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Apple’s already given self-controlling individuals the option to limit their iPod’s maximum volume level, but whether a newly surfaced patent application is any indication of the future, your next PMP from the Cupertino powerhouse could actually tone things down for you. Reportedly, the app explains that software could eventually keep track of how expanded — and at what volume level — you’ve been listening, and whether it determines that you could be damaging your ears, the volume could

be automatically adjusted down for your own safety. Granted, there’s no way to definitively tell whether Apple will or won’t implement such a change, nor whether owners will be allowed to disable the feature, but really, who could argue with software retarding the rate at which you go deaf?

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Original post by Darren Murph