Saturday, January 21, 2006
Lower the volume of music in the Palm
"We are seeing young people in typical problems of adults," says one of these doctors, Dean Garstecki, a specialist in Audiology from the university said. Part of the blame are the headset button, explains that not only are placed directly in the EARS, but also can increase the signal up to six or nine decibels.
Unlike the old models of helmets, with pad and fastening on the head, the headphones smaller isolate less noise outside and this causes a tendency to rise more and more volume. According to Garstecki, there have been cases of teenagers who listened to music even above 100 decibels, a figure equivalent to a rock concert, "because these levels are sufficient 15 minutes of music to start to lose hearing."
In addition, insists that new technologies, which can store plenty of music files and listen for hours through the duration of the batteries, make that teens spend hours glued to the iPod, more than he allowed the old models.
The solution lies in the rule of the so-called'60% / 60 minutes', ie not listen to your iPod for more than an hour a day and do it at a volume below 60% of the maximum possible. "If users fall for these levels and choose a different model of headphones," said, "then you may increase the time spent listening to music in a safe way for them."
Among the recommended rates are the old models with pad and those able to isolate the noise outside, "so that the user does not feel the need to increase the volume." Unfortunately, this professor acknowledges that the old helmets, which are more, not exactly the favorite of teenagers, influenced by fashion.
I want to comment on the recommendation of'60% / 60 minutes', that the iPod being sold in Europe have an automatic control of the maximum volume, which sold in the U.S. do not incorporate because of the different existing legislation on the subject in both areas. Still, as in all things, this issue must be a minimum of common sense and do not listen to music at an excessive volume, because the cumulative effect of years of this abuse can be serious.
By: Mark Gonzalez Troyes in Palm News
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