Golf clubs go sonic boom
PostedbyChris BenjamininStrangeonJan 7th, 2009 | 0 comments
Even John Daly, with his abundant golf fashion sense, can swing a club fast enough to pop eardrums
Those new golf clubs you bought? The ones that produce a “sonic boom” when they hit the golf ball? They can permanently damage your hearing!
After a golfer showed up in the hearing clinic at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the U.K., suffering from tinnitus and reduced hearing in one ear, doctors reported to him that his test results indicated that he had suffered from exposure to loud noises. What were those loud noises?
“Sonic booms,” several golfers called the sounds made by the new thin-faced titanium drivers that have been catching on in the golf world.
The University Hospital doctors went ahead and tested several clubs from different manufacturers, such as King Cobra, Callaway, Nike, and Mizuno. They recruited a professional golfer to hit shots with six different thin-faced titanium golf clubs and, indeed, the sounds made were loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage.
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Golf clubs go sonic boom
PostedbyChris BenjamininStrangeonJan 7th, 2009 | 0 commentsEven John Daly, with his abundant golf fashion sense, can swing a club fast enough to pop eardrums
Those new golf clubs you bought? The ones that produce a “sonic boom” when they hit the golf ball? They can permanently damage your hearing!
After a golfer showed up in the hearing clinic at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the U.K., suffering from tinnitus and reduced hearing in one ear, doctors reported to him that his test results indicated that he had suffered from exposure to loud noises. What were those loud noises?
“Sonic booms,” several golfers called the sounds made by the new thin-faced titanium drivers that have been catching on in the golf world.
The University Hospital doctors went ahead and tested several clubs from different manufacturers, such as King Cobra, Callaway, Nike, and Mizuno. They recruited a professional golfer to hit shots with six different thin-faced titanium golf clubs and, indeed, the sounds made were loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage.
See the full article at Inventor Spot
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