Unhealthy Behavior With iPods Among Teens

A new study by Univ. of Colorado and Boston Children's Hospital highlights surprising behavior among teens when using their iPods. When teens are asked to turn down the volume of their iPods they instead increase the volume (which significantly increases their risk for hearing loss). The study also found that boys listen at higher volume than girls, and that teens listen at higher volume than young adults. The most surprising result of the study was that teens who were most concerned about the risk and severity of hearing loss from iPods actually play their music at higher levels than their peers. The researchers could not come up with an explanation for such behavior.