For the study, which was conducted between 2015 and 2017, she visited more than 40 public washrooms in Alberta, Canada. She used a professional decibel meter to measure sound levels of hand dryers from various heights and distances.
13-Year-Old Scientist’s Research Shows Hand Dryers Can Hurt Kids’ Ears
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