Headphones

The Power of Hello

Sam Sommers | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: College Students, Stimulus Overload, Inclusive, Headphones, College, Campus, Hello, Smiling, Smile, Video, College News
Sam Sommers

Happiness isn't a prerequisite for smiling; sometimes smiling is what makes you happier. By the same token, remind yourself to say hello and you actually contribute to a friendlier and more inclusive climate.

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Accidents Caused By Wearing Headphones On The Rise

| Posted 03.05.2012

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Every week, HuffPost High School rounds up the best local news stories about high school students from across the country through our friends at Patch...

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Old Public Health Guy's Plea: Don't Wear Your Headphones All the Time

Douglas Kamerow, M.D. | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Headphones and Hearing, Headphones, Ear Buds and Health, Ear Buds and Hearing, Personal Health, Headphones and Health, Healthy Living News
Douglas Kamerow, M.D.

Despite my medical and public health concerns, the real reason I wish people would stop wearing headphones to listen to music in public is simply that it's isolating and impolite.

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Recording Tips for the 'The Loudness Wars': An Interview With Mastering Great Bob Ludwig Part 2

Chris Castle | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Headphones, Sound Quality, Music Business, Compression, Mastering, Recording-Technology, Technology News
Chris Castle

Mastering is the last and probably the least understood step in the audio recording process. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview with mastering great Bob Ludwig is one of the true living legends of the music business.

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Recording Tips for the 'The Loudness Wars': An Interview With Mastering Great Bob Ludwig

Chris Castle | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Compression, Mastering, Recording-Technology, Headphones, Sound Quality, Music Business, Technology News
Chris Castle

Mastering is the last and probably the least understood step in the audio recording process. Mastering engineer Bob Ludwig is one of the true living legends of the music business.

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TechScape: Ear Buds That Really Fit

Bill_Robinson | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Nick Laperle, Sonomax, Headphones, Eers, Technology News
Bill_Robinson

As I put the funny-looking headset on my ears, I realized everybody was looking at me. After all, I was sitting in a director's chair in the crowd...

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Yes, You Should Spend Over $100 on Headphones

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Music Apps, Digital Music, Headphones, Hardware, Music, Sound Quality, Eliot Van Buskirk, Sound, Technology News
Eliot Van Buskirk

We cover music apps like the waterfront at Evolver.fm. But without a solid way to turn the ones and zeros comprising today's music into vibrating air,...

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Headphones Buying Guide

Techland | Posted 07.14.2011

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It's nearly summer, which means it's time for an upgrade if you're still using the flimsy white earbuds that came with your new iPhone. The only probl...

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US Military Invades Las Vegas, Infiltrates CES 2011

Jim Louderback | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Headphones, Ces 2011, Army, Military, Notebook, Ces, Samsung, Technology, Rock, Keyboard, Tablet, Technology News
Jim Louderback

The armed forces are at CES looking for new technology designed for consumers that it can co-opt for its own purposes. Let's start with some technology borrowed from rock musicians, but designed for fighters.

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Headphone-Listening Teens Can Hear Just Fine

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health, Headphones Hearing Loss, Headphones, Headphones Hearing Music, Headphones Listening to Music, Headphones Hearing, Home News

Teens aren't always the best listeners but a new study shows that their hearing may not be to blame....

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Alone in a Crowd, High-tech Style

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Jim Taylor

Why the need to be constantly tuned in (to whatever people are listening to) and tuned out (of the world around them)?

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How the Walkman Led to Facebook

Dave Pell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Walkmen, Social Media, Headphones, Ipod, Loneliness, Apple, Songs, Music Business, Social Networking, Music, Sony, Technology News
Dave Pell

Three decades after the invention of the Walkman, we find ourselves seeking social connections through the very devices that isolated us in the first place.

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Teen Hearing Loss: 1-In-5 U.S. Teenagers Has Slight Hearing Loss

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health, Teen Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Teen Health, Headphones, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Technology News

CHICAGO — A stunning one in five teens has lost a little bit of hearing, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new nati...

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Despite iPods, Walkmen, Rates Of Hearing Loss Dropping

Wired | Alexis Madrigal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hearing Loss Decline, Headphones, Hearing Loss Drop, Hearing Impairment, Ipod, Hearing Loss Rates Decrease, Bluetooth, Technology News

Despite all the Walkmen, boomboxes, 8-tracks, iPods and Bluetooth headsets that have delivered raucous noise to the ears of Baby Boomers, hearing loss...

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Headphones Can Interfere With Heart Devices, Study Shows

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Men's Health, Heart Devices, Pacemakers, Ipods, Headphones, Ipod Headphones, Home News

NEW ORLEANS — Have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator? Don't keep your iPod earbuds in your shirt pocket or draped around your neck _ eve...

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