| Digital audio players are constantly
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| | a day is safe. While many hearing
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| improving. By playing computerized audio
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| | specialists disagree, applying OSHA's
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| formats, they allow the listener to hear
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| | guidelines for the workplace indicates a
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| music with exceptional quality that far
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| | little bit more flexibility about how long
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| exceeds the analog radio of days gone by.
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| | you can safely listen to your digital
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| Examples of digital audio players include
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| | audio player before damaging your ability
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| MP3 players and iPods.Many of the digital
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| | to hear. For every 5 dB increase in
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| audio players are portable and come with
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| | volume, the maximum exposure time is cut
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| headphones that pipe crystal clear sound
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| | in half. For example:95 dB - 4 hours
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| directly down the ear canal. While
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| | 100 dB - 2 hours
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| enjoyable, millions face potential hearing
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| | 110 dB - 30 minutes
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| problems down the road from using these
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| | 120 dB - 7.5 minutesUsing OSHA's
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| devices.That is because without the
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| | standards and the observable level of 115
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| distortion created by analog audio
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| | dB listened to by many digital audio
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| devices, digital audio player users may be
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| | player users, the maximum time you should
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| exposed to unsafe sound levels without
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| | be listening to your audio player is about
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| realizing it. The distortion from analog
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| | 15 minutes a day. Remember, hearing
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| radio naturally governs the volume a
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| | specialists believe that you should not be
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| listener is willing to hear.According to
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| | topping 28 seconds a day of 115 dB
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| testimony presented to Congress in 2005
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| | exposure.If you want to enjoy your digital
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| regarding Medicare coverage of hearing
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| | audio player for more than 28 seconds to
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| aids and devices, preliminary observations
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| | 15 minutes a day, turn down the volume ...
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| about digital audio players revealed that
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| | no matter how stomping those tunes are!
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| the music reaching the eardrum topped 115
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| | When you are in your teens, it's hard to
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| decibels. Hearing specialists say that
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| | imagine being 40 years old, let alone
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| exposure to noise that loud for more than
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| | being 40 years old and hard of hearing,
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| 28 seconds per day, over time, can cause
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| | but aging happens.It is estimated that
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| permanent hearing damage.The Occupational
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| | over 50 million Americans may have hearing
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| Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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| | impairments by the year 2030. In losing
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| issued guidelines about what it considers
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| | their ability to hear speech, hear alarms,
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| to be the maximum exposure time to certain
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| | or even enjoy the radio or television,
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| decibel levels. According to OSHA, a
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| | this hearing loss can severely affect a
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| maximum of 90 decibels (or dB) for 8 hours
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| | person's independence.
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