A Canadian eighth-grader's science experiment raises questions about whether hand dryers, like the ones found in public restrooms around the world, can damage the hearing of young children. The study, ...

A teenager from Canada has discovered through painstaking research that many of the hand dryers you find in public restrooms may be dangerously loud for children's ears. The study by Nora Louise ...

Can hand dryers damage kids' hearing? Thirteen-year-old Nora Keegan measured the decibel level of a traditional hand dryer with a sound meter to see if damage may be occurring to people, particularly ...

My 5-year-old twins are terrified of hand dryers. When they enter a public restroom, the first thing they do is size up the drying options. If it's a paper towel dispenser, they visibly relax and go ...

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.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — A teenage scientist from Canada has caught the eye, or in this case the 'ears', of a Minnesota company. What she discovered has Starkey Hearing Technologies very excited. Nora ...

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. She said that ...

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. By Niraj Chokshi Do hand dryers pose a ...

A teenager from Canada has discovered through painstaking research that many of the hand dryers you find in public restrooms may be dangerously loud for children's ears. The study by Nora Louise ...