When did you last take your headphones or earphones out of your ears? 30 minutes, an hour, two hours, or six continuous hours? The likelihood is that you are reading this with earphones plugged in your ears. It has likely been for a long time. Now that we are accustomed to it, we hardly remember the last time we removed the plugs from our ears. According to specialists, it will gradually impact us, one hair follicle at a time. According to ENT professionals, using headphones nonstop spells trouble for our ears.

Like we joke about how our phones have become extensions of our bodies, earphones and headphones have done the same. Every one of us is constantly hooked into so many different devices that we unconsciously wear earbuds or headphones for longer periods of time. We rely on earphones, headphones, and wireless devices so heavily that we find it impossible to envisage a day without them.