Everywhere you turn you see people wearing Earpieces, male and female alike. Its now a fashion thing and people now regard it as normal thing. The alarming thing about it is you hear the sound coming from the person's earpiece while seated next to him/her, and that should tell you how loud the music is !

OVERUSE or forced use of the headset will cause damage to hearing, loss or hearing impairment.

Moreover, the usual earphone/headset to use with the top of voice set to “fight” noise from the outside that we normally use in crowded/noisy place, it’s very high risk.


Hearing loss can affect people already getting early: early on the ear that often use the earphones do not fell anything, but when they wanted to pull out the earphones, ear buzzing hot and intense.


It occurs due to fatigue cochlea, which plays an important role in auditory processing. Cochlear fatigue that occurs continuously and is not addressed promptly can lead to persistent hearing loss.

For people with normal hearing, audiograms lies between zero and 20 decibels. On top of that figure, meaning that conditions are not right ear. Only be treated with therapy hiperbalik (giving special drugs) in order decrease the level of deafness, but not cured, therefore, the damaged hair cells in the inner ear organ that functions capture the frequency of stimulation or voice. If this section has been disruption and damaged, will not be back to normal.


World Health Organisation (WHO), 2030 hearing sound has also be programmed to reduce the cases of hearing loss and deafness by 50 percent in 2015, and 90 percent within the next 15 years. The main problem is the wrong lifestyle habits such as the use of earphones.


Also, do not use it while driving or in a noisy highway. This will make the user not hear the warnings of people. Other cars, etc. that are likely top cause accidents. Self-awareness of our concentration decreases due to the transfer from the surrounding environment and the way to the sound from the earphones. Loss of balance could be messed up because the air pressure affects the balance of the body when we use the earphones in the street or while driving. We better be diligent in cleaning the ears of ear wax to prevent infect.


Most people love to get lost to the outside world and soak themselves in music, especially when traveling. Helping people to logout of their immediate surroundings and the cacophony around are earphone the wired extension of the ubiquitous cell phones.


But one thing that people often overlook is the hygiene aspect of earphones. Since the phones are constantly exposed to dust, dirt and moisture, the earphones, over a period of time, pipe in not just music, but also risk and diseases into the ears.


PAIN IN THE EAR.
Prolonged use, repeated insertion and removal of earphones may irritate the temporomandibular joint located near the ear canal. This might result in soreness and pain in the ear. The foam, which expand inside the ear canal are often the major culprits.


INFLAMMATION IN THE EAR.
It is always advisable to buy earphones, which fit you properly; those, which don’t fit correctly, may tear or irritate the skin inside the ear due to repeated adjustments. This might lead to growth of bacteria, which in turn may result in infections.


INFECTION IN THE EAR.
Make sure to clean your earphones regularly. If not, bacteria can develop on them, especially on the earphones made of foam, leading to infections in the ear. In case of infection do visit the doctor and discontinue the use of earphones.


IMPACT ON EAR WAX.
According to a health resource website from Columbia University, ear wax drains from your ears daily, though it is inconspicuous. Therefore, frequent and prolonged use of earphones can hamper the movement of ear wax and there might be side effect like tinnitus, hearing loss, pain or infection.


TIPS AND PRECAUTIONS.
· To prevent infections, clean your ears regularly. The Columbia University website also recommends dropping two drops to olive oil into your ear canal to remove any wax build up.


· Cleanse and disinfect your foam phones regularly. Add a few drops to anti-bacterial soap solution into a bowl of warm water, soak the earphones for a few minutes and then use a faucet to rinse out the soap thoroughly. Place the cleaned earphones on a paper towel to drain out excess water and let them dry.


· Yet another way of cleaning the foam earphones would be to put them in the washing machine. Yes, washing machine! Place the earphones in either a nylon, lingerie bag or cloth container, wash and air dry thoroughly.


· Wash your hands thoroughly before using the earphones. Also make sure your ears are clean and dry.


RIGHT WAY TO USE EARPHONES.
You should always be able to grab and rotate the end of your earphones. So, do not push it too far into the ear canal.


Always remove your earphones cautiously, as pulling it out harshly might damage the ear drum. It is advisable to twist the ear plug slightly while removing it.