The Deaf iPod Generation?

Canada’s Maclean’s magazine reported in its Dec 1 issue that over 27 million users around the world risk hearing damage because of the iPod’s ability to play as loudly as 112 dB — “louder than a chain saw” — for hours on end. Reportedly, the EU has a 100-decibel cap on portable music players, but there’s no such limit in the US or Canada.