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Cranked-Up Music on Headphones Can Lead to Hearing Loss
While it is ultimately up to listeners to control the sound emanating from their headphones, Kileny and other audiologists recommend that sound controls built in to the devices would be extremely helpful in encouraging people to keep the volume at reasonable levels. In turn, such controls could help reduce the number of people with early sound-induced hearing loss, he says.

“With these personal audio players, there are no built-in electronic safety cut-offs or safety devices that preclude listening at a dangerous level or that at least inform the wearer that he or she has reached a level which might be risky to hearing,” Kileny says. “It’s very simple technology that could be built into these devices.”