Headphone usage damages hearing
September 30, 2008Overusing headphones can deeply affect people`s personal life. The majority of teenagers nowadays are listening to music for more than 4 hours a day, 80% of that quantity using headphones, usually in the maximum volume. Using headphones on inappropriate situations may cause accidents, overusing it can interferes negatively on social interaction, and also can cause hearing loss.
Many traffic accidents are caused by drivers, or cyclists, who use headphones to listen to music while driving. The headphones obstruct drivrer’s and cyclist’s attention, in a way that they can miss traffick signs, horns, pedestrians crossing the road. The use can also impedes drivers from listening to sirens from police, fire engine, ambulance, preventing them from reaching or helping someone by not moving over. Australian ad agency DDB Sydney, for instance, did an ad campaign for the New South Wales Police “to raise awareness of the fact that the number of teenagers dying as a result of listening to ipods while they drive, or ride bicycles is beginning to reach “epidemic proportions”. In Brazil, according to the national traffic code, the use of phones to listen to music while driving is forbidden. The penalty for the driver who disobeys it is R$ 85, 13, plus 4 points on his/her driver’s licence. Only a few people is aware about the consequences from matching music listened by phones and cars. Traffic authorities should increase the dissemination of informations related to traffic accidents caused by phones usage, as well as penalties for drivers who dismiss the law.
The oversuse of headphones can also prejudice a teenager’s social life. Many of them due to shyness, insecurity, lack of self-confidence, rather listen to music on their ipods, than interact with friends, becoming away from sociability.
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Overusing headphones can deeply affect people`s personal life. The majority of teenagers nowadays are listening to music for more than 4 hours a day, 80% of those using headphones, usually at the maximum volume. Using headphones in inappropriate situations may cause accidents, overusing it can interfere negatively on people’s social interaction, and it also can cause hearing loss (Your thesis needs to be rewritten. Talk to me in class about it.)
First, many traffic accidents are caused by drivers, or cyclists, who use headphones to listen to music while driving. The headphones obstruct drivrer’s and cyclist’s attention in a way that they can miss traffic signs, horns, and pedestrians crossing the road. The use can also impede drivers from listening to sirens from police cars, fire engines, ambulances, preventing them from reaching or helping someone by not moving over. Australian ad agency DDB Sydney, for instance, ran an ad campaign for the New South Wales Police “to raise awareness of the fact that the number of teenagers dying as a result of listening to iPods while driving or riding bicycles is beginning to reach “epidemic proportions.” In Brazil, according to the national traffic code, the use of phones to listen to music while driving is forbidden. The penalty for the drivers who disobey it runs at R$ 85,13, plus 4 points on their driver’s licence. Thefore, traffic authorities should increase the dissemination of information related to traffic accidents caused by phones usage, as well as penalties for drivers who dismiss the law.
Second, the oversuse of headphones can also damage a teenager’s social life. Many of them, due to shyness, insecurity or lack of self-confidence, listen to music on their iPods rather than interact with their friends, drawing themselves away from normal social behavior.
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Your paper is a great progress over what I have heard in class. Congratulations. IF you guys continue the quality work you have put into this paper, your grade will be the following.
Content: 5 / 5
Structure: 4 / 5 (Only your thesis and the use of connectors (first, second, therefore, etc) needs special attention.
Vocabulary: 4.5 / 5 (I have replaced some of the verb to be with other more powerful verbs for you. Try to do the same with the rest of the paper.)
Grammar: 4.5 / 5 (I have corrected some of your mistakes and I want you to compare my version with yours.)
Mechanics: 5 / 5
Total: 23 /25
Obviously, if you guys don’t turn this paper in FINISHED by 8:00 p.m. this Sunday, your grade will be 11/25, which is about half of the paper anyway.
Earphones usage damages hearing
Overusing earphones can deeply affect people`s personal life. Using earphones in inappropriate situations may cause accidents, overusing it can interfere negatively on people’s social interaction, and it also can cause hearing loss (Your thesis needs to be rewritten. Talk to me in class about it.)
