Tinnitus, a hissing, roaring or high-pitched sound in the ears, is becoming more common in young people. Andrew Cheng, MD, a clinical professor at the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at New York Medical College, has stated that the more time a person spends listening to loud music, the more likely that person is to develop tinnitus.

Kids believe that they will live forever, and don’t foresee the consequences of their actions. Naturally, American teenagers will jack up the volume on the MP3 players, putting them at greater risk for tinnitus.

Should the U.S. government regulate volume output on personal music devices? Last year, Apple had to take their iPods off the market in France, and switch them with ones that limited the volume output to 100 decibels. Unfortunately, there is no such restriction in the United States. This places our teenagers and college students in jeopardy of developing tinnitus before they’ve even had a chance to enter the workforce.

Apple reports sales of over 50 million iPods each year. This does not include sales from other MP3 manufacturers.  Therefore, it’s only a matter of time before multitudes of Americans will be complaining of debilitating tinnitus symptoms, which would impair their ability to sleep and work as a result.

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