Headphones are duos of small loudspeakers held close to an operator’s ears and associated with a signal source such as a radio, CD player, mp3 player or iPod. Teenagers/Individuals whom expose themselves to excessive sounds via headphones for a long time can damage their hearing/ear. There are plenty benefits and limitations of science in creating the technology [music players] for people’s usage of earphones such as volume limits and etc. Different headphone types, genres of music, music players and etc. vary to have different effects on individuals. Science and technology is responsible for the impacts the usage of headphones have on the environmental, social and economic factors of our lives. Teenagers using iPods and mp3 players for …show more content…
Nevertheless, the ‘ear bud’ form of earphone, which are implanted into the ear instead of sitting on top of the pinna, are further more dangerous because they force the sound directly in the direction of the eardrum. Ear buds avert sound escaping into the environment nearby, so that its use doesn’t irritate other people. The specific needs of the auditor regulate the choice of headphone (Can Earphones Damage Your Hearing? - Ear Help.) Headphones form factors that can be alienated into four separate categories: circumaural, supra-aural, ear bud, and in-ear. Circumaural headphones, also known as full size headphones, have circle shaped ear pads that cover the ear. Circumaural headphones are large in size, heavy in weight and designed to fully seal against the head to diminish any invasive outside noise. Instead of having ear pads that sit around the ear, supra-aural headphones have pads that sit on top of the ears. In view of the fact that this type of headphone commonly has a habit of being smaller and lighter than circumaural headphones, they don’t diminish invasive outside noise as well. Ear buds are headphones with much smaller sizes and are positioned directly external of the ear canal; however, they don’t fully envelope it. This type of headphone is favored for its portability, convenience, and significant cost. Since these headphones …show more content…
There are plenty pros and limits of science in creating the technology of music players for people’s usage of earphones such as volume limits and etc. Different headphone styles, music styles, music players and etc. differ to have a diverse effect on entities. Science and technology is responsible for the impacts the usage of headphones have on the environment, social factor and economic factor of our lives. Imagine how much safer hearing capacities would be if we, individuals, tried to restrict the time spent each day listening to music through earphones, especially ear buds.
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Technology nowadays is getting more and more dangerous, especially to our ears. Every day we are subjected to videos, text sounds, alert sounds, alarms, and anything else that may be of use in life. These sounds seem to be happening more often which is damaging our ears. There is a solution to this damage though, and that is cochlear implants. These implants will bypass the damaged part of your ear to give you a sense of sound that can be made very useful to the patient. This paper will look into how the ear works, how hearing loss happens, why these cochlear implants are a good solution, how these implants work, cost and ethics related to these implants, and what the future holds for them.
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The ear thimble is like a cellphone and the seashell ear is similar to something like wireless headphones. These inventions interfere with personal relationships and seem to stimulate almost an absent presence. In this story Mildred is constantly plugged into her seashell ears. “and in her ears the little seashells, the thimble radius tamped right, and an electronics ocean or sound, of music, and talk and music, and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind” (12). Headphones and cell phones in our time constantly take away from communication and interaction. Headphones and cell phones also have become huge problems in our society in the classroom. “Technology is producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis” (http://gauravhardikar.com/tech_education/negative.html). As most people know those are two important factors in a classroom setting. Schools that have banned the use of technology have seen an increase in academic achievement in test
In Virginia Heffernan’s article “Against Headphones” she is arguing against the use of headphones. In her argument, she explains how the use of headphones leads to the risk of permanent hearing loss in teenagers and children. She also argues that headphones help isolate people and that people should start listening to music etc. together as a family. She uses several kinds of argumentative strategies which include: euphemism, propaganda such as the testimonial device, and the rhetorical appeals pathos, ethos, and logos. Heffernan’s argument in her article is effective because she has plenty of logic, facts, and statistics to support her thesis. She also tugs on her audience’s heartstrings by using their emotions. The strengths in her article such as the many facts she put in it greatly outweighed the weaknesses in it.
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Throughout our day to day lives we are exposed to many sounds such as the sound of traffic, coversation, TV, nature and music. More often than not these sounds that we experience are at a low safe level, levels that will not affect or harm our hearing. Unfortunatley when we are exposed to sound levels that are too high or loud sounds over a long period of time there is a chance that the delicate inner workings of the ear can be permanatly damaged. This is known as noise induced hearing loss (NIHL)
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The Russian harlequin in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness expresses a common habit amongst sailors to smoke when he exclaims to Marlow, “Smoke? Where’s a sailor that does not smoke?” (132), correspondingly, in today’s world it is common for daily surroundings to include loud, obnoxious sounds that can potentially damage ones hearing permanently. This type of hearing disability is frequently referred to as N.I.H.L (Noise-Induced Hearing Loss). “N.I.H.L can be caused by a one-time exposure to an intense ‘impulse’ sound such as an explosion, or by continuous exposure to loud sounds over an extended period of time, such as noise generated in a woodworking shop” (“Noise-Indu...
Noise (Noise induced hearing loss NIHL): Another occupational hazard that contributes to workplace injury is excessive noise. Excessive noise may have adverse effects, which include, high blood pressure, stress, reduced performance and noise induced hearing loss. While there are other factors contributing to NIHL, the shortage of prevention is a high contributor. Engineering controls is one way of reducing noise at its source (Nelson et al. 20...
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