NYC PSA Tells the Kids to Turn Down That Damn Racket
Today in Get Off My Lawn news, the New York City Health Department released a PSA offering subway riders and others a subtle twist on the classic “turn down that damn racket!” complaint: do it now or you’ll lose your hearing.
Hear today, gone tomorrow: Lower the volume on #headphones & limit use to reduce the risk of #hearingloss pic.twitter.com/UhqkNBILlV
— nycHealthy (@nycHealthy) December 3, 2013
Via Gothamist, the city tells us that we shouldn’t listen to anything at too high a volume in order to drown out the insufferable noise around us, because “Loud sounds, including media played at high volume, can injure the delicate hair-like cells of the inner ear.”
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