Recently a member of the People Hearing Better staff had been listening to an Audible book on their phone when their phone informed them that they had been listening with earbuds at an unacceptable level. It then said that--for this person's own good--it was lowering the sound. All freaky references to the singularity aside, this really surprised our staffer. Not just because this person had no idea their phone cared so much, but because this person had not thought the phone sound was that high. But, then again, how was this person to know how high they had the phone? The little line on the phone screen doesn't tell deciBel levels. So how can anyone tell if our technology is hurting our ears?

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