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Offline sam

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Young people who listen to personal music players for several hours a day at high volume could be putting their hearing at risk, warns an expert in an editorial published in the British Medical Journal today.

http://www.physorg.com/news191010079.html
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Re: Concern over hearing loss from personal music players
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2010, 09:13 »
Pardon?   

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Re: Concern over hearing loss from personal music players
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2010, 09:19 »
 ;D

They said the same in the 60s, when we started getting reasonably high powered hi fi.
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Re: Concern over hearing loss from personal music players
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2010, 09:31 »
Yes, I had my first Rogers Hi Fi in 1963 and those Cadet II speakers were big and awesome. 

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Re: Concern over hearing loss from personal music players
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2010, 09:40 »
Happy days, eh Clive. :)
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Re: Concern over hearing loss from personal music players
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2010, 10:29 »
Surely this is old news?  They've been saying this since the original Sony Walkman came out!
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Re: Concern over hearing loss from personal music players
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2010, 10:31 »
Before that, even, Simon.
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Re: Concern over hearing loss from personal music players
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2010, 10:48 »
I expect so. 
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Re: Concern over hearing loss from personal music players
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2010, 14:25 »
Surely this is old news?  They've been saying this since the original Sony Walkman came out!

indeed!
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