OMG! Loud music causes hearing loss?!?!?!

BarTopDancer · 02-03-2006, 01:56 PM

€uroMeinke · 02-03-2006, 02:16 PM

Whoa - American iPods are louder? I see a great black market opportunity...

The Shadoe · 02-03-2006, 04:20 PM

Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Apple shouldn't be blamed because people are too stupid to listen to their iPods at reasonable levels. It's common sense that listening to anything that is too loud will cause someone to lose hearing...

Not Afraid · 02-03-2006, 04:22 PM

I'm very sure that I have had less hearing damage from my iPod than the people who drive so that I can recognize what song they are playing from inside the car with the windows rolled up when I am inside the house!

Cadaverous Pallor · 02-03-2006, 05:00 PM

Lordy. Didn't the same thing happen when walkmen came out?

Matterhorn Fan · 02-03-2006, 05:13 PM

My cell phone told me that loud ring tones can damage my hearing when I told it to play the ringtones "loud." I told it I knew that, and sometimes I don't hear the phone ring. (Also, why on earth would the phone ring while I was holding it to my head?) I also always have the volume on its highest setting. It's not loud at all.

Thank you, Sony Ericsson, for protecting me.

And so smart of you to put a super-sensitive microphone so that my mother asks "what was that?!" every time I drive over a pebble in the car.

BarTopDancer · 02-03-2006, 05:24 PM

I think the root of this is the earbuds that are so popular now. I keep hearing warnings about them on news blips [Paul Moyer]Next at 11, in-ear headphones and your hearing. What you need to know[/PM]. Really? You mean blasting music in my ears is going to harm my hearing? You don't say!

What ever happened to survival of the fittest?

SzczerbiakManiac · 02-03-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

What ever happened to survival of the fittest?

Lawyers

Capt Jack · 02-03-2006, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

OMG! Loud music causes hearing loss?!?!?!

huh? what???? could you speak up????

Cadaverous Pallor · 02-04-2006, 02:40 AM

Earbuds were popular 15 years ago.

There's no excuse for such silliness. People starting frivolous lawsuits deserve lashings and rotten tomatoes thrown at them.

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The Shadoe Save Marshall Field's! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 72	Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Apple shouldn't be blamed because people are too stupid to listen to their iPods at reasonable levels. It's common sense that listening to anything that is too loud will cause someone to lose hearing... __________________ I am The Shadoe.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I'm very sure that I have had less hearing damage from my iPod than the people who drive so that I can recognize what song they are playing from inside the car with the windows rolled up when I am inside the house!
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Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	My cell phone told me that loud ring tones can damage my hearing when I told it to play the ringtones "loud." I told it I knew that, and sometimes I don't hear the phone ring. (Also, why on earth would the phone ring while I was holding it to my head?) I also always have the volume on its highest setting. It's not loud at all. Thank you, Sony Ericsson, for protecting me. And so smart of you to put a super-sensitive microphone so that my mother asks "what was that?!" every time I drive over a pebble in the car.
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02-03-2006, 05:24 PM	#7
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I think the root of this is the earbuds that are so popular now. I keep hearing warnings about them on news blips [Paul Moyer]Next at 11, in-ear headphones and your hearing. What you need to know[/PM]. Really? You mean blasting music in my ears is going to harm my hearing? You don't say! What ever happened to survival of the fittest? __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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02-04-2006, 02:40 AM	#10
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Earbuds were popular 15 years ago. There's no excuse for such silliness. People starting frivolous lawsuits deserve lashings and rotten tomatoes thrown at them. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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