Law-makers in the European Union are considering imposing a curb on the volume levels of portable music players (such as iPods) in a bid to protect the hearing of users, who are potentially subject to noise levels far higher than most workers are legally able to be exposed to.
There are up to 10 million Europeans, mainly young people, who are at risk of losing their hearing permanently in the next five years due to their personal listening habits. The units on the market at the moment, some of them are capable of generating a volume of beyond 115 decibels; if we compare that with health and safety legislation, workers are not allowed to be exposed to that levels of volume for more than 30 seconds.
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