In 2022, a Texas family filed a lawsuit against Apple for damaging their son’s hearing after an Amber Alert went off while he was wearing Airpods. According to Google, the maximum volume of phone headphones is around 105 decibels. The family are claiming that the son now requires hearing aids after his eardrum ruptured.
Is this plausible?
The 105 decibels is the maximum output physically possible by the headphones. The software can limit max output to 80-85db but Amber Alerts bypass this, so 105 decibels is possible.