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Post by Bluefront on Feb 2, 2010 7:22:41 GMT -5
Read this article. I don't know if there's an answer to this one.....maybe a redesigned helmet. But since the vibrations are transmitted through your bones....maybe not. Just what we need.....more proof these scoots are dangerous to your health. 
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Post by Bluefront on Feb 2, 2010 13:42:20 GMT -5
Yeah I'd never mail-order a helmet. But the article seems to say if you would wear extra ear-plugs under your helmet, no matter how good the helmet was.......your hearing would still be affected.
Sigh....it's a conspiracy by somebody to make two-wheelers look even more dangerous than they are already.
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Post by owenbrau on Feb 3, 2010 10:08:10 GMT -5
Notice that it isn't reporting on a study that found this, but rather on a study that someone wants to run to see if it is true. I'm going to say likely not. Riding without a helmet is noisier anyway. I've also riden with earplugs an long highway trips, and they do in fact cut the noise. "Transmitted through the bone", indeed. Just a guy looking for grant money.
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Post by 1smf on Feb 3, 2010 13:18:55 GMT -5
Just imagine what gets - "Transmitted through the bone" if you don't wear one?
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Post by qwertydude on Feb 8, 2010 22:44:31 GMT -5
That's ridiculous. When I wear earphones, not even ear plugs, it reduces the noise I hear considerably. Even at 85 mph it's as quiet as sitting in front of a fan on a hot day. Opening a window in your car is louder than a full face helmet with earplugs.
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Post by fong47 on Feb 21, 2010 17:24:25 GMT -5
This is completely news to me but I will research it for my safety.. Thanks!
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Post by imagesinthewind on Mar 26, 2010 22:40:02 GMT -5
on some helmets isn't FIT one of the reasons they are noisier?
A helmet that is too big allows too much airflow or whatever and
too much noise?
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Post by Chi Makwa on Apr 8, 2010 1:09:25 GMT -5
Notice that it isn't reporting on a study that found this, but rather on a study that someone wants to run to see if it is true. I'm going to say likely not. Riding without a helmet is noisier anyway. I've also riden with earplugs an long highway trips, and they do in fact cut the noise. "Transmitted through the bone", indeed. Just a guy looking for grant money. Totally owenbrau! It's bad enough when scientists report their findings by press release. These guys are just reporting a hypothesis... by press release! I'm a scientist, and I always cringe when scientific studies are reported through the mass media before the studies actually get scrutinized by the scientific community. News reporters do the best they can, but they're not equipped to handle research. They just don't know what questions to ask or how to be critical. Hearing through the bones, or "conduction" hearing, is an important component to hearing because it allows us to hear something even when we have a ruptured eardrum or some other middle ear problem. But if they find that hazardous levels of sound reach the inner ear by conduction alone I'll eat my shorts! I hope no one anywhere makes a decision about whether to wear a helmet based on this article. I think it's totally irresponsible (the article, I mean). We've all been through the evidence and decided for ourselves whether to wear a helmet. IMO, this adds nothing to that debate. |
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Post by Bluefront on Apr 8, 2010 5:39:31 GMT -5
Hearing loss affects almost everybody as they grow older, whether or not they ride 2-wheelers without helmets, or listen to loud music. And this loss usually comes on gradually, so gradually in fact, that a person doesn't realize what's happening.....till it's too late.
The problem is usually connected to noise however. Rock band members start losing hearing at a very young age. Truck drivers in the USA lose hearing in the left ear (driving with the window down).....the evidence is clear. Listening to loud music through head-phones is particularly bad.
Helmets for bikers protect their heads, but it pays to find a helmet that also protects your hearing. When I was a kid, there were no helmet laws. I rode for years w/o one. Now I suffer tinnitus, and some hearing loss. Now I need a helmet to protect what's left of my hearing....and my head.
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