First, many traffic accidents are caused by drivers, or cyclists, who use earphones to listen to music while driving. The earphones obstruct drivrer’s and cyclist’s attention in a way that they can miss traffic signs, horns, and pedestrians crossing the road. The use can also impede drivers from listening to sirens from police cars, fire engines, ambulances, preventing them from reaching or helping someone by not moving over. Australian ad agency DDB Sydney, for instance, ran an ad campaign for the New South Wales Police “to raise awareness of the fact that the number of teenagers dying as a result of listening to iPods while driving or riding bicycles is beginning to reach “epidemic proportions.” In Brazil, according to the national traffic code, the use of phones to listen to music while driving is forbidden. The penalty for the drivers who disobey it runs at R$ 85,13, plus 4 points on their driver’s licence. Thefore, traffic authorities should increase the dissemination of information related to traffic accidents caused by phones usage, as well as penalties for drivers who dismiss the law.
Second, the overuse of earphones can also damage a teenager’s social life, affecting their communication power, as well as their vocabulary development. Many of them, due to shyness, insecurity or lack of self-confidence, listen to music on their iPods rather than interact with their friends, drawing themselves away from normal social behavior. As a result of this lack of communication practice, teenagers today have a vocabulary of 12.600 words, when the average person age 25 to 34 has a vocabulary of 21.400 words, according to a survey from professor Tony McEnery from Lancaster University, in the UK. His anaylsis also shows that employers are already complaining that first jobbers are lacking basic verbal communication, presenting huge problems when they try to hold a formal conversation. Therefore, parents, as well as schools should look at this problem more carefully, in order to try to avoid the kids lack of communication caused by this overuse of ipods and mp3s.
Third, the overuse of earphones can cause serious hearing damages. Since people, especially teenagers, usually exploits the acoustic isolation when using headphones, by listening at higher volumes, the increase of possibilities of hearing loss becomes unavoidable. Besides, the close coupling of the transducers to the ears also contributes to enhance risks of hearing damages. The journal of Pediatrics in 2005 surveyed that 12.5 percent of kids between the ages of 6 and 19 suffer from loss of hearing as a result of using earphones turned to a high volume. Moreover, a major contributor to this significant statistic is the recent introduction of earbuds, small speakers that turn the coupling even closer to the ears. Therefore, people, especially teenagers, should watch more carefuly the volume when listening to their mp3s. They should also try to observe if they are frequently asking someone to repeat something because they did not hear it; or if their families ask them to turn down the television because it is, in fact, too loud, but they hear it a normal level. These are some of the evidences that point out to possible hearing loss.
Earphones usage damages hearing
Music became a necessity. During physical activities, is very common to see many people listening to music, and nowadays with the technology it turned to be an obsession, because even swimmers use special earphones while swimming. People don’t know that overusing earphones can deeply affect people`s personal life. Using it in inappropriate situations may cause accidents, overusing it can interfere negatively on people’s social interaction, and it also can cause hearing loss (Your thesis needs to be rewritten. Talk to me in class about it.)
First, many traffic accidents are caused by drivers, or cyclists, who use earphones to listen to music while driving. The earphones obstruct drivers’ and cyclist’s attention in a way that they can miss traffic signs, horns, and pedestrians crossing the road. The use can also impede drivers from listening to sirens from police cars, fire engines, ambulances, preventing them from reaching or helping someone by not moving over. Australian ad agency DDB Sydney, for instance, ran an ad campaign for the New South Wales Police “to raise awareness of the fact that the number of teenagers dying as a result of listening to iPods while driving or riding bicycles is beginning to reach “epidemic proportions.” In Brazil, according to the national traffic code, the use of phones to listen to music while driving is forbidden. The penalty for the drivers who disobey it runs at R$ 85, 13, plus 4 points on their driver’s license. Therefore, traffic authorities should increase the dissemination of information related to traffic accidents caused by phones usage, as well as penalties for drivers who dismiss the law.
