So why is that in the news then?

That'sy entire point. It doesn't belong in news it belongs in academic settings because that's what it's a call for.

Because I'm not going to listen to some random "expert" without peer reviewed literature?

Yeah, no.....

Fun fact. In North America you can get your pilots license at 16 in Canada and I believe the US, and yet there's been nothing reported there? So nope still don't buy it.

And where do you think ANC tech was developed? Bose literally made their name in aviation headsets.

"Noise-cancelling is dangerous in general" is something you read into the article. It's not actually there. What it's saying is "young people should watch their use of noise-cancelling headphones as the auditory system needs exposure to noise to properly develop". That's it. It's a "young people, have an eye on this" thing, not "burn your headphones".

Your still listening to someone just shouting into a microphone. Why should I take them seriously?

You say this like pilots, young and old, haven't been using ANC headphones for decades safely at this point.

And no, just because someone says something could be a risk, doesn't mean we all respond. I mean that's literally the lesson we learned from the vacines cause autism. What are you even talking about it's okay to just wildly speculate.

And yet that didn't stop the ACTUAL harm it caused.

You are right there's never been any credible evidence.

But I wasn't claiming that.

I was claiming it was irresponsible to report on such an early finding in the media without proper verification and actual conclusive studies.

Almost like the BBC article here in question.

Because that worked so well for ~~Dr.~~ Wakefield

We also had an expert who started the vacines cause autism trying to peddle a new replacement for the MMR vaccine. (This is my opinion based on the research done Here )Just because "an expert" says something, doesn't mean it's true. And blindly listening to them can cause harm as well.

This is a fallacy called Argument of authority

No, it's completely irresponsible to say something not peer reviewed and actually studied.

Sure, but it's still pretty irresponsible of the BBC to publish what is effectively educated guesses as something to be concerned about.

This belongs in an academic article. Not a news one.

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Your right.

Change is difficult so we should just give up.