William Gagnon, vice president of marketing for Excel Dryer Inc., said hand dryers such as the Xlerator XL-BW are no louder than other everyday noises. (Excel Dryer, Inc. - Excel Dryer Inc.) William ...

ON SOUTH SUNSET IN OLATHE. WASHING YOUR HANDS FOR 20S KEEPS THE GERMS AWAY. BUT WHEN YOU GO TO DRY THEM IN SOME PLACES, ARE YOU INVITING ANOTHER HEALTH HAZARD? KMBC NINES DONNA PITMAN IS WORKING TO ...

When Nora Keegan would visit a restroom and use a hand dryer, she often thought it sounded too loud. Sometimes she’d notice other children stuffing their fingers in their ears to quiet the roar of the ...

By Daniel Johnson 18 July 2013 • 7:33am Academics said the high speed dryers can force hearing aid users to turn off their devices in public toilets, cause discomfort to elderly dementia sufferers, ...

If you are reading this, then you probably suspect what the answer may be. Sadly, your suspicions would seem to be correct - it would seem that yes, the relatively new "super-fast" hand dryers can ...

They’re the greatest thing to happen to public washrooms since those automatic toilet seat covering contraptions, but now Dyson’s engineers have managed to find a way to make its Airblade hand dryers ...

A Canadian eighth-grader’s science experiment raises questions about whether hand dryers, like the ones found in public restrooms around the world, can damage the hearing of young children. The study, ...

CALGARY—When Nora Keegan first started researching the noise levels of hand dryers in public washrooms after hearing kids complain the sound hurt their ears, it was part of a project for a local ...

"Super fast" hand dryers may reduce people's time spent in a public toilet but for some the devices are causing "unwelcome stress", researchers said. The "ultra rapid" cold air hand dryers can have ...

While frequent and thorough handwashing has become a mantra in the public health arena, the job is never finished until the drying stage. Some public restrooms offer single-use paper towels, while ...