07-19-2015, 09:13 PM
Great post, Chip. Good luck to Charley.
A word of advice from a boring old fart? Young people think their hearing is indestructible. It is definitely not. Listening to music through smart phone headphones is wonderful but, while riding a bike, it is more than likely to result in long-term hearing damage. Wind noise at highway speeds is in excess of 110 db and will result in damage. To hear music requires the source to be at full volume and, even then, you can hear little more than the pounding of the bass.
Get the lad some noise canceling headphones. If he turns them on and never listens to music, he will still preserve his hearing. If he listens to music, he'll get quality sound without the sort of volume that will add to the damage.
A word of advice from a boring old fart? Young people think their hearing is indestructible. It is definitely not. Listening to music through smart phone headphones is wonderful but, while riding a bike, it is more than likely to result in long-term hearing damage. Wind noise at highway speeds is in excess of 110 db and will result in damage. To hear music requires the source to be at full volume and, even then, you can hear little more than the pounding of the bass.
Get the lad some noise canceling headphones. If he turns them on and never listens to music, he will still preserve his hearing. If he listens to music, he'll get quality sound without the sort of volume that will add to the damage.