Second, the overuse of earphones can also damage a teenager’s social life, affecting their communication power, as well as their vocabulary development. Many of them, due to shyness, insecurity or lack of self-confidence, listen to music on their iPods rather than interact with their friends, drawing themselves away from normal social behavior. As a result of this lack of communication practice, teenagers today have a vocabulary of 12.600 words, when the average person age 25 to 34 has a vocabulary of 21.400 words, according to a survey from profesor Tony McEnery from Lancaster University, in the UK. His analysis also shows that employers are already complaining that first jobbers are lacking basic verbal communication, presenting huge problems when they try to hold a formal conversation. Therefore, parents, as well as schools should look at this problem more carefully, in order to try to avoid the kids lack of communication caused by this overuse of iPods and mp3s.
Third, the overuse of earphones can cause serious hearing damages. Since people, especially teenagers, usually exploits the acoustic isolation when using headphones, by listening at higher volumes, the increase of possibilities of hearing loss becomes unavoidable. Besides, the close coupling of the transducers to the ears also contributes to enhance risks of hearing damages. The journal of Pediatrics in 2005 surveyed that 12.5 percent of kids between the ages of 6 and 19 suffer from loss of hearing as a result of using earphones turned to a high volume. Moreover, a major contributor to this significant statistic is the recent introduction of ear buds, small speakers that turn the coupling even closer to the ears. Therefore, people, especially teenagers, should watch more carefully the volume when listening to their mp3s. They should also try to observe if they are frequently asking someone to repeat something because they did not hear it; or if their families ask them to turn down the television because it is, in fact, too loud, but they hear it a normal level. These are some of the evidences that point out to possible hearing loss.
Earphones usage damages hearing
The advent of mp3 players, especially ipods, has transformed the experience of music, due to its portable design, comfortableness, as well as great technology to store music. Thought the earphones, Mp3s users, especially teenagers, listen to music
during physical activities, breaks, on the bus, or simply to not feel alone. However, people is not quite aware about the seriuos consequences caused by the impropered usage of earphones. Using it in inappropriate situations may cause accidents, overusing it can interfere negatively on people’s social interaction, and it also can cause hearing loss.
First, many traffic accidents are caused by drivers, or cyclists, who use earphones to listen to music while driving. The earphones obstruct drivers’ and cyclist’s attention in a way that they can miss traffic signs, horns, and pedestrians crossing the road. The use can also impede drivers from listening to sirens from police cars, fire engines, ambulances, preventing them from reaching or helping someone by not moving over. Australian ad agency DDB Sydney, for instance, ran an ad campaign for the New South Wales Police “to raise awareness of the fact that the number of teenagers dying as a result of listening to iPods while driving or riding bicycles is beginning to reach “epidemic proportions.” In Brazil, according to the national traffic code, the use of phones to listen to music while driving is forbidden. The penalty for the drivers who disobey it runs at R$ 85, 13, plus 4 points on their driver’s license. Therefore, traffic authorities should increase the dissemination of information related to traffic accidents caused by phones usage, as well as penalties for drivers who dismiss the law.
Second, the overuse of earphones can also damage a teenager’s social life, affecting their communication power, as well as their vocabulary development. Many of them, due to shyness, insecurity or lack of self-confidence, listen to music on their iPods rather than interact with their friends, drawing themselves away from normal social behavior. As a result of this lack of communication practice, teenagers today have a vocabulary of 12.600 words, when the average person age 25 to 34 has a vocabulary of 21.400 words, according to a survey from profesor Tony McEnery from Lancaster University, in the UK. His analysis also shows that employers are already complaining that first jobbers are lacking basic verbal communication, presenting huge problems when they try to hold a formal conversation. Therefore, parents, as well as schools should look at this problem more carefully, in order to try to avoid the kids lack of communication caused by this overuse of iPods and mp3s.
