs, don’t worry, as long as you pay attention to how to use headphones and earplugs, you can still use them.
I wish you all a good night’s sleep!
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