If ears bled from unsafe personal listening with headphones or earbuds, maybe there would be mandatory manufacturing safety standards to better protect public health. Imagine riding a 10 speed bike, but it cuts your legs if you use 5th gear or higher. As a retired audiologist and parent, I think everyone needs a better margin of safety to protect their hearing health.

There are a lot of great things about personal audio system technology. But personal listening systems are inherently unsafe b...