EU wants manufacturers to tell the users to reduce the volume of digital music players
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Authority is concerned with hearing health of young consumers.
For scientists, listening to music over 89 decibels can cause injury.
The European Union said on Monday (28) Whatever the manufacturers of digital music players recommend that users lower the volume to preserve your hearing.
The commissioner of consumer affairs on the EU, Meglena Kuneva, said industry experts and together they set higher standards to prevent hearing loss.
"If you want to enjoy your favorite songs for 20 or 30 years down the volume," said Kuneva, concerned about the misuse of digital music players especially among young people.
A scientific advisory group of EU states that between 2.5 million and 10 million Europeans could suffer hearing loss when listening to MP3 players at volumes that exceed safety levels - above 89 decibels - for more than an hour a day for at least five years.
The EU executive commission said that the players sold today already reach maximum levels of sound between 80 and 115 decibels. The use of different earphones could add to these levels up to 9 decibels. Above 120 decibels is equivalent to the level of noise generated by aircraft taking off.
In recent years, Apple has changed its popular iPods to limit the volume levels of the players after France passed a law limiting the 100 decibel maximum volume to be achieved by digital music players.
Source: G1 / Associated Press
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