2 posts and columns on hearing loss

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Court Holds iPod Blameless for Hearing Loss

in News on December 31, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

A lawsuit that blamed Apple Inc.’s iPod music player for causing hearing loss fell on deaf ears at a federal appeals court. The lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2006, argued that because iPods don’t come with a decibel meter that lets users know how much noise the device is producing, consumers don’t understand the potential damage they could be causing themselves by listening to loud music for long periods of time.

Loud-and-Clear Mobile Calls for Seniors

in The Mossberg Solution on February 10, 2009 at 6:44 pm PT

My grandmother, a college graduate and former reference librarian, recently walked out of an electronics store in frustration. She compared the techie conversations that were going on around her with people speaking in a different language. And she isn’t alone.
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