Against Headphone Analysis

Reader Response II According to the article, “Against Headphone” sound loss in teens and young adults are directly related to the used of headphones, and specifically earbuds. Research done on this technology proves there are damaging affects linked to the devices. Because earbuds are not noise canceling they just over power the sounds around the person they cause more harm than good. Originally, headphones were created to be noise canceling to help hear sermons. After, the military got ahold of the technology Mr. Nathaniel Baldwin opened a business in which he sold the headphones. What also helped these very popular idem take off is men or husbands would use them to block out their families. Today they are used to cancel out noises, ignore others, and distance oneself. The use however, causes serious hearing damage if one is not careful. Headphones are very popular
It has changed the dynamic of turning social activities in to solo activities. This is disconnecting families and societies. Music, TV, and even videogames used to be something a family or friends would share interest in. Now it is blasted in to the eardrums of one person, blocking out the world around them and shutting them in to little bubbles.
Headphones themselves are not as bad as earbuds. Earbuds are being turned up to extreme volumes because people want to block out the world around them. Headphones do this with out the super high damaging volumes because headphones are circles with foam or rubber connected by a headband like piece. This actually turns them into noise canceling, not just over powering the sounds around someone.
This article broke down the history and the damage that is caused by headphones and earbuds alike. They were created of course for something far different than for what they are used for today. There is tons of information out their on the damaging affects headphones have on hearing