Are Your Ears Ringing?
/Concerns about gradual hearing loss over time are of particular interest to us at CrossFit because of the tendency to play "ear-splitting" music before, during, and after workouts. I'll admit that this is the way we began way back then, but surely, being more enlightened, it need not be the way we continue, especially since the tender ears of the very young are becoming more and more evident in our gyms as are the more vulnerable ears of the very old.
Samual C. Levine M.D., University of Minnesota was asked if continuing to go without earplugs when listening to loud music could lead to deafness. "Absolutely! There's no cure for tinnitus or hearing loss. Your ears are trying to tell you something. That ringing is the scream of your hair cells dying. Each time you do that, more and more damage is done." Dr. Levine is speaking of the tiny hair cells lining the cochlea of your inner ear.
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