http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/ Engadget Comments for UK charity wants hearing loss warnings on DAPs http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Ive invested in noise reducing Sennheiser headphones (HD 280 PRO), so that I dont have too turn the volume up above 50% on my nano too be able too hear music in the train and other public noisy places.

Does anyone know of any headphones that combine, active and passive noise reduction ?]]>Sep 7th 2006 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
What's next a sticker on kitchen knives "warning, sharp - could cut you" ]]>Sep 7th 2006 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 19th 2006 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
This is not a bad idea at all, especially because young kids have DAPs too.
I don't know what people are flaming for, really.
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Dear me.]]>Sep 7th 2006 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 8th 2006 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
Oh and 'le dawg du bordeaux'
In one of my local shops there is a large warning sign at the butchers counter reading "Warning: Knife will cut!"]]>Sep 7th 2006 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
"Warning: the world is dangerous, morons may suffer injury and generally crappy lives. Don't be a moron."]]>Sep 7th 2006 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
those are the head phones they make you wear when getting your hearing tested]]>Sep 8th 2006 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
How stupid are people? There's no end to the idiocy this could create. Knives? of course. Cars? definitly. Pens? sure. Marshmellows? why not.

If I'm ever a parent and my child grows up not knowing loud music/shrp things are dangerous, I better be the one runnign with scissors, at waist level.]]>Sep 7th 2006 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 7th 2006 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
I'd listen to things at a recomended volume, if the player helped me pick it, since it's too subjective to do myself.

A warning-sticker has absolutely not use.]]>Sep 7th 2006 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
This is about as good as the lady that sued McDonalds (and won) because of the coffee cup not having a warning about hot water.]]>Sep 7th 2006 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
McDonalds consciously kept the coffee far hotter than normal temperatures to reduce the amount they would have to throw away when it cooled off. She didn't sue because she burned herself. She sued because McDonalds deliberately used a dangerous practice despite many instances of people burning themselves.]]>Sep 7th 2006 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
I gave myself a (likely) permanent case of tinnitus using headphones. I was using open style higher end headphones in NYC and unintentionally kept boosting the volume to overcome street noise. Street noise that was probably already in the danger zone, decibel wise! The warnings seem way obvious but man, those little hairs on the inside of your ears do not recover from damage. Unlike the tufts growing on the OUTSIDE of your ears! (but there are gadgets for that) Check this site for a list of rockers who have blasted themselves similarly:
http://www.hearnet.com/features/articles/artist_article_celebs.shtml

Pete Townsend claims his hearing loss was from headphones and NOT from being onstage.

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This is not unusual over here.]]>Sep 8th 2006 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/
What warnings could be applied to real dangers like A Pencil. Oh the horror

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Does anyone know of any headphones that combine, active and passive noise reduction ?"

When it comes to saving your ears, passive noise reduction is better. Active noise reduction just masks ambient noise with a different noise, so your ears are open to both. Passive noise reduction blocks all noise other than from the earphones, my Shures never go past 20% on my iPod.]]>Sep 9th 2006 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/07/uk-charity-wants-hearing-loss-warnings-on-daps/Sep 8th 2006 6:22PM