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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
cwlondon
1,210 posts
 
This is absolutely right!!

And although there is no known cure once you have driven over a speed bump and subsequently misaligned your inner ear bones, this debilitating condition is treatable through chiropractic therapy.

Of course, only premium priced chiropracters who generally are unable to accept insurance are qualified for this specialized subset of their field.

But 3 x a week for a couple of years or so should restore your hearing to within 97% of its original effectiveness.

Cheers.
rockvirgo
587 posts
 
Could be your suspension...sue the car maker :-)
bigsam2
49 posts
 
I am not sure if this is a joke, but as someone who deals with ear problems regularly, I have never heard of such a minor trauma causing dissociation of the middle ear ossicles. This type of problem is seen with HIGH IMPACT head trauma and the hearing loss imparted is signifigant and attempted repair is surgical.
entrope
482 posts
 
Slow down.

Has anyone ever been to a chiropractor and been told they are fine, come back in 6 months?
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kr4
3,691 posts
 
Slipknot1 asked: "Will our MD's on the forum PLEASE weigh in on this one?"

I am not an MD (although I do train them) but it is my background in anatomy, physiology and neuroscience that moved me to ask for any evidence for this heretofore unknown phenomenon.

Kal
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