Warning, 12-year-old boy’s eardrum broken from Amber Alert in Air Pods Pro. Apple sued by the boy’s parents.
Apple is facing a new lawsuit from a family that claims their son’s hearing was permanently damaged when an Amber Alert played through his AirPods Pro at an excessive volume. In a press release published by Paranjpe Mahadass Ruemke Law Firm, the parents explained that their son was watching Netflix on his iPhone when an Amber Alert played at an “ear-shattering” volume and he will now be required to “wear a hearing aid for the rest of his life.”
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The family said that the son was watching Netflix with one AirPod in his right ear when an Amber Alert played at “ear-shattering sound levels.” The sound level of the Amber Alert was so loud that it led to nausea, dizziness, vertigo, and tinnitus. “He will have to wear a hearing aid for the rest of his life,” according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit goes on to say that Apple failed to design AirPods such that they “self-adjust to safe levels or provided warnings about the volume increases associated with alerts.” Had Apple done this, the “boy would be living a normal life,” the family said.
Apple is also accused of having received “numerous complaints” from other AirPods Pro users:
It’s my experience that alerts and notifications come through Air Pods Pro at ear-piercing volume, even if my volume is set to low. It fucking jolts me every time I get an alert or notification while I’m wearing my Air Pods Pro.
