Funny that you should mention ignorance of the law
Bloomberg isn't proposing any new laws concerning ear buds. He's only running a campaign to warn people of the risks associated with listening to loud music on earbuds
I heard that.I know of a case where a 14 year old kid has suffered such severe hearing loss due to his mp3 player that his doctor says he now has the hearing of of a 65 year old man.
Keep off the grass!:mrgreen::roll:
Excellent use of the taxpayer money.
Because their mothers/grandmothers didn't already tell them this at some point in their life.
For every person who "jokes" about going deaf listening to loud music....... guess what.... they are already "aware"
I heard that.
I make furniture. I wear a pair of noise cancelling headphones when I'm running the big stuff. They help a lot. You can buy an inexpensive pair at Walmart. They're usually in the sporting goods section around where the fire arms and ammo are. They're adjustable, so it's possible to hear a little or a lot of what's going on, if you need to. I don't know if this is helpful or not for you, but there it is, anyway.I never heard of ear buds before this but I do wear ear muffs with a built in radio when I work in my sawmill. Sometimes I have the music so loud I wonder if I am doing more damage with the ear protection than I would get from the sawmill noise itself
because this thread needed its own theme music:
OOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh Boy !Now if he were to ban live music from those ****ing noisy cars going Boom, boom, boom! I would be all for it.
I think they should be shot.
Until you drive the Democrats out of NYC, keep expecting things like this.
I like the intent of the idea but think a better solution would be having the manufacturers make safe products where its not legal to sell audio devices that exceed safe decibel levels without having to jump through hoops first.
Smart phones, etc. can be engineered to know when the headphone jack is being used and automatically limit the maximum decibel output, shut off the music and display a warning that can only be over ridden by entering a password indicating the hearer agrees to go deaf in order to blast Beyonce at the loudest possible setting and/or require a parental pass-code to exceed a safe hearing level.
I just made Apple a few million dollars!
No "like" from me.....at least we have a man who cares about people.....maybe too much???....better than too little...
I feel like I just ran into 2006 again. Apple actually caught a lot of flack for reducing the volume output of its iPods in Europe, after receiving such demands from France.
Oh, ewwwww. You will not ruin my sound with that nonsense! I don't give a damn if you folks hear it, open cans rule (okay, traditional closed phones are nice too).
Depends on what you're wearing.
Yes, people hearing a great deal of what you're listening to is a big deal.
Here, not so much. The clue here is how it is constructed.
Ha I own a DT-770 80 ohm and an HD580, nearly identical to the HD600.
SPL from headphones is an important public health issue, especially in NYC where so many people use them on their subway-bus-pedestrian commutes. I think he's perfectly right to educate people, especially young people, who may not understand that hearing damage is cumulative. You don't "get better" after your ears stop ringing, and you're doing damage to your hearing if you exceed certain db thresholds even if your ears never ring.
I like the intent of the idea but think a better solution would be having the manufacturers make safe products where its not legal to sell audio devices that exceed safe decibel levels without having to jump through hoops first. Smart phones, etc. can be engineered to know when the headphone jack is being used and automatically limit the maximum decibel output, shut off the music and display a warning that can only be over ridden by entering a password indicating the hearer agrees to go deaf in order to blast Beyonce at the loudest possible setting and/or require a parental pass-code to exceed a safe hearing level. Some people already suffer from congenital hearing difficulties and require a louder setting while others use the headphone port to plug their device into other equipment for more complex multi-media applications so an override option is a good idea too. And one real quick tangent: getting good ideas patented is way to complicated and expensive in the country; I just made Apple a few million dollars! :doh
I know of a case where a 14 year old kid has suffered such severe hearing loss due to his mp3 player that his doctor says he now has the hearing of of a 65 year old man.
Bloomberg is gping on another crusade to get rid of ear buds in nyc.Cranked-Up Earbuds Next On Mayor Bloomberg’s Health Hit List « CBS New York
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