JJ:
It is easy to confuse precocity with wisdom. Perhaps a physician who
specializes in hearing would be a good source of advice about
something as important as your child's hearing. Although I always
set my volume limit switch to on(80 decibels, according to the
specs), after 3 years of one hour/day walkman use, my ears began to
ring. When the ringing became intense and constant, I consulted a
dr. although I suggested that the tinnitus might be a coincidence
and unrelated to my beloved walkman, he warned me that if I did not
stop listening at any volume, I would become deaf. I paid no
attention and 3 years later, required hearing aids. My son, a lover
of music and young musician, did pay attention, chose to put away his
walkman and installed hearos in his ears full time, which enabled him
to tune me out just as well as the walkman. If I could turn back
time, I would endure a daily hour of boredom and read the books
instead. Apparently, my hearing was easier to damage than that of
many others. Go figure. better yet, ask an expert.
Randy
Hi Stuart!
Yes, I actually DID think of that! :-) So, great minds think alike.
I am restricting the usage
(*I* can do that because "mom says so!" ) to the Y. I am also going
to suggest audio books. He likes to read and actually he is not a
huge music lover -- at least not yet. He is also sensitive to sound
-- he doesn't like movie theatres for that reason. He always
complains the sound is too loud. Go figure!
I agree that he is a bit young... but he is also very "responsible".
Of course, that could change tomorrow too! LOL
I just don't know anything about them to make an intelligent (?)
purchase. He gets bored on the treadmill and the crosstrainer. They
have TV's there but of course they are not turned on to "kid
programming". I want to encourage his "workouts" but you can only
stare at the parking lot for so long. <smile> The book rack is too
high for him to read from. ... so I thought this might be a good
alternative.
And then, maybe I will be motivated to hit the treadmill. LOL
Thanks!
JJ
On 2/18/06, Stuart Ungar < teamungar at yahoo.com> wrote:
I have a big concern that the volume would be up too high and
damage can be done to his hearing. I don't know if
there are any MP3 players or programs that set the
maximum volume lower to reduce the chance of this.
But at such a young age, I don't really trust he will
have the judgement to listen at the proper volume
(after all... even dad doesn't all the time)!
-stuart
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