The AirPods ruptured the eardrums of a 12-year-old in 2020 when a loud alarm sounded, according to a lawsuit against Apple in California.
The kid was watching a Netflix movie on his iPhone in 2020 with AirPods Pro in his ears. The child’s parents claimed that they had set the speaker at a low volume, but an alert was issued.”Amber Alert“Without warning, he made a loud noise, which damaged the child’s eardrum.
It is worth noting that the “Amber Alert” is a child abduction emergency alert, which was invented in the United States of America in 1996, and it is a service available in the United States to alert those in the same area in the event of a child abduction. The system was created as a legacy for 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bike in Arlington, Texas, and then brutally murdered.
The lawsuit alleges that Amber's alert ruptured the child's eardrum, damaged the cochlea, and caused severe hearing injury. He has since experienced bouts of dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus and nausea, and there is permanent hearing loss in his right ear, which requires him to wear a stethoscope.
Here, Apple has been accused of producing defective AirPods, which do not automatically reduce the volume of alerts or equal the volume of notifications and alerts. The lawsuit criticized Apple for failing to include warnings about the potential problem, and made claims that Apple was aware of the alleged design flaws. The lawsuit stated:
“As a direct result of Defendant's negligence in the design, manufacture and marketing of defective AirPods, Child BG has suffered significant temporary, permanent and persistent injuries, and has experienced psychological pain, physical harm, and persistent disability and impairment. He lost his ability to lead a normal life, and will continue to lead a miserable life in the future, and above all his inability to earn. The child has medical payment receipts for care related to injuries caused by defective AirPods.”
The lawsuit seeks compensation for BG and his parents, who are suffering from severe psychological distress due to the AirPods incident. They are seeking punitive damages in amounts that will punish the accused for their behavior and that will deter other technology companies from engaging in such bad behavior in the future.
There have been other complaints on social media about Amber Alerts noises when wearing the AirPods. Online reports indicate that the Amber Alert sound is really loud when played through the AirPods, even when the AirPods are set to a reasonable volume.
Amber Alerts can be turned off from Settings, Notifications, scroll down, and Deactivate the alert. There are also options to turn off emergency alerts and public safety alerts, although it's worth noting that these settings only appear in some countries.
last word
There is no doubt that the total reliance on AirPods headphones and placing them in the ear day and night and listening to loud songs and festivals has a great impact on hearing, its effect may not be noticed now, but with frequent use and age, its effects are clear and clear, so fair use is preferred not only in using headphones But in everything, so legalize the use of AirPods and make their use minimal. The grace of hearing is expensive and cannot be compensated for by anything. May God protect us and you from all evil.
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To be honest, 10 years ago or more, I used headphones almost daily, or like this Nokia phones until it came out in my ears like a buzzing sound some days I hear it but it is very weak, thank God, and then I left it with a headset that looks like AirPods.
In-ear headphones are very harmful
It's on the ear only! The ear, the eye and the brain are all destroyed! To the eyes of harmful beneficial technology!
By God, I really began to notice a terrible spread of it, and most of them wear it all day long, and there is no doubt that it has a clear danger, but most follow the fashion, even simple workers have AirPods
After half an hour I feel myself under water 😂 I slept for two hours
I have a Sony WH-1000XM4 headphone
It has a similar problem, some thing that happened after months of use. Sometimes when you turn it on, it emits a very loud whistling that the ear cannot bear. That’s why I advise anyone who owns a headset with a noise-isolating feature to turn it on before placing it on the head in anticipation of any damage that may result.
The headset has completed a year and a cracking sound is heard in the left arm and something sad
You have two years to return it
Thank you (Von Islam) for the gift 😊💕
Is there a solution for app notifications that get very loud and annoying..
Is there anything that makes it even with the headphones?
You can try creating an automation command through the shortcuts application.
Thank you, the Islamic and Arab people, half of them are kidnapped in prisons, not once 😂 I received a warning, I hope they add the feature of kidnapping individuals by Arab governments 😂 I will break a mobile for the first XNUMX minutes of turning it on 😂😂😂
Imagine if this feature was enabled :)
I never use it because I can't stand it
As a programmer, I use external headphones, not in-ear
With continuous use
And in a moderate voice
I had constant ringing in my ears
Please be careful
We ask God to heal you, and may God reward you for the warning
Earbuds are useful if they are used when needed, such as while driving. Excessive reliance on them, unnecessarily or unnecessarily, may cause hearing problems in the long run. I thank iPhone Islam for this very important article and valuable advice.
This incident may or may not be true, but that is not the point. There are two important points:
First: It is not necessary to put a headset in the child’s ear, and if I put it, it must be under the supervision of the parents (and this is what I did with my children to protect their ears).
The second point: If the headphones are misused by the old or the young, they will inevitably harm his hearing. Add to that the frequent use of the headphones will harm the ear in terms of containing magnets, and this magnetic field harms some people, and I think that most of those who use headphones have sensed this at one time. What.
As a result, I see that the headset is like a car or a bike. If you use it correctly, it will serve you, and if you misuse it, it will harm you.