Iphone 5 earbud failing sound

The left earbud sound was completely gone. So I removed the wired mesh with an exacto knife, and the sound has been completely restored. Is there any danger in using this earbud without the mesh?

the sound on my 5 went out and Apple genius just replaced the speaker.

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