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| Slides: A Playground Menace | 8 / 6 / 2006 |
| For most kids, the static electricity that builds up as they go down playground slides does little more than make their hair stand on end. But for thousands of hearing-impaired children, static can shut down their cochlear implants in an instant.
One idea is to coat the slides with an antistatic material. For the time being, however, children with cochlear implants should stay away from plastic playground slides. (Metal slides don't pose a great risk -- at least one playground designed for the disabled has installed them to protect implant-wearing kids -- but they get hotter in the summer.) |
| Editors Note: American article with worldwide relevance |
| Read the full article on Wired |
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