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Hearing safety
Listen at a moderate volume.
Using headphones at a high volume can impair your hearing. This
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product can produce sounds in decibel ranges that may cause hearing
loss for a normal person, even for exposure less than a minute. The
higher decibel ranges are offered for those that may have already
experienced some hearing loss.
Sound can be deceiving. Over time your hearing ‘comfort level’
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adapts to higher volumes of sound. So after prolonged listening, what
sounds ‘normal’ can actually be loud and harmful to your hearing. To
guard against this, set your volume to a safe level before your hearing
adapts and leave it there.
To establish a safe volume level:
Set your volume control at a low setting.
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Slowly increase the sound until you can hear it comfortably and
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clearly, without distortion.
Listen for reasonable periods of time:
Prolonged exposure to sound, even at normally ‘safe’ levels, can also
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cause hearing loss.
Be sure to use your equipment reasonably and take appropriate
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breaks.
Be sure to observe the following guidelines when using your
headphones.
Listen at reasonable volumes for reasonable periods of time.
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Be careful not to adjust the volume as your hearing adapts.
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Do not turn up the volume so high that you can’t hear what’s around
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you.
You should use caution or temporarily discontinue use in potentially
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hazardous situations. Do not use headphones while operating a
motorized vehicle, cycling, skateboarding, etc.; it may create a traffic
hazard and is illegal in many areas.
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