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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Are Airpods capable of producing a sound intensity that will rupture eardrums?
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A teenager in Texas has been spending the past two years suing Apple after claiming that an Amber Alert on his Airpods caused his eardrums to rupture. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10830803/Boy-suffered-ruptured-ear-drum-hearing-loss-Apple-AirPods-blared-Amber-Alert.html
He's now claiming he now requires a hearing aid and he has other symptoms.
Most sources I could find say that eardrum rupture happens with a sound intensity of 150 dB and up. Are the Airpods capable of this? This sounds like it should be really easy to confirm or debunk the teenager's claim that it was the Airpods which did this. Get a sound level meter, put it right up against the Airpod as it's playing on max volume (to simulate an eardrum right up against the Airpod) and see if the sound is anywhere close to 150 dB.
He's now claiming he now requires a hearing aid and he has other symptoms.
Most sources I could find say that eardrum rupture happens with a sound intensity of 150 dB and up. Are the Airpods capable of this? This sounds like it should be really easy to confirm or debunk the teenager's claim that it was the Airpods which did this. Get a sound level meter, put it right up against the Airpod as it's playing on max volume (to simulate an eardrum right up against the Airpod) and see if the sound is anywhere close to 150 dB.