I found out earlier this week that one of my nephews (on my hubby’s side), who is 11 years old is almost deaf. He was having trouble hearing, couldn’t hear when his mom talked to him, and it was just chalked down to he’s being a kid and just not listening and doing the kid thing of doing things in his own time.
Well, on a recent school nurse/doctor exam, you know the type they do in public school to test the kids hearing and sight, they discovered that he was practically deaf. Upon follow up with a specialist, he is likely to be fully deaf by the time he reaches 13, if not sooner. The poor kid.
His mom says that he always, always listens to his music very loudly, especially when he uses his headphones. No amount of coaxing would get him to turn the music down. He has been doing this since he was 6 years old, so we’re talking about five years of this bad habit and it has finally caught up with him.
I know my kids do the same thing but I always put my foot down and get on their case until they do as I asked. I tell them if I can hear it when you’re using a headphone, then it’s too loud. Thank heavens I didn’t throw in the towel on that one. (and by no means am I suggesting that his mom did, it’s just so awful this has happened to him)
Just a moment a go a youth walked in and handed me a delivery, he had his headphones on and yep, I could hear his music blasting away. Even after he left me, I could hear it from where I was and he was more than a couple of feet away from me. That’s simply way to loud.
I enjoy listening to my music and there are times I do turn up the volume, it somehow seems to enhance that beat and the enjoyment of the song. I know it’s a bad habit, and although I don’t use headphones when listening to my music, it’s a habit I will have to be more conscious of from now on.