Inspired by this article, where a Texas family claim that an “Amber Alert” on their son’s Airpods caused his eardrum to rupture.
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?
- Thorry84 ( @Thorry84@feddit.nl ) 5•2 months ago
Why do you keep asking the same question over and over?
- viking ( @viking@infosec.pub ) 4•2 months ago
According to a test conducted by the source below, they max out at 108.3 db, so I guess the claimants are full of shit.
- Jrockwar ( @Jrockwar@feddit.uk ) 3•2 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.
- Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) 3•2 months ago
Doesn’t actually mean their eardrums didn’t rupture from the airpods, just that under those testing conditions they can’t generate the imposed constraint of 130 dB.