The EU’s scientific committee on emerging health risks has made a study on the consequences that could exist when people listen to music pumped into the ears above 89 decibels -which is the level at which noise will start to cause damage- by using portable players. The results were alarming. An EU safety standard currently restricts the noise level of personal music players to 100 dB, and usually most of the users listen loud music to overcome other noises of the city.
This way, the current priority for the European committee is to find technical alternatives to minimize the hearing damage in people who live in Europe. Also, a proposal to lower the EU legal limit of 100 decibels for MP3 players is being studied.
The European scientists have established that between 5% and 10% of the MP3 users in Europe (between 2,5 and 10 million people), could be at risk of hearing damage from heavy use of MP3 players. At this time, it is calculated that between 50 and 100 million people use MP3 players or other type of music players every day in Europe.
You can read a summary of this scientific opinion here
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