Hearing Loss, Generation X, Y, iPods…
Apparently you can’t hear me cause YOU’RE GOING DEAF! Well, somewhat deaf. Too much noise and constantly playing portable music players like the insipid yet ubiquitous iPod are contributing to our generation’s decline in hearing acuity.
Ars Post
Same sources, different author: Wired News
Turn it down people! If not for your neighbors, for your own ears! 
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marg said,
September 27, 2005 @ 10:45pm
yes mommy. haha
hey aaron! how ya doing! thought i’d drop a note - rarely get the chance to these days.
ann said,
September 28, 2005 @ 11:13pm
so are you saying we should all wear earplugs everywhere we go like you do? muahahaha