{"id":2441,"date":"2022-01-07T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T18:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2023-11-15T09:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:31:07","slug":"can-holiday-toys-damage-a-childs-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/can-holiday-toys-damage-a-childs-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Holiday Toys Damage a Child\u2019s Hearing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There\u2019s nothing more exciting than watching your child or grandchild open the present from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardnervillage.com\/storybook-nook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Storybook Nook<\/a> they\u2019ve been begging for for months. However, the same toy could compromise your child\u2019s hearing. Knowing what types of toys can cause this type of hearing damage and how to enjoy them safely is key to <a href=\"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/?p=286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">preserving your child\u2019s hearing health<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Loud Is Too Loud?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/child-toys-pediatric-hearing-test.jpg\" alt=\"A child playing with toy cars\" class=\"wp-image-2442\" style=\"width:278px;height:184px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/child-toys-pediatric-hearing-test.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/child-toys-pediatric-hearing-test-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/child-toys-pediatric-hearing-test-256x171.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Assuming your child is going to play with their toy all day \u2013 or more than eight hours \u2013 the loudest it should be is 85 dB. This is about the volume of passing highway traffic or a busy caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Loudest Toys of 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sightandhearing.org\/Portals\/19\/Noisy%20Toys%20List%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sight &amp; Hearing Association<\/a>\u2019s list of the loudest toys of 2021 and their decibel outputs at 0 inches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Disney Moana Squeeze and Scream HeiHei: 109.7 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DJ Mix &amp; Spin Studio: 107.8 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outdoor Discovery\u2122 Hoot n\u2019 Holler Animal Caller: 104.5 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4-in-1 Ultimate Learning Bot: 103.6 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baby Einstein\u2122 Neptune\u2019s Friends Play-a-Sound\u00ae Book: 102.6 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Light &amp; Sound Garbage Truck: 99.5 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peppa Pig\u2122 Learn &amp; Discover Book: 98.4 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laugh &amp; Learn\u00ae On-the-Glow\u2122 Coffee Cup: 96.0 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dino\u2019s Delightful Day Book\u2122: 94.5 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rock &amp; Bop Music Player\u2122: 94.3 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scout My Peek-a-Boo LapPup: 92.7 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bright Beats\u2122 Juniors BeatBo\u2122: 91.4 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paw Patrol\u2122 Rescue Mission Dashboard: 91.1 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crawl Along Musical Unicorn: 89.6 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cocomelon Musical Yellow School Bus: 89.2 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peek-a-Roo\u2122 Panda-Roo and Baby\u2122: 89.1 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fun Sounds Hammer: 88.4 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Learner\u2122 Roll \u2018n Glow Robot: 86.6 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peanuts Snoopy Goes to Space Book and Flashlight Set: 86.0 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>furReal Snackin\u2019 Sam the Bronto: 84.7 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Learner\u2122 My First Little Bot: 84.6 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pets Alive Poppy the Booty Shakin\u2019 Pug!: 84.5 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PJ Masks Time to Be a Hero Learning Tablet: 82.8 dB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disney\u2019s Raya and the Last Dragon Baby Tuk Tuk Toy: 78.4 dB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What If My Child\u2019s Toy Is on This List?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child has a loud toy, that doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t play with it anymore; it just means you need to take some safety precautions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One option is to simply remove the batteries. If the toy lights up or the noise is a key part of playtime, there are other options, like ensuring your child holds the toy at least 10 in from their ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could also put a piece of tape over the speaker. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0165587615004656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> found that placing packing tape over the speaker of popular toys reduced the sound pressure level from an average of 103.9 dB to 87.9 dB. For more information or to schedule an appointment <a href=\"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/?p=282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with a hearing expert<\/a>, call South Valley Ear, Nose &amp; Throat today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s nothing more exciting than watching your child or grandchild open the present from Storybook Nook they\u2019ve been begging for for months. However, the same toy could compromise your child\u2019s hearing. Knowing what types of toys can cause this type of hearing damage and how to enjoy them safely is key to preserving your child\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions\/2568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}