Is the iPod Generation Going Deaf?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday September 13, 2005 @06:27PM from the welcome-your-hearing-aid-dependant-overlords dept.

prozac79 writes "Ars Technica and Wired News are both running interesting articles on how personal music players are a major contributor [ArsTechnica] to early hearing loss [Wired]. According the ArsTechnica article, an increasing number of people are now living in "noisy" environments that is only made worse by blocking it out with even louder music. The article also suggests that listening to music for one hour a day is considered safe. So now you have a choice... go deaf early or go insane listening to your coworkers chatter."

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What? by mlwarrior · 2005-09-13 18:38 · Score: 1, Redundant

Could you turn it up?
Re:What about Bose Headphones? by CDMA_Demo · 2005-09-13 20:02 · Score: 0, Redundant

How are you gentlemen.... ... What you say? ...
iPod generation? by lunartik · 2005-09-14 02:46 · Score: 0, Redundant

This same effect has been speculated upon since those of us in the Walkman generation were growing up.
Re:Is it just music players? by mrchaotica · 2005-09-14 05:33 · Score: 0, Redundant

...what?

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