HEY..HEY, I'M TALKIN' TO YOU!

[xoxoxoBruce]

You can't hear me because the headphones are always on your head.
What? You say you don't have them on? That may not matter. The damage has been done.

Everywhere she turns, Angella Day sees people carrying portable music players, often with the ear buds stuffed firmly in place. "They're very widespread,'' says Day, a senior at Chicago's DePaul University who regularly listens to music on her own iPod while studying or working out. "So addicting.''

What she and others may not realize is that many people their age have already damaged their hearing. And researchers fear that the growing popularity of portable music players and other items that attach directly to the ears -- including cell phones -- is only making it worse.

Let me tell you, I've been wearing hearing aids since 1981 and it's a pain in the ass. They help but it ain't the same by a long shot. Plus they're expensive, very sensitive to moisture and a host of other ills.
Oh, and don't get me started on Tinnitus.


It's a jungle out there and you want to hear the predators