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Please tell me can prolonged ear/headphone use burst your eardrums?

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Earphones: Unlikely, unless there is a very loud sudden event and even that is unlikely. We are seeing more young people with noise induced hearing loss from exposure to chronically loud volumes on headsets.

Dr Feola agreed

Answered 7/20/2017

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