The Royal National Institute for Deaf People, in Britian, is calling for manufacturers of digital-music players that attach directly to the ears to provide clearer warning labels on their products advising people not to listen to the players too loudly.
According to the institute, 79 percent of people between the ages of 16 and 30 have never seen the warning labels, and 58 percent of people in this age group are unaware that they could suffer hearing loss from using the devices.
"New technology and ever-increasing storage capacity enables people to listen nonstop for hours – and at louder volumes than ever before. If you are regularly plugged in, it is only too easy to clock up noise doses that could damage your hearing forever," John Low, the chief exective of the institute, was quoted as saying in a news release issued by the group.—Andrea L. Foster
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