In 2006 there was a lawsuit against Motorola for allegedly manufacturing Bluetooth headsets that endanger the hearing of users.
Alawsuit (Alpert v. Motorola, et al, 06-cv-5586)—brought by defense firm Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney—was filed in Federal Court in Chicago, and alleged that Motorola’s Bluetooth headsets can cause hearing loss.“The complaint claims that exposure to sounds [...]
Hamburg - After class, Jessica Manks reaches immediately for her MP3 player.
‘I just have to hear music all the time,’ said the 15-year-old from Braunschweig. Her favourite is hip hop. She also has the earpieces in at home to her mother’s exasperation.
‘My mother’s always saying, ‘Not so loud,” according to Manks, who does not take [...]
For years, there have been worries that cellphones can cause anything from cancer to brain tumors. Now, a study is sounding a new warning for cellphone users.
The small study is being presented Wednesday at a meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck and Surgery Foundation in Washington, D.C. It suggests that long term [...]
Music players can cause hearing loss
Portable music players can damage your hearing, recent research suggests. Many players can reach potentially damaging volumes, [...]