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Wednesday, March 12. 2008

Posted by Filip Van Raemdonck in health

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Solve problems, not symptoms

Today I read in an online news source that the Royal National Institute for Deaf People is advising people to wear earplugs in clubs and asking for more stylish earplugs to be designed so young people would want to wear them.

This looks like a backwards way of dealing with the problem; why not campain to have the clubs' (and pubs, and concerts) sound level reduced so people don't have to wear earplugs? When gardening, you also try to eradicate the weeds' roots...

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Because FEELING the music through your body (esp. the bass) would be gone.

Also, if the music was lower you'd start hearing other people speaking through the music.
#1 Dennis Du Krøger on 2008-03-12 23:03 (Reply)
Last time I went out to a live gig I wore earplugs for the first time, and enjoyed the music much more because I could actually hear it. I was also pleased to be able to hear people talking after the show. Highly recommended :)

It's a nice idea to reduce the volume in clubs (and I definitely support that), but much harder than just buying some cheap ear plugs.
#2 Ted (Homepage) on 2008-03-13 14:12 (Reply)
Do both.

Trying to regulate/eradicate all sound pollution is just not going to work well enough. You just need one asshole (or even a near-deaf person who doesn't realize he already has hearing damage) near the volume button to screw over everyone's hearing.
#3 nona on 2008-03-13 16:25 (Reply)

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