Healthy Headphones: Loud Music Can Cause Lung Collapse

[Spankypoo]

(From Reuters.)

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blasting music can be hard on the ears and the neighbors, and now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung. Reporting in the medical journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered a lung collapse -- technically called pneumothorax --that appeared to be triggered by loud music. Three of the men were at a concert or club when the pneumothorax occurred, while the fourth was in his car, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box because he "liked to listen to loud music." A pneumothorax occurs when a small rupture in one of the lungs allows air to leak into the space between the lungs and the chest wall, causing the lung to collapse. Symptoms include breathlessness and chest pain on the affected side.

Think we can get our insurance companies to buy us our gear? You know, to prevent pneumothorax?

 

[PinkFloyd]

Stepping in front of a bus can cause death.

 

[pfp]

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Originally Posted by PinkFloyd Stepping in front of a bus can cause death.

Only when it's moving, of course.

 

[Spankypoo]

Not understanding a post can cause an inaccurate response.

 

[Edwood]

LOL, listening to music at such a ridiculous volume level is just plain stupid.

Chalk one up for the Darwin awards.


Although, I'm sure this could be of some interest in the plans for non-lethal sound weapons the US military is researching.

-Ed

 

[Spankypoo]

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Originally Posted by Edwood LOL, listening to music at such a ridiculous volume level is just plain stupid.

Yesterday while walking through a parking lot I heard a guy with his suburban with copious amounts of booming bass coming from it, and I was reminded of those guys who compete in SPL competitions - windshields made of plexiglass, riveted to the body...ha, ha.

I then tried to picture a group of inner-city thugs walking by a car and saying, '*@&#, listen how detailed them highs are, yo!' I then mused about how weird we are on head-fi.

I reached no conclusions.

 

[Spankypoo]

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Originally Posted by pfp Only when it's moving, of course.

Only when it's moving toward you, of course.

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by Spankypoo Yesterday while walking through a parking lot I heard a guy with his suburban with copious amounts of booming bass coming from it, and I was reminded of those guys who compete in SPL competitions - windshields made of plexiglass, riveted to the body...ha, ha. I then tried to picture a group of inner-city thugs walking by a car and saying, '*@&#, listen how detailed them highs are, yo!' I then mused about how weird we are on head-fi. I reached no conclusions.

Except that our hobby is not about imposing our music on everyone within the city block.

-Ed

 

[zotjen]

I've been to concerts were the music was so loud I could feel a vibrating in my chest. It was actually kind of scary when it happened.

 

[Stephonovich]

Not suprising. Ever stood in front of a sub box? You get shaken to the point where it becomes disorienting.

On a slightly related note, here's a nice page with a quick history of infrasound being used as a weapon. Also, while Googling, I found this. There's a group of British musicians-cum-scientists who are testing the effects of using infrasound at concerts. They found, as was to be expected, that people complained of anxiety, shivering, a feeling of cold, unexplained emotions...

(-:Stephonovich

 

[zachary80]

Talk about obvious. After installing a friends L7 15" subwoofer into his car (hatchback), connected only to a 25w amp, he didn't adjust the volume properly (

), and when the first few notes hit it was hard to breathe.

 

[DanT]

So the morality is, Protect your lungs, Use headphones.

Therefore all the membrane tearing energy will be focus on your ear away from your lungs.

 

[Spankypoo]

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Originally Posted by DanT So the morality is, Protect your lungs, Use headphones. Therefore all the membrane tearing energy will be focus on your ear away from your lungs.

Thank you for being the first person to get my post.

 

[dd3mon]

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Originally Posted by Spankypoo Thank you for being the first person to get my post.

Maybe the first to explicitly say/explain it

-dd3mon

 

[archosman]

Is that anything like the brown noise?