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Audiologists raise concern over headphone use in young people (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Similar story here, Bose QC whilst the house next door was (basically) being demolished... I just found the headphones ate batteries faster.

I sometimes find I'm just working with the headphones on and whatever I was listening to had stopped ages ago.

by blocking everyday sounds such as cars beeping, there is a possibility the brain can "forget" to filter out the noise.

Also growing up in the quiet countryside, I can say that you do not “forget” to hear sounds like cars... it's definitely the everyday background noise that's the problem.