A work-out shouldn’t mean that you have to compromise your hearing.
Popping in your iPod earphones when you hit the treadmill may be automatic but a study published in the International Journal of Audiology shows that we are much more likely to turn the volume up to unsafe levels while we are at the gym, compared with taking a walk or a run outside in the fresh air, presumably to block out background noise.
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“Get better quality earphones, those that ‘seal’ the ear canal like an earplug, and so reduce background noise,” lead researcher Dr Bill Hodgetts suggeted.
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