Study: Driving in the Convertible Can Cause Hearing Loss

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Study: Driving in the Convertible Can Cause Hearing Loss

The top is down, a breeze is defeat yet your hair – male, zero beats riding in the automobile on the balmy day. We’re sorry to be a ones to detonate this small bubble of Zen, though there’s the new inform out which says high-speed driving while in the automobile can be dangerous to your conference.

Hey, don’t fire the follower. It’s those kill-joys over during a St. Louis University School of Medicine as well as the Ear Institute of Texas. A new investigate released by a researchers there have found serious hearing detriment can start you drive during speeds of 55 mph or some-more in a convertible.

To conduct their investigate, researchers used 5 dissimilar makes and models of convertibles: the 2009 Saturn Sky 2.0 Turbo, 2004 Nissan 350Z, 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera 4, 2005 Saab Aero Convertible, as well as 2005 Ford Mustang GT Convertible. They found that when driving during speeds of 55 mph with a top down, 80 percent of a tests recorded limit tune readings larger than 85 decibels. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health says which this is a dangerous level if exposure is durability.

So what’s a resolution? If you’re receiving an extended road trip with the tip down, keep your speed below 55 mph or keep a roof tiles up. Your ears will appreciate you.

[Source: Motor Authority]

Posted by admin   @   17 January 2011 0 comments
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