EU sound limit aims to prevent hearing loss
Music players and mobile phones to show maximum decibel level to protect regular listeners of loud music.
Published On 1 Mar 2013
The European Union estimates that five to 10 percent of personal-music-player users could develop permanent hearing loss if they listened at high volume for more than an hour a day.
So from now on, all devices will have a volume limiter fitted, but it might already be too late for some.
Al Jazeera’s Jessica Baldwin reports from London.