Are those earphones damaging your ears? Be Warned
Irene Kisakye crosses the street in a hurry to beat a deadline. She nods in unison to the blasting tunes on her ear-set .At one point she seems so engrossed that nothing else seems to exist outside her music. Today, it is not strange to see a person walking along the streets or in a matatu (taxi) with earphones plugged in.Usually, these earphone users shut out the world and enjoy whatever it is they are listening to. In fact, the latest trend is to adorning ear/headsets that come with electronic gadgets like phones, MP3s, ipods etc and somebody will gracefully knock you along the streets without even saying a word of "pole" (Swahili for sorry) simply because they are in the listening world. Courtesy of Google Images But how safe are your ears with this trend? Loss of hearing People who use earphones usually fail to regulate their volumes and many end up emitting sound that even the people around the user can comfortably hear whatever is coming through. ...