There are many reasons why I don't have an ipod. But this list of 10 thing one doesn't know about their hearing brings the point home with number seven and eight.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/10/treasure.sound/index.html?hpt=C2
7. Compressed music makes you tired. However clever the technology and the psychoacoustic algorithms applied, there are many issues with data compression of music, as discussed in this excellent article by Robert Harley back in 1991. My assertion that listening to highly compressed music makes people tired and irritable is based on personal and anecdotal experience - again it's one that I hope will be tested by researchers.
8. Headphone abuse is creating deaf kids. Over 19 percent of American 12 to 19 years old exhibited some hearing loss in 2005-2006, an increase of almost 5 percent since 1988-94 (according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Josef Shargorodsky et al, reported with comments from the researchers here). One university study found that 61 percent of freshmen showed hearing loss (Leeds 2001).
Please be careful with your listening. Hearing music and sound is a wonderful thing.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
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