Inspired by this article, where a Texas family claim that an “Amber Alert” on their son’s Airpods caused his eardrum to rupture.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10830803/Boy-suffered-ruptured-ear-drum-hearing-loss-Apple-AirPods-blared-Amber-Alert.html

At least some parts of the case have been dismissed:

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/6354c39e5358106ecd0d9f1d

https://casetext.com/search?q=Gordoa v. Apple&sort=relevance&p=1&type=case

According to this, sound levels starting from 165 decibels would cause eardrum rupture: https://evidence.unboundmedicine.com/evidence/view/EBMG/457351/all/Acute_acoustic_trauma#:~:text=An intense sound wave will,also rupture the tympanic membrane

Question: Are the Apple Airpods physically capable of producing 165 decibels of sound?

  • Jrockwar@feddit.uk
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    8 months ago

    And because of the logarithmic nature of decibels, 6 dB louder approximately means twice as loud. So these claimants are saying the airpods reached about 700 times higher volume than they can.