Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
As much as I would like to believe this (I DO wear headphones, I would love to get workers comp and never work again because of it) this myth was busted on mythbusters once. They tested ears after an hour and after 24 hours and the doctor found no visible change in the levels of bacteria in ones ear.
However, 0 times 700 is still 0...so if you dont have any bacteria in your ears multiplying that 700 times will still leave you with what you started.
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As much as I would like to believe this (I DO wear headphones, I would love to get workers comp and never work again because of it) this myth was busted on mythbusters once. They tested ears after an hour and after 24 hours and the doctor found no visible change in the levels of bacteria in ones ear.
However, 0 times 700 is still 0...so if you dont have any bacteria in your ears multiplying that 700 times will still leave you with what you started.
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