Music Players Hard On Hearing

The scientist say those who listen to their music at high volumes for as little as an hour a day across five years risk doing severe harm to their hearing. People who listen to portable music players on a daily basis are more likely to loose thier hearing. Studies have shown that 2.5 to 10 million people in Europe are listening for only five hours a week at more than 89 decibels, that's already exceeding the EU limits for noise allowed in the workplace. The largest group at risk from leisure noise is young people, since the early 1980s the number of people young people who have been exposed to music players has tripled to around 19%. Children and teenagers should be protected by increasingly high sound levels. Loud mobile phones and MP3 players can be at very high volumes without loss of quality. I'm concerned that so many people that are frequently using music players and mobile phones at high volume levels, might be unknowingly damaging their hearing. I just hope people consider lowering their MP3 players every now and then, so children and adults can be saved from hearing loss.