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For this little exercise, we're doing a bit of a psa that is a public service announcement, which is probably something i could take to heart a little well, and it's probably a good thing to be aware of.
00:11
So the first part of the question is actually a question, which i feel a little bit personally attacked.
00:16
No, i'm only joking, but the question is, have you ever had your ears ring, prolonged, prolonged ringing in your ears after listening to loud music? so have you ever been to a concert.
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It's a little bit of a big drawing here where we have people going about their business.
00:36
We have a singer here singing a song and then we have a band and lots and lots of noise.
00:43
So i can speak for myself personally.
00:45
I've been to a concert before where this is the before i'm at the concert, having a good time.
00:52
Then after, when i'm lying in bed, trying to get my sleep, my head and my ears are ringing.
01:06
Everything is vibrating still.
01:09
And it's not a very pleasant feeling.
01:10
But the concert's a lot of fun, but we have this ringing feeling.
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And i'm sure i'm not alone in having experienced this.
01:16
So the first part of the question, yes, i have experiences ringing in my ears.
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Can this permanently affect your hearing? can this have permanent effects? and the sad answer to this is yes, it can.
01:34
Yes, it can.
01:35
Can i have permanent effects, it can.
01:38
And the reason is because certain things in our body are very delicate.
01:41
Certain things can come back and heal and, you know, there's not too big of a deal going on, but the main problem or the main thing we should be aware of are these hair cells.
01:53
So these hair cells, which are responsible for ultimately relaying, you know, picking up this physical stimulus being these different frequency of sounds, especially when they are 90 decibels or louder, right? because decibels is a unit for measuring sound.
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And processing this physical stimulus as an actual sound to our brain that we can process as an actual sound rather than just a frequency of waves.
02:23
Although that is ultimately what it is.
02:24
Now if the decibels are this high, this can eventually cause damage to the hair cells.
02:31
It might not be the first time, might not be the second time, but these are very, delicate organs and organelles, and it will eventually cause damage.
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So should manufacturers of music devices and producers of concerts be required to warn consumers, warn consumers? so should they warn? yes, they should.
02:55
100%.
02:57
And this isn't really a scientific issue...