Keep the volume down - Too loud and too long can damage your hearing

Young man on park bench listening to music through earbuds. Music sound track is shown at the bottom and the volume level is shown on the right. Animation zooms in on hair cells moving inside the human ear. Zooming out and the man turns up the volume. Sound track volume levels show increase in loudness. Zooming back in and the hair cells show the damage occurring because of the louder music. Damage is shown to more hair cells along the inner ear.
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