Musicians are probably at the greatest risk from wearing a single in-ear monitor. Musicians on stage, engineers and audiophiles alike need to be aware of the potential dangers of taking out an earphone. Anything over 85dB carries the risk of hearing loss if sustained for long enough, so the difference in apparent volume can take you from a safe listening environment to a dangerous one - especially if you use your in-ear monitors for multple hours a day. This effect is greater with louder sounds, resulting in up to 9dB of apparent loudness at around 90dB of source volume. When wearing a single in-ear monitor, you’re going to have to turn up your volume to account for the loss of apparent volume and the increase in sound pressure levels can result in unhealthy exposure.īinaural Loudness Summation (BLS) is a psycho-physical effect where your brain perceives sounds heard by both ears to be louder. This is largely due to a phenomenon called Binaural Loudness Summation, which is a result of how your brain processes sound. Wearing a single earphone increases the risk of ear fatigue and potentially poses a risk to your hearing. Also called earphones, in-ear monitors sit within the ear canal and provide the highest caliber isolation of personal audio equipment. Whether on stage or listening to your music or films, you should never wear only one in-ear monitor.
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