London - helmet that used it was not right, which raises new problems. The results of a study conducted by several researchers from the University of Bath and Bath Spa University in England, told autoevolution.com, Thursday, July 4, 2011, concluded that helmet it has the potential to cause hearing loss for the wearer.
Helmets for motorcyclists has a very vital role for the safety of motorists. The device is useful to protect the head from the risk of fatal accidents.
helmet has the potential to cause hearing loss for the drivers
However, the wise men of both universities agreed that wearing a helmet reduces the risk of fatality in the head when the accident occurred. However, they assert, that helmet is equipped with protective devices ear.
Before drawing conclusions, the researchers have experimented by putting a helmet on a mannequin placed in a tunnel. At the same time, they turn on a fan to generate wind power in precisely the same wind that must be faced motorists when driving on the highway at normal speed.
The impact of the wind, then detected through the microphones are installed in some parts of the helmet. The result, they found an area at the bottom of the helmet, especially a board under the rider's chin, became the center of the entry of air into the helmet area.
A gust of wind with a high noise level it is prone rider into the eardrum. The wind and the noise that is suspected as the source of the cause of hearing loss. Indeed the impact is not necessarily, but if it occurs continuously and in a long time will have serious effects.
