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April 09, 2006
Hearing Association Give iPod Volume Limits Thumbs
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is giving Apple the thumbs-up for introducing new software that will allow iPod listeners to set their own personal maximum volume limit. "While public education is the fundamental, long-run answer to protecting the nation's hearing health with regard to popular new audio technology, Apple's move is a step in the right direction, which we commend," according to Brenda Lonsbury-Martin, ASHA's Chief Staff Officer for Science and Research. "For some time," Lonsbury-Martin explains, "ASHA has been at the forefront of the hearing health-popular technology usage discussion, urging consumers to take personal responsibility and follow several precautions. Lowering the volume is one. But there is also limiting listening time and using headphones that isolate listening to wanted sound, reducing the chance that users will increase volume to block out unwanted sound."
From Hearing Association Give iPod Volume Limits Thumbs
Posted by Jason at April 9, 2006 08:22 AM
