Really? Earphones can cause hearing loss?!

Old article I know. But these types of things seem to live a mundane lifecycle. I’m sure this will be breaking news once again.

While most people covet the hours of nonstop music and the snug earpieces, those features, and others, are also the reasons the players may hurt your hearing.

Can MP3 players cause hearing loss?

And in other news, running around willy nilly with your Thanksgiving carving knives in hand may lead to your probable death. Come on people! Is this newsworthy content to be posting on C|Net? The story should have been something like “MP3 listening pedestrians at risk for being run over by deranged taxi drivers”.