The duration of exposure is key to hearing damage risk. Short bursts of loud sound may not cause immediate harm, but ...

As many as 1.35 billion young people worldwide are at higher risk of hearing loss because of how loudly they listen to music, according to a report from the World Health Organization. Audiologists say ...

When I got my first MP3 player many moons ago—one of those 128MB USB-sticks-with-a-headphone-jack affairs—the thing that drove me crazy was the wildly uneven volume from song to song. Some songs would ...

Think twice the next time you pump up the volume on your iPhone to drown out the chatter of those neighboring commuters. Experts say listening to music at high volumes using earbuds or headphones for ...