On 3/8/2011 4:11 PM, RHF wrote:

Not after a few Years of Blasting their Ears with
Very Loud Sounding "Pop" Music via Ear Buds !

The advantages of the personal music player, first the Walkman cassette
and CD units, and now the flash based units, over the older boom boxes
made many of us happy that we no longer had to endure bad and loud music
from others, but the long term effects on hearing loss are a serious
problem.