[Final Authority]

I called my daughter the other day on her cell phone. She had it beside her while she was doing homework on the computer and was listening to her iPod nano. The phone was in vibrate mode. It apparently caused the iPod to incrementalize the volume and she had to throw off the ear phones because of the intense pain. The phone and the nano were right next to each other on the desk.

There will be hearing damage as it has already been determined. In grade school and in college nearly every weekend there would be a dance or coffee house with live bands playing R&R or R&B. It often was loud but according to my wife, the sound pressures generated by the ear bud type ear phones can be much higher.

Fortunately for both Apple and MS, because there are so many MP3 manufacturers and because the cause of the damage is well known, I don't think they should be targets of tort law suits.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

because there are so many MP3 manufacturers and because the cause of the damage is well known, I don't think they should be targets of tort law suits.

I think tobacco companies said the same thing once.