hearing loss from compressed music

It's other way around. Hearing loss results in listening to MP3s.

Regardless of the storage format, what comes out of the speakers/headphones is analog (or at least it is down to quantum levels), just as much so from an MP3 as any pristine Sheffield Labs LP. Claiming that "until VERY recently, every sound perceived by human beings since the beginning of time was analog" is misleading.

If there's a hearing loss, it comes from decibels, as mentioned by Calvin1.

This leads me to 4 questions:

1-Would upsampling mp3 media prevent "tin ear" and "tinitus"?

2-Would upsampling regular cd media improve hearing?

3-Does SACD and DVD-A improve hearing?

4-Does vinyl degrade hearing as well?

Move over asbestos. Let the class action suits begin!

Hearhere, humans have been on earth for a very long time, remember that the automobile, television and all that we consider "old" technology is VERY recent.

My comment that all sounds falling on human ears since the beginning of time is accurate, or do you rule out song birds, waterfalls and thunder as analog sounds? All of our technology, including all recorded and played back media, occurred a few seconds ago in the time line of humanity.