blenders and hearing loss

[aris99]

Can someone help? My dad is convinced that my hearing will be damaged by my daily use of an oster blender. I make smoothies for 7 people every day and the blender is on for probably a total of 15 mins. My dad can't stand the noise and he's convinced that I will suffer from hearing loss over the next 50 yrs (if I should live that long if I don't wear some sort of protection over my ears. Has anyone ever heard of a person losing their hearing by using a blender on a daily basis?

Thanks for any input!

[Addy's Mom]

Household appliances like that "are" considered dangerous to your hearing, but they run for such a short amount of time, it's highly unlikely they will do severe damage unless you are working with them on all day.

It's possible the blender noise bothers your father because he already has some hearing damage. I think it's called recruitment.