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March 26, 2007 by Angela Shupe | 0 Comments

Union Leader:

A few years ago, Christine Ingemi set out to find a way to protect her children’s hearing while they listened to music on their iPods. Now, the stay-at-home mom has found herself on a list of the top 25 inventors in the country for her iHearSafe earbuds.

Earlier this month, Ingemi’s earbuds, earphones that restrict the volume of electronic devices, were named one of the top 25 inventions of 2007 by the History Channel’s Modern Marvels: Invent Now Challenge.

But though the nod from the History Channel is great, and this mom is proud to be included in a list of inventors that includes some highly trained engineers and scientist, Ingemi’s motivation for creating the earbuds was not money or fame. She just wanted to make sure that her children’s ears were protected from the effects of excessively loud music.

“I have kids and they have iPods,” Ingemi said. “I was worried sick over what was happening to their hearing, but I didn’t want to take their music away.”

Frustrated by the lack of options on the market, Ingemi took the reins and invented a device to limit how loud the music from MP3 players, Gameboys, and iPods could go.

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