Wearing headphones to help sleep, the woman suddenly had tinnitus

Many people like to listen to music while walking on the side of the road with headphones on, and even listen to music to help sleep when they sleep. However, this is not a good habit, on December 18, Jimu News reporter learned from the Fourth Hospital of Wuhan That a woman in Wuhan had caused tinnitus due to long-term wearing headphones to listen to music to help sleep.

Ms. Fan, 33, is a salesperson who often suffers from insomnia due to the stress of her work. 3 months ago, after many inquiries, Ms. Fan learned that listening to music can help sleep, so she began to listen to music every night before going to bed. In order not to affect her family, she always put on her headphones, often listened and listened, and fell asleep. Accompanied by music, Ms. Fan's insomnia condition has improved. Half a month ago, she found that she always had a "buzzing" sound in her ears, colleagues and family members could not hear her clearly, and she often had dizziness and headaches, so she came to the hospital for treatment. In the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Fourth Hospital of Wuhan City, the doctor inquired in detail about Ms. Fan's situation, and after a tuning fork examination and pure tone test, the doctor found that Ms. Fan's hearing had dropped by 40 decibels compared with ordinary people, and was diagnosed with sudden deafness. At present, after treatment, Ms. Fan's hearing has recovered.

"Listening to music with headphones at high decibels has become an important factor affecting young people's hearing." Xu Weimin, deputy chief physician of the Department of Otolaryngology of Wuhan Fourth Hospital, introduced that among all the causes of deafness, aging ranked first and noise ranked second. "Many patients 'age prematurely' their ears because of noise." Xu Weimin said that people's hearing is very delicate, long-term in high decibel noise, the cochlea to feel the sound of hair cells are easy to damage, the occurrence of hearing loss. The number of hair cells is established, and once damaged, it is not renewable, so many noisy deafness is very difficult to cure once it is formed. Coupled with the fact that people's hearing range is very large, the general damage does not affect communication, it is difficult to cause vigilance, so that the situation is usually more serious when it is found.

Xu Weimin reminded that people who often use headphones to listen to music should master the "60-60 principle", the volume should not exceed 60% of the maximum volume when listening to music, and the continuous listening time should not exceed 60 minutes; try to choose headphones; if the working environment is noisy, take certain protective measures to prevent noise pollution. In addition, once you find early symptoms of hearing loss such as tinnitus, ear stuffiness, and dizziness, you must go to the hospital as soon as possible for examination and timely treatment.

source:

Jimu news reporter Li Manying

Correspondent Hu Lina