Scientists warn youth – turn your MP3 players lower!
Music News | Oct 13th, 2008

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If you listen to your MP3 player for more than 5 hours a day, at high volumes you’re going to loss hearing, according to scientists. What the hell do they know?! So it looks like I’m going to go deaf with that and also going too many concerts. What? What? What did ya say sonny?
From Yahoo:
BRUSSELS (Reuters) Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned Monday.
The scientists’ study, requested by the European Commission, attacked the concept of “leisure noise,” saying children and teenagers should be protected from increasingly high sound levels — with loud mobile phones also coming in for criticism.
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