Apple, Inc. is facing a lawsuit over an unintended consequence of its AirPods.
Parents of a minor boy, identified as B.G., alleged in a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court of Northern District of California that defective AirPods worn by B.G. in his right ear produced ear-shattering sound levels that ruptured his right eardrum and damaged his cochlea, court filings accessed via 9to5Mac.com showed.
Cochlea is a spiral-shaped cavity in the inner ear that is responsible for hearing.
Luxshare, Apple’s China-based AirPods supplier, was also named as a defendant in the complaint. The mishap occurred during an Amber Alert notification, the plaintiffs alleged. Amber Alert System, developed in 1996, is a nationwide notification system for alerting on an endangered or missing child….