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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?"

3 of 405 comments (clear)

  1. This is a plot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Those hooknose jews want us to be deaf so we can't hear them when they steal our money.

  2. mod doo3n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    , a pro0d member All parties it's

  3. Re:Turn down the volume by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have a better idea, don't contact your senator and make your problems ours. Leave the party

    How about this?

    Work christmas party. Once the eating is over, the band turns up the volume. Something like four people dancing, everyone else retreats to another room, or even outside. At previous parties, many more people have been dancing. Often so that you couldn't get from one end of the room to the other without getting bumped into.

    Even though I wanted to go dancing too, I was among those who spent most of the time outside (good thing it wasn't snowing). I tried going into the room where the party was a couple of times. Turned around after a few feet, because my ears f*cking hurt.

    Should everyone just leave? Because a hired band didn't care about painfull noise levels?