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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Alice Peacock

Family sues after Apple Airpods 'explode in boy's ears bursting his eardrums'

The family of a 12-year-old boy is suing Apple after he allegedly has suffered permanent hearing loss from an ‘Amber Alert’ on wireless AirPod earbuds.

In the lawsuit filed Monday, parents Carlos Gordoa and Ariani Reyes and their son, identified as B.G., said the AirPods were defective because they play alerts at dangerous volumes, regardless of the volume set by the user.

They have accused the company of gross negligence and fraud.

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