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Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the time-for-this-again dept.

fprintf writes "A recent NY Times article discusses links between personal music players and hearing loss. This is not anything new; personally, I have hearing loss from listening to my Sony Walkman cassette player many years ago. However, given the widespread use of the personal music players, I see people using earbuds everywhere; is there a technical solution to the potential danger?"

15 of 405 comments (clear)

  1. What? by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What?

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  2. Re:Noise Canceling Headphones by AioKits · · Score: 5, Funny

    All headphones are noise canceling if you listen to them long enough at max volume.

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  3. Education by repetty · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...is there a technical solution to the potential danger?"

    Education. Lots of films. Let's get a grant.

  4. Turn the volume UP by KingSkippus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Turn down the volume.

    How does that help? If you have hearing loss, the obvious solution is to turn UP the volume, so you can hear the music better, of course.

  5. Re:Turn down the volume by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is very old news

    Exactly. I mean, WTF...

    "This just in: Putting loud-speakers inside your ear and listening to music in too high volume for extended periods of time has been linked to hearing loss!"

  6. That's Odd... by superdan2k · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...my study indicates that this is a correlation and not a causation. I show that a lack of common sense is more apt to cause hearing loss.

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  7. Re:Turn down the volume by xonar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some of us listen to our music loud because we enjoy it. I exercise a lot and I need loud music to distract me from pain as well as road noises.

    Being distracted from road noises could lead to a LOT of pain :P

  8. Re:Turn down the volume by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Putting loud-speakers inside your ear and listening to music in too high volume for extended periods of time has been linked to hearing loss

    <loud>WHAT?</loud>

  9. Re:Turn down the volume by penguin_dance · · Score: 4, Funny

    I exercise a lot and I need loud music to distract me from pain as well as road noises.

    Yes...well, in a few years, you won't have to worry about those distracting noises any more.

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  10. Simple technical solution by nolife · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make a player that you can only turn up to 9.

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  11. Re:Should be: Nothing to see here, move along by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

    High volumes for extended times cause hearing loss. News at 11.

    But news at 11 is 1 louder than news at 10.

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  12. Re:Turn down the volume by Tetsujin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Putting loud-speakers inside your ear and listening to music in too high volume for extended periods of time has been linked to hearing loss

    <loud>WHAT?</loud>

    SOMETHING ABOUT PUTTING CLOUD SNEAKERS INSIDE YOUR BEER I THINK!

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  13. Re:Turn down the volume by edittard · · Score: 4, Funny

    The trouble is that if you block out all the road noise you might not hear that 18 wheeler coming up from beh no carrier

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  14. Re:Turn down the volume by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure he said, "Putting loud-speakers inside your ear purple monkey dishwasher."

  15. Re:Turn down the volume by rhsanborn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have a sneaking suspicion that posting on slashdot while driving contributed to the accident far more than the ear buds...