Recent research indicates that 60 percent of Australians are having some form of hearing loss due to listening to loud music. To my opinion this is a worldwide phenomenon and I do admit I listen to my iPod sometimes loud enough for other people to hear it across the room.

Right now I’m trying to use earbuds that have rubber seal thingies in efforts to drown out some outside noise so I can turn down the volume a bit. Hope they work though!

iPod generation going deaf, experts say

And just because I couldn’t find a good picture to go along with this post, here’s a totally random one:

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