"Hand dryers are actually really, really loud, and especially at children's heights since they're close to where the air comes out," says Nora, noting that children's ears are more sensitive.
She visited more than 40 public washrooms.
She used a professional decibel meter to measure sound levels of hand dryers from various heights and distances.
"My loudest measurement was 121 decibels," she says. "And this is not good because Health Canada doesn't allow toys for children to be sold over 100 decibels, as they know that they can damage children's hearing."
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