Sunday 24 August 2014

Dangerous Decibels

Today, we visited the Whare Kai for a lesson about "Dangerous Decibels"with Toni. We learnt heaps about how long we can be around something that contains either a lot of noise or very minor noise.

Over the whole event, we learnt how to know the signs, what happens and what it looks like inside our ears, how it would sound if we had hearing loss, all sorts of stuff! We all got own pipe cleaner that resembled what happened if we went to a Heavy Metal concert and a card with noise control signs.

I thought the whole thing was good for me, to know how to prevent hearing loss in the future. Did you know, it is predicted that our generation will lose our hearing at the age of thirty? Scary, right?

Three ways we can prevent damage to our ears.

  • Turn it Down
  • Protect your Ears
  • Walk Away
During the presentation, we were given a tuning fork and a ping pong ball on a string, We banged the tuning fork on the floor, and held it up near our ear and face. Then, we banged it five times, and put it near the ping pong ball. The ball flew up about 45 degrees, before returning to the pitching fork. Then, when it came down, it did the same thing again.



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