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176 Health and Safety
•Setthevolumeinaquietenvironmentandselectthelowestvolumeat
which you can hear adequately.
•Beawarethatyoucanadapttohighervolumesettingsovertime,not
realizing that the higher volume may be harmful to your hearing.
•Whenusingheadphones,turnthevolumedownifyoucannothearthe
people speaking near you or if the person sitting next to you can hear what
you are listening to.
•Donotturnthevolumeuptoblockoutnoisysurroundings.Ifyouchooseto
listen to your portable device in a noisy environment, use noise-cancelling
headphones to block out background environmental noise. By blocking
background environment noise, noise cancelling headphones should allow
you to hear the music at lower volumes than when using earbuds.
•Limittheamountoftimeyoulisten.Asthevolumeincreases,lesstimeis
required before you hearing could be affected.
•Avoidusingheadphonesafterexposuretoextremelyloudnoises,suchas
rock concerts, that might cause temporary hearing loss. Temporary hearing
loss might cause unsafe volumes to sound normal.
•Donotlistenatanyvolumethatcausesyoudiscomfort.Ifyouexperience
ringinginyourears,hearmufedspeech,orexperienceanytemporary
hearingdifcultyafterlisteningtoyourportableaudiodevice,discontinue
use and consult your doctor.
You can obtain additional information on this subject from the following sources:
American Academy of Audiology
11730 Plaza American Drive, Suite 300
Reston, VA 20190
Voice: 1–800–222–2336
Email: info@audiology.org
Internet: http://www.audiology.org/Pages/default.aspx
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda, MD 20892–2320
Email: nidcdinfo@nih.gov
Internet: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/