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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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kr4
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"I am a chiropractor and can verify the fact that speed bumps will absolutely mis-align the tiny bones in the ear..."

Is there any real evidence of this?

Kal
slipknot1
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Will our MD's on the forum PLEASE weigh in on this one?
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seasoned
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It would be interesting to know how much shock (in G force and duration) a typical speed bump exerts on the ear compared to jogging, playing basketball, etc. I'm not sure this issue is worth getting our audiophile feathers ruffled over.

John
inpepinnovations1e75
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For a chiropractor, everything is about Misalignment! Probably sets the alignment on the turntable every day. It appears that the speed bumps are indeed serving a purpose. Slow down and enjoy the music.

Bob P.
s7horton
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It would be to hard to enforce. Way too many variables. Size of speed bump, including length and height; speed at which you travel across them (they are designed to make you slow down, after all); stiffness of suspension on your car; tire pressure.

If all of these are perfect, you may never even feel the bump.
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