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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.
Answered 7/20/2017
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