{"id":3862,"date":"2009-12-31T14:54:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T14:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/apple-free-to-continue-destroying-our-ears-in-2010-lawsuits\/"},"modified":"2009-12-31T14:54:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T14:54:03","slug":"apple-free-to-continue-destroying-our-ears-in-2010-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/apple-free-to-continue-destroying-our-ears-in-2010-lawsuits.php","title":{"rendered":"Apple Free To Continue Destroying Our Ears In 2010 [Lawsuits]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone remembers that story<\/a> about how a bunch of people were suing Apple for potential iPod-induced hearing loss<\/a>, even though they hadn't lost any hearing. It got shot down last year, appealed, and today, killed for good. CRANK IT.<\/p>

The case was a bit odd from the start, in that it hinged on the potential for hearing loss, rather than actual, inflicted<\/em> hearing loss. It was also odd beacuse iPods, which are evidently capable of pumping out about 125dB of sound through a pair of those crappy white earbuds, already have a volume-limiting function. This is in addition to normal volume controls, which apparently don't provide enough guidance to users to prevent them from techno-blasting their eardrums into mucousy, deaf meat-nuggets. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld<\/a> a lower court's decision from last year that iPod could be, and generally are, used safely, and dismissed the lawsuit.<\/p>

But as my grandfather always used to say, at the center of every frivolous class action technology lawsuit, there lies a grain of truth: iPods and iPhones, if you turn them up too loud, can damage your hearing. So don't, k? [Ars Technica<\/a>]<\/p>

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