Subject: Helping Apple get iPod hearing protection right From: lazzaro <lazzaro@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:45:40 -0800Hi everyone, Apple released a software update today for iPods, that lets users set a maximum dB level for the device, and lets parents lockdown the maximum dB level of their children's iPod with a combination lock. Apple also put up a website on how to use the feature to limit long-term hearing damage: http://www.apple.com/sound/ While of course legal considerations were a factor here, I honestly think Apple is trying to do the right thing here in an ethical sense. Given that some of the world's experts on hearing damage are subscribed to the Auditory List, I think it makes sense for the experts among us (of which I'm not one ...) to consider "peer reviewing" both the volume-control mechanism and the instructions on the web page on how to use it, and sending your opinion to Apple via: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html They actually do listen to the feedback pages, from my experience with software issues. --- John Lazzaro http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro lazzaro [at] cs [dot] berkeley [dot] edu ---