Been turning these off for quite a while now. When they first came out they would play at full volume. Not like I could do anything with an Amber or Silver for events that were hours plus away (LA Traffic 
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Apple Facing Lawsuit After AirPods Allegedly Ruptured Child's Eardrums With Amber Alert
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That's like trying to run away from a shotgun blast. If the dB is high enough, there is no safe exposure time.
That's not a fix. That's a workaround for a very nasty bug.
It's unacceptable that Apple hasn't seen fit to attenuate the volume of Amber Alerts when played through headphones. Especially when elsewhere in iOS they go to great lengths to safeguard against excessive headphone volume.
A lot of armchair audiologists in this thread, but I can tell you if a faulty device made by a trillion-dollar company ****ed up my kid's hearing I'd be doing everything I could to make sure they paid -- not that a big check is gonna fix that, ever.
What is the low battery sound? I have never heard this, I only get the 20% and 10% pop-ups? I do always keep my phone switched to silent though. Does the pop-up notification make a loud sound if I don’t?
I turn off all the emergency alerts on my phone. I had been wrenched awake in the middle of the night by an Amber alert. Gawd, the noise took years off my life.😣 Amber alert annoys me. The severe weather and life threatening weather alert are pretty pointless for me. I live in the South. The chances of something like the Children's Blizzard happening here is almost non-existent.
Anyhow, I feel for the kid and his folks. There had been complaints about the sound level before, so Apple knew and choose to backburner the issue.😡 Reminds me so much of the Ford decision making in the 70's with the Pinto.
Anyhow, I feel for the kid and his folks. There had been complaints about the sound level before, so Apple knew and choose to backburner the issue.😡 Reminds me so much of the Ford decision making in the 70's with the Pinto.
Instead of shamelessly being an Apple fanboy and defending the undefendable. Why not acknowledge that a bug with how Apple delivers amber alerts to headphones caused the volume to get so loud that it was able to rupture an eardrum. I hope Apple settles this out of court and issues a software fix so this does not happen to another Apple user.
I think it takes less in a child.
To give them the benefit of the doubt, other factors like air pressure and/or prior trauma could have played a role. Also the unit might have been defective.
What your analysis fails to look at are if children have lower thresholds specifically and no two humans are the same. Some ear drums likely rupture easier and some are more resilient. So I would like to see a range to acknowledge those differences rather than a set number.
Also, you fail to understand the health of the individual. Maybe they are seeing an ENT doctor for hearing matters. It would also be interesting to see if the parents/child set volume limits and if this limit was observed during the alert tone.
My point being, we can’t armchair our opinion on this one. It’s not as binary as you claim.
The power required to make 165 dB is too much for tiny AirPods to achieve so without cause secondary damage to the units.
There is more to this story.
Yeah I got that same annoying alert even though I dont live anywhere near Glendale..I am new to iphones so have no idea how to turn off the stupid alerts
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Family Files Negligence, Fraud Lawsuit Against Apple Over Son's Permanent Ear Damage
PMR Law attorneys seek damages for claim of defective AirPods SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The parents of a San Antonio, Texas, boy are suing tech giant Apple and its partner companies for damages caused
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ear buds- especially ones that sit in the ear canal can do a significant amount of hearing damage. also the amber alerts are so loud on purpose because they want to grab your attention. they just need to get rid of the audio alert for amber alerts or severe weather alerts.
I turned off those alerts, because they will invariably go off at 3am when I’m asleep and can’t help anyone anyway. If, for some reason, they do go off during daylight hours, then I still don’t need it, because everyone else’s phones will go off anyway, and I’ll just find out that way.
Yeah, and the kid probably disabled the volume safety settings and enabled max volume.... and had his AidPods turned ALL the way up.
Karen momma saw $$$
Karen momma saw $$$
That’s odd, there should be a sound. I’m not sure at what % it goes off, but it sounds like this.
It’s Apple’s responsibility to produce a safe product. “You’re listening to it wrong.” Is not acceptable. If some portion of the population is more susceptible to ear damage, they must take that into account so that the product is safe for everyone. Nobody puts headphones on expecting to suffer instantaneous injury!
My complaint with the current alerts is they should be a bit more contextual. My phone knows I am asleep at 3am. A loud amber alert at 3am, unless it is for literally next door, is not ideal. Alerts should be better targeted. Often they are looking for a car on a highway, so the most effort should be made to let someone driving in the area know of the alert.
Wrong.
It's pretend doctors like you that spread misinformation.
Children have smaller ear canals. Smaller ear canals means greater sound pressure.
Do you seriously think an infant and adult can both withstand the same amount of dB?
my left ear gets super loud static when it put it in, hopefully will get a replacement one tomorrow from apple when i go to my appointment.
Do you want them to just make up the news you want to see? You can't report on something that isn't known in the first place.more details
Family Files Negligence, Fraud Lawsuit Against Apple Over Son's Permanent Ear Damage
PMR Law attorneys seek damages for claim of defective AirPods SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The parents of a San Antonio, Texas, boy are suing tech giant Apple and its partner companies for damages caused