Turn up da Bass !

A conundrum perhaps, will HEARING still turn the volume DOWN to avoid ending up like deaf peers ? Consider:

" When music is too loud, it blocks out our other senses and we lose touch with reality. Our thinking and actions are changed and under a prolonged exposure to loud music, a moral apathy pervades."

Three types of damage that takes place in our bodies under exposure to loud volume.

(1) Excess volume slows down our ability to memorize and do other brain functions by constricting the flow of blood to the brain. How does volume effect blood supply? The blood vessels undergo a narrowing of caliber in the presence of loud sound. This narrowing decreases the flow of blood to the different parts of the body, including the mind.

(2) Loud music can cause a form of schizophrenia. When a person is exposed to high level sound, a chemical is formed in the brain that is normally found in schizophrenia patients in mental institutions. A music therapist, investigating the effects of loud music, gave an emotional stability test to 240 teenagers while they listened to music. A psychologist, who was unaware of how it was given, examined the results and determined that the test had been given in a mental institution.

(3) Loud music can cause ulcers. The Bass volume being an primary cause.... When susceptible individuals are exposed to loud sound over a period of time, certain stomach functions are disrupted and an increase of hydrochloric acid is released, causing ulceration of the stomach. Martin Polon of UCLA writes, “The continuing exposure to high energy sound creates a stress reaction in the body that significantly involves the gastrointestinal system. Certain stomach functions are disrupted by abnormal contractions of the abdominal area, and increased infusion of hydrochloric acid causing dyspepsia. Recurring activation of this syndrome will lead to peptic ulceration in susceptible individuals.

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Loud music also gives deaf charity job security. So OK guys have fun, but turn it down a bit. Now read on.....

First there was Death Disco, now there is deaf disco. Or, more accurately, a "multi-sensory club night for both the hearing and hearing-impaired". A groundbreaking event which has earned a loyal following in the Netherlands, Finland, South Africa and Australia is arriving in the UK, hoping to bring together deaf and other revellers.

The attractions at Sencity London 2011 will include a vibrating dance floor, aroma jockeys who pump the air full of different scents to accompany the music, as well as signing dancers who interpret tracks for hearing-impaired club-goers. There will be a host of other non-audio sensory stimulation on offer to augment the music, including hair dressers, masseurs and make-up artists.

Also playing will be deaf rapper Signmark from Finland,



who uses sign language to communicate his lyrics, as well as DJ Chinaman from the long-running Deaf Rave. The event at IndigO2 at the O2 arena in London is organised by an eight-strong team of deaf and hearing-impaired young people. They are hoping to attract 1,500 people, aged between 18 and 35, in October.