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Health and Safety
176 Health and Safety
realizing that the higher volume may be harmful to your hearing.
•Whenusingheadphones,turnthevolumedownifyoucannothearthe
people speaking near you or if the person sitting next to you can hear what
you are listening to.
•Donotturnthevolumeuptoblockoutnoisysurroundings.Ifyouchooseto
listen to your portable device in a noisy environment, use noise-cancelling
headphones to block out background environmental noise. By blocking
background environment noise, noise cancelling headphones should allow
you to hear the music at lower volumes than when using earbuds.
•Limittheamountoftimeyoulisten.Asthevolumeincreases,lesstimeis
required before your hearing could be affected.
•Avoidusingheadphonesafterexposuretoextremelyloudnoises,suchas
rock concerts, that might cause temporary hearing loss. Temporary hearing
loss might cause unsafe volumes to sound normal.
•Donotlistenatanyvolumethatcausesyoudiscomfort.Ifyouexperience
ringinginyourears,hearmufedspeech,orexperienceanytemporary
hearingdifcultyafterlisteningtoyourportableaudiodevice,discontinue
use and consult your doctor.