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Super Fact of the Day: An hour of wearing headphones can see the bacteria count increase in your ear by 700 times!

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Dr. Surbhi Bansal AgrawalGeneral Physician • 20 Years Exp.PDDM, MHA, MBBS
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When you wear a pair of headphones, you end up blocking the entry of natural air into your ear, which causes bacteria to increase by 700 times inside within an hour! As a result, your eardrums respond with pain or hearing loss, as they are unable to bear the invasion of bacteria in such huge numbers.

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