High-volume portable music players may impair ability to clearly discriminate sounds
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 12:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Growing numbers of people enjoy listening to music on portable music players or cell phones, and many tend to turn up the volume, especially in noisy surroundings. In a study published March 2, 2011 in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, researchers explore the potential effects of this behavior on hearing.