LG H810 - Avoid Potential Hearing Loss

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For Your Safety
For information about hearing aids and digital wireless phones
Wireless Phones and Hearing Aid Accessibility
http://www.accesswireless.org/
Gallaudet University, RERC
http://tap.gallaudet.edu/Voice/
FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility and Volume Control
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/hearing.html
The Hearing Aid Compatibility FCC Order
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-03-168A1.pdf
Hearing Loss Association of America [HLAA]
http://hearingloss.org/content/telephones-and-mobile-devices
Caution:
Avoid potential hearing loss.
Prolongedexposuretoloudsounds(includingmusic)isthemostcommoncauseof
preventablehearingloss.Somescientificresearchsuggeststhatusingportableaudio
devices,suchasportablemusicplayersandcellulartelephones,athighvolumesettings
forlongdurationsmayleadtopermanentnoise-inducedhearingloss.Thisincludestheuse
ofheadphones(includingheadsets,earbudsandBluetooth®orotherwirelessdevices).
Exposuretoveryloudsoundhasalsobeenassociatedinsomestudieswithtinnitus(a
ringingintheear),hypersensitivitytosoundanddistortedhearing.Individualsusceptibility
tonoise-inducedhearinglossandotherpotentialhearingproblemsvaries.
Theamountofsoundproducedbyaportableaudiodevicevariesdependingonthenature
ofthesound,thedevice,thedevicesettingsandtheheadphones.Youshouldfollowsome
commonsenserecommendationswhenusinganyportableaudiodevice:
X  Setthevolumeinaquietenvironmentandselectthelowestvolumeatwhichyoucan
hearadequately.
X  Whenusingheadphones,turnthevolumedownifyoucannothearthepeoplespeaking
nearyouorifthepersonsittingnexttoyoucanhearwhatyouarelisteningto.