Congressman Wants Government To Make Sure iPod Won't Hurt His Hearing
from the what-did-you-say-now? dept
It's been nearly a year since we first reported that some doctors were warning that iPods can make you go deaf. No one paid much attention to it until a few weeks ago when The Who's guitarist Pete Townsend warned iPod users that they'd soon be as deaf as he was. He blames the use of headphones in the studio all the time, playing down the tremendously loud concerts he was playing in many nights in a row, which maybe (just maybe) also had something to do with it. Either way, with a non-endorsement like that, it was only a matter of time until Congress woke up. A Congressman from Massachussetts has now asked the National Institute of Health to officially determine if blasting music via headphones from MP3 players is damaging the hearing of today's youth. He'd better hurry up. Apparently, Senator Ted Stevens has been rocking out to his brand new iPod and it's influencing his thoughts on new RIAA sponsored legislation.
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it brings tears of pain to my eyes... damnit, i love america, but i fucking hate RIAA!
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lol!
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More Important Things
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Tinnitus is awful and unrelenting
I have trouble hearing conversations over the noise. There is no way I can carry on a conversation in a restaurant or other place where many people are talking at once.
It interferes with my ability to sleep. In the middle of the night it's like having a million mosquitos in the room with you.
There is no cure.
Please everyone, be careful of your hearing. You do not want to be in my situation.
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Not surprising
I guess people can't be expected to be responsible for their own hearing health.
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earbuds theorized as most risky
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/12/30/ear.ipod.protect.reut/
The gist: because of the way they fit in the ear, but don't block external sounds, people are more likely to use damaging volume levels. The article suggests traditional over-the-ear headphones (as Townshend used, no doubt) are better.
I prefer a pair rubbery Sony earbuds, which tend to seal out other noise very well. At a normal listening volume, when the earbuds are out of my ears on my desk, nothing can be heard from them -- in contrast to iPod earbuds, which even when in someone else's ears can often be heard across a room.
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Duh! huh!
A politician...worried about me!
Really?
I'm touched.
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Pete townsend also likes to give his credit card dtails to websites so he can get access to paedophillic images so he can 'research' the subject
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3007871.stm
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Not that you'll be able to listen to it anyway, we've got our...err your music locked down with our fancy Digital Restric....err Digital Rights Management technology, it's for your own good.
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Being on stage
volume goes to the crowd. As a result,
you hear very little sound. Ironically it is not
uncommon to add speaker pointing at the
stage to get a reasonable feedback as
to what the audience is experiencing.
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idk
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