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Playing golf can 'damage hearing'(thin-faced titanium drivers)
BBC ^
| 01/05/09
Posted on 01/06/2009 7:01:37 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Playing golf can 'damage hearing'
Modern clubs make more noise hitting the ball
Keen golfers are being warned by doctors that they could be risking their hearing for their sport.
Players who use a new generation of thin-faced titanium drivers to propel the ball further should consider wearing ear plugs, experts advise.
Ear specialists suspect the "sonic boom" the metal club head makes when it strikes the ball damaged the hearing of a 55-year-old golfer they treated.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: gold; golf; hearlingloss; titaniumdriver
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To: ShadowAce; neverdem
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:02:12 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
You don’t think all those morons yelling “FORE!” have anything to do with it?
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:02:55 AM PST
by
sono
(Popcorn futures reach all time high!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:03:08 AM PST
by
WellyP
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:03:20 AM PST
by
polymuser
(Bye, bye Miss American Pie.)
To: polymuser
You have to hit the ball? No worries then.
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:03:53 AM PST
by
Patrick1
(conform and celebrate diversityÂ….or else!!!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Sonic Boom????
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:04:22 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(Patriotism is strongest when accompanied by bad politics, loyal FRiends and great whiskey)
To: Eric Blair 2084
No
For You!
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:04:31 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Keen golfers are being warned by doctors that they could be risking their hearing for their sport. Doctors beig warned by Keen Golfers that they're about to get a titanium driver "in the hole".
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:05:43 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
To: TigerLikesRooster
To: TigerLikesRooster
Lawyers lining up as we speak!
To: George from New England
When do the congressional hearings on this crisis start?
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:17:09 AM PST
by
Jumpmaster
(America's epitaph: We were politically correct!)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
Golf Ping.
In my case, my hearing isn't being damaged by the 'ping' sound the driver makes, it's being damaged by the very loud "Oh S*IT" I yell and the uproarious laughter made by my buddies that comes immediately after the 'ping.'.
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:20:05 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
To: sono
Or the 15 beers at the 19 hole, then falling down onto the floor and hitting ones head on the corner of the bar when they stand back up.... No that never happened to me... What did you hear?
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:23:25 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(Get up Tom Brady, get up! PLEASE!!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:26:36 AM PST
by
Steamburg
( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
To: sono
I don’t know what muni goat track you’re playing at but we have plenty of 10-15 handicaps or better who can hit the ball straight and don’t yell once in an entire round.
To: TigerLikesRooster
In the link it is stated that one club registered 130db but failed to state at what point the measurement was taken; if the meter was the same distance from the impact as the golfer’s ear that is significant; if taken near the impact it could be as small as 35db.
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:42:53 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
A world wide warning based on a single case?
What has happened to medicine? DId the doctor lobby to get their name associated with this condition = you know like Jumbblatt Disease.....
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posted on
01/06/2009 8:18:48 AM PST
by
ASOC
(This space could be employed, if I could only get a bailout...)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/06/2009 1:47:01 PM PST
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: Yo-Yo; onedoug; cincinnati65; PISANO; IonImplantGuru; Rummyfan; Aussie Dasher; 4woodenboats; ...
THANKS FOR THE PING, YO-YO!! I HAVE TO SHOUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE SONIC BOOMS!!
There are only 34 Rules Of Golf.
Email me if you want on the Golf Ping List.
Visit PGA.com, an excellent site.
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