Your article on air quality in the July issue of Forever Young was interesting, since so many people are out jogging or walking on smoggy days. I'd like to point out another hazard: iPods - and it's not just young people who are out with their MP3 players blaring away. Boomers and seniors enjoy listening to music when they are out and about.
The problem for many appears to be the volume. Often, if traffic is loud they crank up the music. If the person next to you can hear a buzz from your earbuds - it's too loud. It's that dual dose of noise that has hearing-loss experts worried, particularly since tuning in to personal stereo equipment is an increasingly common way to ease daily ... more