Third, the overuse of earphones can cause serious hearing damages. Since people, especially teenagers, usually exploits the acoustic isolation when using headphones, by listening at higher volumes, the increase of possibilities of hearing loss becomes unavoidable. Besides, the close coupling of the transducers to the ears also contributes to enhance risks of hearing damages. The journal of Pediatrics in 2005 surveyed that 12.5 percent of kids between the ages of 6 and 19 suffer from loss of hearing as a result of using earphones turned to a high volume. Moreover, a major contributor to this significant statistic is the recent introduction of ear buds, small speakers that turn the coupling even closer to the ears. Therefore, people, especially teenagers, should watch more carefully the volume when listening to their mp3s. They should also try to observe if they are frequently asking someone to repeat something because they did not hear it; or if their families ask them to turn down the television because it is, in fact, too loud, but they hear it a normal level. These are some of the evidences that should be considered, since it points out to possible hearing loss.
In conclusion, mp3s players are, in fact, a great source of entertainment, as well as a very pleasant way of listening music. Nevertheless, people must be aware about the consequences of oversing earphones, listening to music at high volumes, as well as not listening while driving.
Earphone Usage Damages Hearing
The advent of mp3 players, especially iPods, has transformed the experience of music due to its portable design, comfort, as well as great technology to store music. Through the earphones, Mp3s users, especially teenagers, listen to music
during physical activities, breaks, on the bus, or simply not to feel alone. However, people are not quite aware of the serious consequences caused by the improper usage of earphones. Using it in inappropriate situations may cause accidents, overusing it can interfere negatively on people’s social interaction, and it can also cause hearing loss.
First, many traffic accidents are caused by drivers, or cyclists, who use earphones to listen to music while driving. The earphones obstruct the drivers’ and the cyclist’s attention in a way that they can miss traffic signs, horns, and pedestrians crossing the road. The use can also prevent drivers from listening to sirens from police cars, fire engines, ambulances, not allowing them to reach or help someone by not moving over. Australian ad agency DDB Sydney, for instance, ran an ad campaign for the New South Wales Police “to raise awareness of the fact that the number of teenagers dying as a result of listening to iPods while driving or riding bicycles is beginning to reach “epidemic proportions.” In Brazil, according to the national traffic code, the use of phones to listen to music while driving is forbidden. The penalty for the drivers who disobey it runs at R$ 85, 13, plus 4 points in their driver records. Therefore, traffic authorities should increase the dissemination of information related to traffic accidents caused by the phone usage as well as penalties for drivers who dismiss the law.
Second, the overuse of earphones can also damage a teenager’s social life, affecting their communication power as well as their vocabulary development. Many teens, due to shyness, insecurity or lack of self-confidence, listen to music on their iPods rather than interact with their friends, drawing themselves away from normal social behavior. As a result of this lack of communication practice, teenagers today have a vocabulary of 12.600 words, when the average person age 25 to 34 has a vocabulary of 21.400 words, according to a survey from profesor Tony McEnery from Lancaster University in the UK. His analysis also shows that employers are already complaining that first timers lack basic verbal communication, presenting problems when they try to hold a formal conversation. Therefore, parents, as well as schools should look at this problem more carefully in order to try to avoid the kids lack of communication caused by this overuse of iPods and mp3s.
Third, the overuse of earphones can cause serious hearing damages. Since people, especially teenagers, usually exploits the acoustic isolation when using headphones by listening at higher volumes, the increase of possibilities of hearing loss becomes unavoidable. Besides, the close coupling of the transducers (???) to the ears also contributes to enhance risks of hearing damages. The journal of Pediatrics in 2005 surveyed that 12.5 percent of kids between the ages of 6 and 19 suffer from hearing loss as a result of using earphones turned at a high volume. Moreover, a major contributor to this significant statistics is the recent introduction of ear buds, small speakers that turn the coupling even closer to the ears. Therefore, people, especially teenagers, should watch more carefully the volume when listening to their mp3s. They should also try to observe if they are frequently asking someone to repeat something because they did not hear it, or if their families ask them to turn down the television because it is, in fact, too loud, but they hear it a normal level. These are some of the evidence that should be considered, since it points out to possible hearing loss.
