Toys That Could Damage A Child’s Hearing

Toys That Could Damage A Child’s Hearing

Children have sensitive ears that need to be protected especially at such a young age. Toys with loud and high pitch sounds can be detrimental to a child’s hearing and cause permanent hearing damage. If sounds from a toy hurt your own ears, than the toy is probably too loud for a child. Be careful of any toy with a loud horn, siren, talking doll, cap guns, walkie talkies, musical instruments, and toys with cranks.

Below are a list of toys tested and the decibel levels for each.  Keep in mind that anything with a noise level of above 85 decibels can cause hearing damage with extended and unprotected exposure of the sound.  The lower number is 12 inches from the speaker and the higher number is the decibel level at the speaker.

Road Rippers Lightning Rods	68/108
Tonka Mighty Motorized Fire Engine	69/100
Marvel Super Shield Captain America	69/98
I Am T-Pain Microphone	64/101
Whac-A-Mole game	69/95
Sesame Street Let’s Rock Elmo	74/95
Tapz electronic reflex game	65/95
VTech Magical Learning Wand	60/94
Green Lantern Colossal Cannon	67/92
Toy Story Buzz Lightyear Cosmic Blaster	60/93