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[teh_speleegn_polease]

@volume: I don't use my phone for music and in fact generally keep it on silent, and I still see where you're coming from.

They should really just have a master volume setting. If I'm listening to really loud music nobody will mind a loud ringtone. And if I turned the music way down for some reason it's probably not a good idea to suddenly start blasting my ringtone full volume. If you really need fine control, some menu option would be fine.

[Qaazavaca Qaanic]

I'm using the phone's built-in speakers. I know it's garbage, but it works for notifications and sound effects (and also music to some degree). However, volumes where I can hear notifications will gouge out my ears after I plug in headphones.

(08-17-2016, 07:25 AM)Hamodebu50 Wrote: Ears aren't that fragile anyway

My hearing is steadily decaying. I'm down to 15khz for the rest of my life. I don't want to lose it.

[MayImilae]

jimbo1qaz Wrote:My hearing is steadily decaying. I'm down to 15khz for the rest of my life. I don't want to lose it.

Actually... losing high frequencies happens steadily while aging, and there isn't really any way to prevent losing high frequencies completely, only ways to minimize it. Basically, our ears evolved for us when we had a much shorter lifespan so making them awesome and tough was not necessary, so our super long lifespans combined with continued exposure to loud noises can damage them. That's where the silly "Sounds only teens can hear" tests come from. But avoiding loud noises and stress on the ears helps to keep them working as well as possible for as long as possible, which I do as much as I can! If you are careful, you'll only lose a small percentage of your upper range hearing as you age, but it can be quite a lot more if you aren't.

[teh_speleegn_polease]

Honestly, by the time you're old, will losing a few upper kHz of your hearing range be your biggest worry? If it is, then you have a very healthy, happy old age, and good for you. But most people will have a ton of other diseases, not to mention general physical decaying, to worry about.

[AnyOldName3]

When it comes to 'getting older' and losing hearing range, it can get to the point of being seriously annoying when you're as young as forty or fifty even if you're reasonably careful. Your body shouldn't be catastrophically deteriorating at that age.

[Shonumi]

By the time I get that old, I'll just get synthetic implants, or stem cells, or some other techno-magic doodad. When I'm that old, it'll be the future, so obviously I'll just buy some future-tech to make my ears good as new. Problem solved. Thanks future!

[DatKid20]

(08-18-2016, 12:38 PM)Shonumi Wrote: By the time I get that old, I'll just get synthetic implants, or stem cells, or some other techno-magic doodad. When I'm that old, it'll be the future, so obviously I'll just buy some future-tech to make my ears good as new. Problem solved. Thanks future!

I feel like this is what the last generation said lmao

[Qaazavaca Qaanic]

(08-18-2016, 05:49 AM)MaJoR Wrote: Actually... losing high frequencies happens steadily while aging, and there isn't really any way to prevent losing high frequencies completely, only ways to minimize it. Basically, our ears evolved for us when we had a much shorter lifespan so making them awesome and tough was not necessary, so our super long lifespans combined with continued exposure to loud noises can damage them. That's where the silly "Sounds only teens can hear" tests come from. But avoiding loud noises and stress on the ears helps to keep them working as well as possible for as long as possible, which I do as much as I can! If you are careful, you'll only lose a small percentage of your upper range hearing as you age, but it can be quite a lot more if you aren't.

My hearing is MUCH worse than it should be at my age. I blame school band + broken volume systems + open headphones (turning up the sound) + not liking sounds.

EDIT: Well, I can hear http://theoatmeal.com/quizzes/sound/ , which claims "expected under 25", so maybe it's not THAT bad. Oh, now my ears/head hurts.

[DrHouse64]

Open headphones are pure evil. Everyone are destroying their ears because of this.

[AnyOldName3]

I was panicking that I couldn't hear the tone until I remembered that my laptop was muted. :/