| Kids have always loved listening to their
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| | music listeners using headphones revealed
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| favorite music, and the louder the better
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| | that while indoors with no background
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| - much to their parents' dismay. In the
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| | noise, the participants were comfortable
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| 1980s, the portable tape recorder with
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| | with their music at 69 decibels. Outdoors,
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| headphones - which came to be known as the
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| | where the background noise was recorded at
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| "Walkman" - enabled teenagers to listen to
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| | 65 decibels, participants using their
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| their music as loud as they wanted,
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| | headphones turned the volume up to 82
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| anywhere they wanted, without disturbing
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| | decibels and as high as 95 decibels to
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| anyone around them.
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| | drown out the surrounding noise. The
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| But the more modern rendition of the
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| | Occupational Safety and Health
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| Walkman - portable MP3 Players and iPods -
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| | Administration guidelines limit exposure
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| pose a major threat to our children's
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| | to noise at this level to no more than
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| hearing health, and to ours.
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| | four hours each day. The study concluded
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| The problem is a combination of the
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| | that the participants were at risk for
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| technology of portable digital devices
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| | hearing damage and recommended "avoiding
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| that creates a non-buffered crystal clear
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| | continuous use of [portable stereos] in
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| sound, and the type of headphones
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| | noisy conditions."
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| typically used with them, which do not
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| | Northwestern University's Dean Garstecki
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| have a buffer either. In December 2005,
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| | offers more specific guidelines: His 60
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| Dean Garstecki, an audiologist and
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| | percent/60 minute rule - listen to MP3
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| professor at Northwestern University
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| | Players and iPods for "about an hour a day
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| reported that more and more young people
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| | and at levels below 60 percent of maximum
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| were being diagnosed with the types of
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| | volume." The problem is, most of the
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| hearing loss typically found in older
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| | population using headphones - young music
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| adults. He attributed this trend to the
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| | fans - listen to their music for much
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| "earbud" type headphones that usually
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| | longer than one hour per day. But, you can
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| accompany iPod and MP3 Players.
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| | help minimize hearing loss, damage and
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| With the earbud headphones, the sound
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| | problems while listening to your favorite
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| frequencies are not buffered as they are
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| | music as long as you want to - the secret
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| with the more traditional, ear cup-style
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| | is in the headphones.
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| headsets. Newsweek Magazine recently
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| | Headphones such as the EX29 Extreme
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| reported that researchers at the House Ear
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| | Isolation Noise Reduction Headphones help
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| Institute found that listeners can
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| | block out external noise allowing you to
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| unfortunately increase the volume of
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| | hear the fine details of your music
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| today's portable digital devices without
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| | without blowing out your ear drums. The
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| the "signal distortion that occurs with
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| | ear cup fits over the ear, and not in it,
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| traditional analog audio." The older-model
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| | and the headphones are lightweight, don't
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| headphones that were popular just 15 to 20
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| | require batteries and can be used with
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| years ago - that have ear cups outside of
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| | your MP3 Player or iPod. With 29 decibels
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| the ears - had that distortion when the
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| | of isolation from outside sound, the quiet
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| volume was turned up, which functioned as
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| | headphones block outside noise and there
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| a much-needed buffer to protect our
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| | is no need to crank the volume of your
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| hearing. Today's technology does not
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| | music.
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| provide that buffer - the earpiece is
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| | Aging rock stars like the Who's Pete
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| placed in the ear, not outside of it, and
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| | Townsend, who has some permanent hearing
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| the digital devices do not create that
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| | loss from years of exposure to loud music,
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| distortion, no matter how high the volume.
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| | and Mick Fleetwood, who has teamed up with
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| In addition, people often listen to these
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| | Energizer batteries to promote hearing
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| devices while they are on the go, and have
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| | loss prevention, have brought public
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| a tendency to crank the volume in an
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| | attention to the fact that many of us take
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| attempt to drown outside noise, further
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| | our hearing for granted. But there's no
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| posing a risk to our hearing. Using the
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| | need to turn off your music - just be
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| earbud style headphones during activities
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| | smarter about how you listen to it. If you
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| such as exercise, for example, puts the
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| | are using your MP3 Player or iPod when
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| user at a greater risk. During exercise,
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| | you're exercising, in a noisy environment
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| blood, which can act as a buffer, is
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| | or you just want to hear the fine details
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| diverted from the ears to other parts of
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| | of your music, ditch the earbud headphones
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| the body - so our already vulnerable
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| | and reach for a set of noise reduction
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| hearing is in even more jeopardy.
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| | ones instead. And you'll be enjoying your
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| Headwize reports that a study conducted on
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| | favorite music for a long time to come.
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