I basically live in my headphones. I make beats, I listen to music every morning and every night, and I’ve been to a ton of concerts. So this one stung a little to research.
The World Health Organization says over 1 billion young people are at risk of permanent hearing loss from unsafe listening. That’s earbuds cranked too loud, plus concerts, clubs, and loud events. And the scary part is that once those tiny cells in your ear get damaged, they don’t grow back. There’s no medicine or surgery that fixes it. It’s gone.
There’s an easy fix people call the 60/60 rule: keep the volume under 60% and take breaks instead of blasting it for hours straight. That’s it. You don’t have to give up your music, you just can’t max it out 24/7.
As the VP of my school’s music club, this actually matters to me beyond just “be careful.” You can’t produce a clean track or catch the little details in a mix if your ears are fried. Protecting your hearing is protecting the thing that lets you enjoy music for the next 60 years. Long-term thinking, not just tonight.
Bottom line: Turn it down a little now so you can still hear it later.
The Global Pulse 