Dr. Konstantina Stankovic

the brain's adaptability to take care of itself.

Yes, and it's so interesting that observation that you have made because these regulations are different in different countries.

So even the same manufacturer of phones will set up the threshold at a lower level for the European market than for the American market.

Because the assumption is that Americans like it louder.

Yes.

And to your question, it's not really the headphone style.

It's really the sound level.

And you can measure it.

You can measure it on your dB meter that you can download on your phone if you don't have it already.

And again, the safe rule of thumb is 80 decibel is safe for eight hours.

However, and then for every three decibel increase in sound level, you have to half it.

What if I'm lazy and I... So then if anyone can hear what you are listening to who's standing by you, it's too loud.

So that's a good rule of thumb.

Exactly.

Take note.

If you can hear your child's music or podcast that they are listening to through the headphones that they are wearing, too loud.

Not really, as long as it's at the safe sound levels.

It's really all about what is the sound level that's damaging.

And it's not the same level for all.

In fact, if you have a construction worker and you have two of them being exposed to exactly the same levels of noise, one may lose hearing very quickly and the other may work in that environment for 20 years and have really mild hearing loss.