The deafness issue is serious, real.

Above 85db for significant time, ears suffer permanent damage.

And many folks drive their earbuds above 100db . . . even above 125db

OSHA requires employers to provide hearing protection when the sound is above 85db.

I don't think there's a great answer. Folks are determined to do what they want to do, regardless.

And because the permanent ear damage doesn't, OBVIOUSLY, SIGNIFICANTLY, DEMONSTRABLY show up for 3-4 decades . . . they can go on pretending they aren't being damaged.

Then when the damage chickens come home to roost, it's too late to do much about it.

Maybe they think there will be a tech solution by a surgical implant.

However, given the use of cell phones and cancer of the auditory nerve therefrom . . . they might well be surprised at how few options are available . . . if they are still alive to choose such.

I'm curious how many of RR membership

are REALLY annoyed by the

SUPER LOUD WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP of car stereos with the bone rattling, liver quivering, wall rattling bass sounds from the cars next to them at a stop light?

I CERTAINLY AM.

And I let my students know emphatically where I stood and what they were asking for with such sounds . . . and that around children, such sounds were certainly child abuse.

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I'm curious how many of RR membership

are REALLY annoyed by the

SUPER LOUD WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP of car stereos with the bone rattling, liver quivering, wall rattling bass sounds from the cars next to them at a stop light?

I CERTAINLY AM.

And I let my students know emphatically where I stood and what they were asking for with such sounds . . . and that around children, such sounds were certainly child abuse.

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