Noise-induced hearing loss is a growing problem (PDF) that could affect millions of young people, and we’ve written extensively on the risks inherent in non-volume-limited headphone use for kids. Although parents have some control over their children’s headphone use at home, what happens when kids have to use school headphones for in-class learning? The use of digital media in education is on the rise, which means headphone use in the classroom is also on the rise. But are school headphones safe? How loud are the kids listening—and for how long? We decided to measure some school headphones and talk to parents and kids about their usage to determine, as best we could, whether kids might be experiencing dangerous levels of sound while they’re at school.
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