23
May
Motorcycle vibrations damaging to hearing?
There is an interesting post over at Faster and Faster about motorcycling, vibration and hearing. You can find the post here.
We all know (or at least should by now) that subjecting our hearing to loud sounds, such as exhausts and wind noise, for extended periods of time, can cause hearing damage and loss. What many of us might not know (I didn’t know this) is that even wearing ear plugs during riding may not necessarily protect your hearing due to vibration of the cochlea. And, interestingly enough, your helmet may be an aid in transmitting the vibration to the cochlea.
At least that is the theory of a Dr. Michael Carley at the Bath University in the UK.
Dr. Carley is currently heading research on the topic and, as the Faster and Faster post points out, is in need of bikers help in completing an online survey, which you can find here. The survey is being used to relate riding patterns to hearing damage.
Interesting research, to say the least.
Quiet please: Put a lid on this… [via Faster and Faster]
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