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MP3 Players Threaten Hearing Loss: Study (Yes, We've "Heard" This Before)
Tech-Ex — ... such people feel it's necessary to play something loud enough for people in other cars to hear it, as if I really want to hear their radio, I also often feel vindicated in knowing they're losing their hearing a little at a time. Anyway, while it should be obvious that such volume in any venue is going to harm your hearing, what's interesting in this new study is that they have quantified how much you need to listen per week --- and it's not that much. According to the IHT, a team of nine experts from the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly ...

Did You Hear that MP3 Players May Damage Your Eardrums?
Maximum PC consumer electronics RSS Feed — ... , it's a tough task to turn the dial down below ear shattering levels, and if that statement needed any quantifiable proof, it now has it. According to a study for the European Union, personal music players are threatening permanent hearing loss for as many as 10 million Europeans. A team of nine experts on the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks conducted the study and warned that most young people aren't aware of the damage until years after it's already done."Regularly listening to personal music players at high-volume settings when young ...