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Old 01-31-2012, 11:08 PM   #1
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You should ask your doctor before taking the risk with your child's hearing. There is no fool proof way to protect children at drag races. There are studies that have shown large noise spikes can cause permanent hearing loss and in some cases brain damage in children. About ten years ago, I noticed young couples at national events with their infants and was appalled to see that some of them had no hearing protection. I'm sure these people were trying to be good parents but they were not using common sense. I finally decided to research the issue and found that loud noise can cause permanent damage to infants and young children. Now, I'm sure thousands of babbies have attended races with their parents and hopefully with no adverse effects but why take the chance? I sent Tom Compton several return receipt latters asking him to do the right thing and post signs at national events about the potential of harming young, developing ears at drag races. No surprise - he refused to respond. We are all drag racers and we belong to one big fractious family. Compton is not part of our family! Protect your child by calling your pediatrician first. Sorry for the length of this post.
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Old 02-01-2012, 12:22 AM   #2
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One of the worst things I've ever seen as far as clueless parenting is concerned, happened years ago at Seattle, when I saw a young mom pushing her child in a stroller, up through the staging lanes, when the call went out to everyone to move up. The cars all fired up, and the noise, the fumes, smoke, etc were totally over the top for that baby stuck down by the exhausts and noise! I wasn't even a parent yet myself, but I remember yelling at her to get her baby out of there! It was so stupid. A few years later, I made sure each of my boys were at least 5 before going to a national event, and that was with some very good fitting ear muffs and we didn't go near the fuel cars in the pits.
Every family has their own circumstances, just use common sense and carry them in noisy areas and save the strollers for areas away from the cars. My 2 cents.
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Old 02-01-2012, 12:32 AM   #3
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Talking Re: Baby hearing protection

I have a pediatrician friend who says not to use any device that is inserted into the babies ears! Shooters type ear muffs work fine and are recommended.

Bruce........ I think all of us here have that dain bramage you were referring to! Jim


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Old 02-01-2012, 02:24 AM   #4
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I'm with Bruce on this one.
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Old 02-01-2012, 06:48 AM   #5
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ED, call me.............
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Old 02-01-2012, 11:08 AM   #6
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Shooting type ear protection works great. They also come in kids sizes. Both my kids were at the track from 6 weeks on and learned to wear ear protection. NEVER use anything inserted in the ear.
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Old 02-01-2012, 11:14 AM   #7
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When my kids were young they had ear muffs.
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