Commentary Asessment

1. Summary
Nowadays, more and more youngsters are absorbed in their portable audio devices such as mp3 players and hand phones by listening to the headphones. This phenomenon may lead to some serious consequences. A lot of users of earphones have reported that they cannot hear sounds as clearly as before. Also, walking and listening to the music can get a high risk of accidents. This problem is strongly concerned. Experts suggest that we should be careful to use earphones.

2. Commentary

Do not let earphones spoil your life

Do you like to listen to the music with earphones? Do you think earphones will affect your life a lot? Probably you are listening to the earphones when you are reading this article. Music seems that has become a part of our lives. Wherever you go, you can always see many people absorbed in the music. Actually, it is a very dangerous behavior to plug into music. When you are walking on the road, the chance of accidents is much higher with earphones. Those earphones are also harmful to our bodies if we listen to the music for long time. Moreover, it is even possible to change person’s character and cause depression. These portable audio devices are spoiling our lives gradually.
It is very dangerous to walk along the pass way or across the road when listening to the music. The sound of music is loud enough to cover the ambient noise, such as alertness. Researchers have managed to prove that listening to the music distracts attention and may ignore the danger nearby. A lot of pedestrians failed to hear the bell of the bicycles and some walkers bumped into the person walking toward them. The result shows that the distraction from music is one of the main reasons for traffic accident. Sometime our lives are threatened only because of the attractive music.
Another disadvantage of earphones is that the sound from the earphones can be harmful to our body, especially to our ears. According to the study by American Medical Association (AMA), listening to the earphones can cause a long-term hearing loss if the ears are exposure to loud sound for long time. However, many youngsters love loud and noisy music. This bad habit may lead to serious hearing problems which are difficult to get well again. There have been many reports that a large number of the young got hearing loss because of using earphones for ling time. Thus, we should be really sensitive to use earphones.
Some people would argue that earphones can make their liver more colorful. Without music, they will be bored. In fact, this is the main reason why people love to listen to the music so much, but this may lead to another extreme problem. Many youngsters fail to communicate well with others because they do not want to talk to his friends and parents and they only like to listen to the earphones. They feel the music is their world. Depression or even suicide can be caused by this kind of behavior. As we can see, the use of earphones is very dangerous.
In conclusion, using earphones to listen to the music can lead to unexpected consequences. We shall pay much attention on this problem. Are you still going to use earphones for long time or walk with music? I decided to lock my earphones in the drawer. Do not let earphones spoil your life.