In conclusion, mp3s players are, in fact, a great source of entertainment, as well as a very pleasant way of listening music. Nevertheless, people must be aware of the consequences of overusing earphones, listening to music at high volumes, as well as not listening while driving.
Content: 4.5 / 5 (Your conclusion could add some more substantial results such as pointers, directions or suggestions for the change in habits, for instance.
Structure: 5 / 5
Vocabulary: 5 / 5
Grammar: 4 / 5
Mechanics: 4 / 5
Check the revised version with your original to see the grammar and mechanics mistakes.
Total: 22.5 / 25
Earphones Usage Damages Hearing
Music (has) became a necessity. During physical activities, (it) is very common to see many people listening to music, and nowadays with technology, it (it what?) turned to be an obsession, because even swimmers use special earphones while swimming. People don’t know that overusing earphones can deeply affect people`s personal life. Using it in inappropriate situations may cause accidents, overusing it can interfere negatively in people’s social interactions, and it also can cause hearing loss
First, many traffic accidents are caused by drivers, or cyclists, who use earphones to listen to music while driving. The earphones obstruct drivers’ and cyclist’s attention in a way that they can miss traffic signs, horns, and pedestrians crossing the road. The use can also impede drivers from listening to sirens from police cars, fire engines, ambulances, preventing them from reaching or helping someone by not moving over. Australian ad agency DDB Sydney, for instance, ran an ad campaign for the New South Wales Police “to raise awareness of the fact that the number of teenagers dying as a result of listening to iPods while driving or riding bicycles is beginning to reach “epidemic proportions.” In Brazil, according to the national traffic code, the use of phones to listen to music while driving is forbidden. The penalty for the drivers who disobey it runs at R$ 85, 13, plus 4 points on their driver’s license. Therefore, traffic authorities should increase the dissemination of information related to traffic accidents caused by phones usage, as well as penalties for drivers who dismiss the law.
Second, the overuse of earphones can also damage a teenager’s social life, affecting their communication power, as well as their vocabulary development. Many of them, due to shyness, insecurity or lack of self-confidence, listen to music on their iPods rather than interact with their friends, drawing themselves away from normal social behavior. As a result of this lack of communication practice, teenagers today have a vocabulary of 12.600 words, when the average person age 25 to 34 has a vocabulary of 21.400 words, according to a survey from profesor Tony McEnery from Lancaster University, in the UK. His analysis also shows that employers are already complaining that first jobbers are lacking basic verbal communication, presenting huge problems when they try to hold a formal conversation. Therefore, parents, as well as schools should look at this problem more carefully, in order to try to avoid the kids lack of communication caused by this overuse of iPods and mp3s.
Third, the overuse of earphones can cause serious hearing damages. Since people, especially teenagers, usually exploits the acoustic isolation when using headphones, by listening at higher volumes, the increase of possibilities of hearing loss becomes unavoidable. Besides, the close coupling of the transducers (???) to the ears also contributes to enhance risks of hearing damages. The journal of Pediatrics in 2005 surveyed that 12.5 percent of kids between the ages of 6 and 19 suffer from loss of hearing as a result of using earphones turned to a high volume. Moreover, a major contributor to this significant statistic is the recent introduction of ear buds, small speakers that turn the coupling even closer to the ears.
Therefore, people, especially teenagers, should watch more carefully the volume when listening to their mp3s. They should also try to observe if they are frequently asking someone to repeat something because they did not hear it; or if their families ask them to turn down the television because it is, in fact, too loud, but they hear it a normal level. These are some of the evidences that point out to possible hearing loss.
Content: 4.5 / 5 (See comments above.)
Structure: 4.5 / 5 (YOur text came as one huge paragraph)
Vocabulary: 5 / 5
Grammar: 4 / 5
Mechanics: 4 / 5
(See note above)
Total: 22 / 25