hearing loss from compressed music

"even though I am not qualified to prove the concept one way or the other"
Albert, neither seems the author of that article. All he does is formulating a hypothesis, although he doesn't explicitly say so. As with any hypothesis this is subject to verification or falsification. And although it is an interesting concept, I doubt, anybody will do research on it anytime soon.

Yes, his learning about the subject derives from some very elementary sources and he extracts tantalizing tidbits from the interpretations, not the results, of some cutting-edge studies.

I am not overly alarmed by the article and agree there will probably not be research devoted to it. In fact, I will allow my son to listen to his MP3 files, even though I am very protective of him.

I am however, a believer in the idea that "nothing is free." We often set traps with our technology, and discover them only after we've damaged ourselves.

ROTFLMAO Octo - you nailed it!

i find the mentioned web page to be totally without merit. it is not science at all, not even correct basic (although complex) biology. perhaps much was lost in the translation.
makes about as much sense as vision and/or brain damage from black and white tv's, or a bad color set.
imho only.