Noise cancelling

I read an article from Time magazine the other day about how these tiny portable music devices with the crappy earbuds could contribute to an entire generation of people with significant hearing loss. At the end of the article, the author said that most of the doctors interviewed recommended headphones that either block noise or cancel it out.

I try to be very careful about how loud I turn my music up, but there are times I'm tempted to turn it up loud enough to hurt myself. This was one of those times. These guys were yelling at each other about how much cheaper it is to ride the bus than to drive back and forth to Provo every day and about their car troubles, arguing over the number of the bus parked in front of us, and where it was heading. I thought for a minute about turning my headphones up louder, but I'd rather not be the deaf guy on The Fifth Element in about 4 years.

Maybe I should start saving my pennies for some new headphones.