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We Have Concerns

Crash Ear

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

Pop, Society & Culture, Culture, Games, Gadgets, News, Internet, Comedy, Science

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Crash safety technology has come a long way in the past decade or so, with cars that now sense an impending crash and can prepare the driver for impact or even attempt to avoid a collision entirely. Current Mercedes cars even go so far as to provide your ears with an extra layer of audio protection. It’s called “pink noise” and it’s designed to keep your hearing intact after being bombarded by the extremely loud sounds typically associated with a vehicle crash. Jeff and Anthony wonder what this show is doing to their listeners' hearing.

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0:30.1

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0:33.9

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I hear you. This is my own concerns.

0:37.9

Hi Jeff, can I have the decarboning? Hello concerned citizens.

0:41.7

I'd say about a story. This is actually a little, a little older than stories we normally do,

0:46.7

but I didn't hear about it and I think it's fascinating and I'd love to bring it up.

0:51.2

Car accidents. Of course, we know they are dangerous and damaging and you can get all kinds of messed

0:57.7

up from it, but one thing I did not consider in the car accident. Was the sexual fetish part of

1:03.1

it like that movie? No, I definitely consider it like not Oscar winning Crash, but the other crash.

1:07.3

As a as an Edward Furlong junkie, I definitely have considered that. I mean, I'm as a cronenberg head.

1:15.0

Yes. I was thinking like car crashes, is they a turn on? Yes. Maybe.

1:21.9

According to movie. No, myriad ways you can get injured in a car accident, but one that I never

1:28.4

considered is hearing loss. Oh yeah. Car crashes very loud. In fact, there are some studies that

1:36.0

say they are about 160 decibels. So 150 decibels for anybody who's wondering is a jet taking off

1:46.8

25 meters away from you? 140 decibels is an aircraft carrier deck, just like the sound of an aircraft

1:54.7

carrier. And then 130 is like a military jet takeoff from an aircraft carrier with the afterburner

2:02.2

on, but something that kind of brings it down to an understandable level. A thunder clap or a

2:10.1

chainsaw or an oxygen torch are around 120. And if you are in a rain storm with a being chased

2:19.1

by two mast killers, one with an oxygen torch and one with a chainsaw. And then like the one is

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