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13-year-old girl gets study published: Do hand dryers hurt kids' ears?

Nora Keegan, a 13-year-old from Canada, had a question: Do hand dryers hurt children's hears? She decided to investigate, and ended up getting her study published in the journal Paediatrics & Child Health.

Study: Hand dryer volume harmful to kids' ears

Newly published research finds the noise from bathroom hand dryers may be harmful to children's ears. And the study's author can speak from personal experience.

13-Year-Old Scientist's Research Shows Hand Dryers Can Hurt Kids' Ears

Hand dryers are ubiquitous in public restrooms, but according to research recently published in the Canadian journal Paediatrics & Child Health, the noise they make may be harmful to children's ears.

Do Hand Dryers Hurt Kids’ Hearing? This 13-Year-Old Studied It

Nora Keegan noticed that dryers tended to be closer to children’s ears. So she set out on a study that was eventually published in a medical journal in Canada.

13-year-old girl gets study published: Do hand dryers hurt kids' ears?

13-year-old researcher finds hand dryers are harmful to children’s hearing

A 13-year-old Canadian girl named Nora Keegan set out in 2016 to determine if the blower type of hand dryers used in bathrooms around the world were harmful to the hearing of children.

13-year-old girl's rigorous study finds hand dryers can hurt children's ears

A Canadian girl couldn't find a study on the dangers of hand dryer noise on children's ears, so she did it herself.

Noisy hand dryers are 'clearly dangerous' to children, teen scientist concludes

A Calgary teenager is drawing attention to loud hand dryers’ potentially harmful effects on children’s hearing.
It began when Nora Keegan was in Grade 5, working on a school science project.

Children wise to fear hand dryers, and 13-year-old proves it with published paper

Calgary student Nora Keegan has been studying decibel levels in hand dryers since she was 9 years old

13-year-old girl's rigorous study finds hand dryers can hurt children's ears

A Canadian girl couldn't find a study on the dangers of hand dryer noise on children's ears, so she did it herself.

Are Noisy Hand Dryers Causing Hearing Damage? A 13-Year-Old Investigated.

The concerns of any parent tending to a child may proliferate when entering the dampness of a public bathroom.

Hand Dryers Hurt Kids’ Hearing, 13-Year-Old Scientist Finds

Learn what a Canadian teen revealed about how restroom hand dryers hurt kids' ears – and discover experiments your kids can do to change the world a little, too.

Hand Dryers Are Dangerous to Ears According to 13-Year-Old Girl's Research Project

A Canadian girl couldn't find a study on the dangers of hand dryer noise.

Do hand dryers hurt kids’ ears? 13-year-old girl’s study offers answers

Do hand dryers pose a threat to children’s hearing? The answer may be yes, according to a new study published in the official journal of the Canadian Paediatric Society, which found that some of the devices can be as loud as a sporting event or an approaching train

13-Year-Old Girl Published Scientific Research Proving Hand Dryers Can Hurt Kid’s Ears

You’ve probably seen small children covering their ears in public restrooms when the hand dryers are on, or heard them complain about the noise.

13-year-old publishes scientific paper showing hand dryers can damage kids' hearing.

Here's to young female scientists leading the way.

Hand Dryers Could Damage Kids’ Ears, 13-Year-Old Scientist Says

You can find hand dryers in many public restrooms. They are useful and works for almost everyone but not for children.

13-year-old discovers toilet hand dryers are as loud as rock concerts to children, and her research has been published in a medical journey

If you want something done... A 13-year-old has just taught us the value of the old adage, and her research proving how dangerously loud toilet hand dryers are for children, has been vetted and approved by the medical community in Canada.

This 13-Year-Old Scientist Has Discovered That Hand Dryers Can Actually Damage Children’s Ears

You can find hand dryers in pretty most public restrooms nowadays. And while they certainly are useful tools for people, they shouldn’t be used by or near children.

Do hand dryers hurt kids’ ears? A 13-year-old Canadian girl found out and had her study published

“Do hand dryers hurt kids’ ears?”

Teen Publishes Research on Harmful Noise Levels from Restroom Hand Dryers

A 13-year-old girl recently published her research involving the loudness of hand dryers in public restrooms in the journal of the Canada Pediatric Society, according to a New York Times article.

Do hand dryers hurt kids' ears? 13-year-old girl's study offers answers

We commonly come across hand dryers at various places like the airport, mall, restrooms or restaurants. While we dry our hands, we also hear the whooshing sound of the machine. But have we ever considered the damage that the sound could have on our hearing.

Do hand dryers hurt kids’ hearing? This 13-year-old studied it

A 13-year-old girl proves in a four-year study that the noise level of the hand dryer that dries hands is harmful to children

n public washrooms, instead of paper and towels, a hand dryer may be installed to dry the hands with warm air. A 13-year-old girl living in Canada studied the noise of a hand dryer for four years, and published a paper in a journal that indicated that 'noise from the hand dryer is harmful to children's ears'. It has become.

13-year-old girl gets study published: Do hand dryers hurt kids' ears?

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