JAKARTA – Many people work while listening to music, with the excuse of being calmer and more productive. Working while listening to music is a legal thing for everyone, but in fact, they have to pay attention to their music choices.
Quoting from Indian Today, on Monday, July 28, 2025, the choice of music that is listened to while working has a huge impact on productivity. Director of Clinics and Senior Consultants of Neurology at CARE Hospitals, Umesh T, said that music can indeed help a person focus, especially in a noisy environment.
“For some people, music provides a kind of mental ‘assistance’ for them to concentrate more,” said Umesh T.
However, the music that is listened to should be instrumental music or music with a quiet background sound. This type of music is more effective in helping focus compared to music that uses lyrics.
“The song with lyrics can interfere with the process of thinking that needs to be free,” he added.
Apart from music, another thing that is recommended to be heard while working to focus more is brown noise. This is a low and stable background sound that has no specific tone or emotion.
This type of voice is very useful for helping the brain to remain calm and focused, especially for those who are easily disturbed by the voices around them while working.
Meanwhile, the use of earphones to listen to music while working must also be considered. The use of earphones for too long can cause a number of risks, such as irritation to hearing loss.
Elinga has its own cleaning mechanism. When we often insert objects such as earphones, ear wax can be pushed in and cause irritation or infection,” he explained.
Therefore, the use of earphones should be limited to 60 minutes in one use session, with a break of 5 to 15 minutes. Keep the earphones clean regularly, avoid inserting the earphone too deep into the ear, to reduce the volume when using them.
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