Does wearing earplugs for a long time have an effect on the body? Is it harmful to the ears?

Through research, the scientific and technical personnel in China found that the subjects with an average age of about 23 years used earplugs and headphones for 1 hour and 1-2.5 hours each day, respectively, and the hearing threshold was significantly different from that of the control group. He suggested that the use of earplugs would lead to noise-induced hearing loss, especially in the high frequency region above 4000 Hz, which was significantly greater than that in the low frequency region. The longer you use earplugs, the more serious your hearing loss will be. Some scholars also reported that hearing loss at 4000 Hz often occurs in noisy environment.

People's inner ear has cochlear organs. Scholars believe that due to long-term over-stimulation, the metabolism of cells and tissues is disordered, and the blood supply and oxygen supply are insufficient, which leads to the damage of peripheral receptors and noise-induced hearing loss.

Remind everyone that when you have high-pitched tinnitus (such as cicada, whistle, metal sound, etc.). ), you need to go to the hospital for otolaryngology examination and treatment, which is very important to prevent deafness.

It is recommended to use ear plugs and headphones with short time and high volume to prevent hearing loss caused by noise.

In recent years, there are more and more cases of hearing loss among some young people who listen to music with headphones. This is because when people wear headphones, the mouth of the external auditory canal is tightly blocked by headphones. High-volume audio sound pressure will directly enter the ear, damaging hearing and causing irreparable hearing damage.

Listening to music with headphones for a long time will cause fatigue and damage to hearing, leading to hearing loss. The human body will have symptoms such as irritability, dizziness, insomnia, memory loss, inattention, mental retardation and psychological abnormality, which is very harmful to health.

To this end, you should pay attention to using headphones to reduce the volume of music, be soft and not harsh, and don't listen continuously for a long time. Experts suggest that adults should not use headphones for more than 3 ~ 4 hours a day, and teenagers should not use headphones for more than 1 ~ 2 hours a day because their hearing organs are not yet mature. It is best to listen intermittently.

Personally, don't use headphones that are too dry, and try not to use them in your ears.