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The buy-onboard movement has inspired airlines to upgrade their menus. Some have teamed with celebrity chefs, others with national chains. Come fall, Continental Airlines, which had been the last major holdout, will stop offering free food on domestic coach flights and start charging for what it promises will be...
It's tempting to blame Apple and its überpopular iPod - more than 240 million have been sold since 2001 - for causing widespread hearing loss. But a federal appeals court exonerated the company in December, noting that Apple puts warnings on its packaging and iTunes site and offers instructions for...
To put that into perspective: the average individual can tolerate up to eight hours of sound at 85 db - think busy city traffic - before suffering hearing damage. "For every 5 db over 85 db, the exposure time before irreversible damage gets cut in half," says Beth Orliss, an audiologist in...
Setting volume limits is a good idea, but it won't block outside sounds. In-ear monitors (IEM) are better at isolating noise than earbuds are because they are inserted into the ear canal. Several mass-market brands, which range in price from $39 to $399, use gummy-bear-like...
His boutique in Apopka, Fla., makes custom IEMs that start at $400, which might sound like a lot of money, but they fit perfectly and come with a two-year warranty. (Other makers of high-end IEMs offer only one year.) Harvey will even customize the exteriors with a choice...