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Music concerts should get quieter (lemmy.today)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It is no secret that prolonged exposure to loud sound is highly damaging to our hearing. Listening to loud music is one of the common factors leading to degraded hearing ability and tinnitus, and is deeply unhealthy.

At the same time, such level of noise negatively impacts the quality of sound perception, which degrades the musical side of the musical performance.

In what seems to be the echoes of the so-called "loudness war", bands still stick to the idea that "the louder you blast it - the better". But it's not true. There are many other ways to energize the crowd without causing them sound damage, and I'd love to see more of those, instead of them trying to be the loudest ever.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's different for motorcycles, since your head is in the wind.

As for wearing headphones while driving a car (in the US), it depends on the state, and most states have no prohibition on it.

https://www.vlaw.com/is-it-illegal-to-wear-headphones-while-driving/

Not a lot of information about earplugs, but I did find this:

https://www.thewisedrive.com/driving-with-earplugs/

I can definitely see where wearing earplugs while driving a car could be problematic, because you can roll the windows up, and I would expect that your ability to hear emergency vehicles would be hampered while wearing earplugs in a closed car.

On the other hand, hearing impaired people - including those who are wholly deaf - drive legally all the time, so I'm not entirely sure where earplugs would land.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In other news, in most states it is perfectly legal to drive naked as long as you're not exposing yourself to minors. This includes not wearing shoes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In Illinois it's law you need to be wearing shoes. I've never seen it enforced, but it's in the handbook. Being naked can be considered public indecency depending on a few other factors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

In Illinois it's law you need to be wearing shoes.

I am obliged to correct that.