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which you can hear adequately.
realizing that the higher volume may be harmful to your hearing.
people speaking near you or if the person sitting next to you can hear what
you are listening to.
listen to your portable device in a noisy environment, use noise-cancelling
headphones to block out background environmental noise. By blocking
background environment noise, noise cancelling headphones should allow
you to hear the music at lower volumes than when using earbuds.
required before you hearing could be affected.
rock concerts, that might cause temporary hearing loss. Temporary hearing
loss might cause unsafe volumes to sound normal.
use and consult your doctor.
You can obtain additional information on this subject from the following sources:
American Academy of Audiology
11730 Plaza American Drive, Suite 300
Reston, VA 20190
Voice: 1–800–222–2336
Email: info@audiology.org
Internet: http://www.audiology.org/Pages/default.aspx
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda, MD 20892–2320
Email:
nidcdinfo@nih.gov
Internet: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
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