Ipod Safety

If you're one of the 173 million iPod users out there, you're probably reading this with your headphones on.

Take them out. Even if only for a few minutes while you read this post.

Trust us, your hearing will thank you for it. While many music-lovers are aware that listening to iPods and MP3 players at high volumes can lead to hearing loss, not too many of them — especially teens — actually do anything about it. In fact, when teens are pressured by friends or family to turn down their iPods, they do exactly what you'd expect teens to do — the opposite. They turn the volume up instead. And even teens who express concern about their risk of hearing loss listen to music at potentially dangerous levels, higher on average than kids who say they're not worried about deafness. Keep Reading Ipod Safety