Professor Guinan's eZine

                   "Oh she will be loved, oh she will be loooooved''... There he goes again. The guy sitting next to me on the train is blasting his ipod. It is so loud!! However, there is one thing he does not seem to know? That ipods can actually effect your hearing.

    It is possible that the famous iPod may leave you using the unpopular hearing aid. Research is starting to show that many children and teens who listen to their iPod too loud will suffer from hearing loss in the future.
                                                            

                            Can you hear me?  

                Many people think that hearing their ipod so loud won't do them any damage but what they don't know is that the damage will appear in the future." The number of kids with hearing loss is dramatically increasing and the culprit seems to be noise'', said (Audiology clinic) OHSU audiologist Billy Martin (dated 2005).         

               More teens seem to be developing small symptoms to hearing problems. A recent study in the journal Pediatrics has found that 61% of teens said they had experienced ringing in the ears. The reason the teens are experiencing the ringing in the ears is because the teens are listening to their ipod too loud. IPods are the ones taking action and fast. Teens should be more careful about how loud they listen to their iPod.

              Some problems that ipods cause to the human body are ear related. For example 

                     What are they thinking?

                  Many people know what iPods can do to them yet they continue doing the wrong thing. " 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'', band member Dan Gorman was asked by audiology clinic.  Teens can do the right thing but still have fun; they can listen to their ipod at a reasonable volume. 

                    Will parents take action?

                   Hey parents you CAN do something too. Parents can speak to their child about the damage ipods can cause to them

• 1. If nothing works parents can remove the ipod from their child for a while
• 2. Parents can also put a combination and only let their child use it when they want to let them or when they are ready to listen at a reasonable volume
• 3. Parents can also put a combination on a certain volume

                    Teens can save themselves

                 Teens and other ipod listeners can still save themselves. They can still have fun while being cautious at the same time. A study in the Pediatrics journal found that only 14% of teens use ear protection, teens could increase that number. They can defeat the hearing aid.

                Teens could start using headphones that have hearing protection. On the other hand, teens can choose to put a certain volume on their ipod. In conclusion, teens can stop hearing damage caused by Ipods in many ways.