[Quadophile]

Believe it or not hearing loss is not curable, yes, that is true! There is no cure! You do not get a second chance once you find that out, it is usually too late.

Rest your ears, they also need a break from time to time. You owe it to yourself to read the article fully.
What's that? Headphones linked to hearing loss?

I have created a poll where everyone is reqested to honestly participate and indicte in the poll how much time you spend actually listening through the headphones everyday.

If you need to share your thoughts on the subject, it is more than welcome

[Becky]

That's quite worrying! I don't use head/ear phones at all, but my 17 year-old brother seems to always have the things firmly plugged into his ears - the volume so loud that we can hear the words to the songs. But how do you convince a 17 year-old not to do this??

[muckshifter]

Originally Posted by Sexy Bex

That's quite worrying! I don't use head/ear phones at all, but my 17 year-old brother seems to always have the things firmly plugged into his ears - the volume so loud that we can hear the words to the songs. But how do you convince a 17 year-old not to do this??

Show him my hearing aids ...

All they do for me is amplify the noise ... so I lip read instead, I don't do too bad if you haven't got an accent ... dam hard to convince anybody, until too late.

My Dr once said, "stay away from loud noises" yeah right?

I still listen to music, and through headphones occasionally, but I do have to have it loud.

[bodhi]

Looks from the results of the poll so far that PC Review is bucking the trend as far as ear phones go!! Lets HEAR it for the boring old git of PC Review! :-) Now run a poll on who plays first person shoot em up games with the house shaking from the speakers being so loud!!

:-/

[Reefsmoka]

I use my headphones about 1-2 hours a day when playing Americas Army (online game). Its the only way to be good at it .

[Jaguar]

I use my Headphones at night, (so i do not disturb the rest of the house) and, as an audio nut, I bought a nice pair of Sony MDRV-700's (excellent sound)

oh.. america's army.. I used to play that, but got fed up with noobies and idiots giving me hassle when I was playing as the sniper... getting accused of "camping" oh.. sorry... i thought thats what snipers did!

idiots...

i might nip back in, my honor of 36 could do wth an increase

[Quadophile]

Even though like Jaguar, I am a certified audio nut, but, I do not own any portable audio so I do not have them on on a daily basis. I own the Sennheiser 580's which I use occasionally, especially if reviewing music or evaluating equipment.

[Becky]

I shall have to get my brother to read that article... I don't suppose it will do much, but if he does go deaf at least I will be able to say "I told you so!"

[V_R]

Looks like i'm the only one who so far has picked the 2-4 hours option! I usually have them in at work.
Maybe i'll give it a rest for a bit....

[Me__2001]

never wear them, i dont need them, i usually listen to music on my stereo or PC