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Speed bumps as a cause of hearing loss.

Have any members driven over a "speed bump" (these are the elevated paved bumps to force you to drive slower)while listening to the car stereo and immediately noticed a hearing loss(distortion, high frequency loss and level decrease)? I am a chiropractor and can verify the fact that speed bumps will absolutely mis-align the tiny bones in the ear so music sounds terrible afterwards, write your city councilman about these. I have to slow to less than 5mph in order to prevent this governmental assault and battery.
mint604

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eldartford
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Kr4...Since when, on Audiogon, has it been necessary to produce any evidence for heretofore unknown phenomenae?
eldartford
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Mint604...Slamming car doors, as you suggest, could produce stong LF pressure wave. However, some cars are tighter than others, and car manufacturers pride themselves on how well the car is sealed.

Toyota, which is particularly good, during design evaluation uses something they call the "cat test". They close up all the windows and vents and put a cat into the car on Friday afternoon. When they come in on Monday morning the cat should be dead.

An US manufacturer (pick your favorate) thought this was a neat test, so they did it on one of their latest products. When they came in Monday morning, the cat was gone!
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