Am I damaging my hearing?

I love the shokz open run SE I got on sale. The only problem I see is that I do have to listen at around 60-70% of max volume (10 clicks out of 16 on iPhone 12) to hear my music on the iPhone. If I put in loop ear plugs, it sounds so good, and I can bring it down to 40-50%.

My concern is that it’s still stimulating the hairs and damaging my ears without me realizing, especially when I raise the volume in louder areas.

With my apple wired earphones, I never have to go over 50%, and often hover around 40% even in louder areas. So, with shokz, by raising up to 70%, is it the equivalent damage that wired earbuds would do at 70%? Because at 70% on wired earbuds, it would physically hurt my ears. I’m worried I’m not noticing the pain due to the bone conduction and still damaging my hearing.

Posted Sep 6, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC

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