<p>Walking down the street, most people you pass will be wearing headphones or ear buds. Chances are you are too!</p><p>But is this trend of noise-cancelling harming your ears or the way your brain processes sound?</p><p>Norman and Tegan sound out the evidence on headphone use and hearing damage, and what you can do to protect your ears.</p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://knowyournoise.nal.gov.au/">Know Your Noise - National Acoustic Laboratories</a></li><li><a href="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/news/55965-pumping-loud-music-is-putting-more-than-1-billion-young-people-at-risk-of-hearing-loss" target="_blank">Pumping loud music is putting more than 1 billion young people at risk of hearing loss - University of Melbourne</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-partial-history-of-headphones-4693742/" target="_blank">A Partial History of Headphones - Smithsonian</a> </li><li><a href="https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/11/e010501" target="_blank">Prevalence and global estimates of unsafe listening practices in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14992027.2016.1190871" target="_blank">Hearing thresholds, tinnitus, and headphone listening habits in nine-year-old children</a> </li><li><a href="https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/do-noise-cancelling-headphones-help-or-hurt-hearing" target="_blank">Do Noise-Cancelling Headphones Help or Hurt Hearing? - University of Colorado</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hearing.com.au/tips-for-safe-listening-using-headphones-and-earbuds/" target="_blank">Tips for safe listening using headphones and earbuds – Hearing Australia</a>  </li></ul><p>If you enjoyed this episode, check these out!</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/what-are-the-health-benefits-of-sunlight/103165894">Is there such thing as TOO much sun protection?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/jet-lag-overseas-travel/105722120">Is there a cure for jet lag?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/dont-die-bryan-johnson-longevity/105697518">Don’t Die: Is Bryan Johnson going to live forever?</a></li></ul>