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“To Hear or Not to Hear...” continued
volume or more. Band member Dan Gorman says, “ I guess I’m listening to it like 8-9/10 of the way up
which probably isn’t great but that’s what I like to do.’’
60 -60 to the rescue
Teens can do the right thing but still have fun. One solution Dean Garstecki suggests
is the “60 percent/60 minute rule.” This means that people use their MP3 players
for no more than about an hour a day and at 60 percent of maximum volume. "If
music listeners are willing to turn the volume down further still and use different
headphones, they can increase the amount of time that they can safely listen,"
Garstecki added.
Another way to save teen’s hearing is to use sensible headphones instead of the tiny earbuds
that everyone likes so much. Even though headphones are less popular with the fashionconscious because they are much more visible, the headphone solution is a safer one.
What about parents?
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