Popping balloons can lead to permanent hearing loss. (Reprentational Image) Toronto: If you thought bursting balloons at a birthday party is plain fun, think again! Researchers have found that popping ...

Toronto, Jan 31 (PTI) Popping balloons – a common birthday party favour – can be louder than shotgun blasts and may lead to permanent hearing loss, a new study has warned. Scientists at University of ...

If you thought bursting balloons at a birthday party is plain fun, think again! Researchers have found that popping balloons can be louder than shotgun blasts -- and can lead to permanent hearing loss ...

Bill Hodgetts doesn't want to be a party-pooper. The Edmonton audiologist and father of two young girls says he often wondered if there was something more dangerous than disdainful about noisy ...

CAB's "Pop the Balloon!" event encouraged students to bond over similar interests and laugh through the chaos with balloons and music.

Balloons? Good. Giant balloons? Even better! But balloons popping, especially right near us? Bad. So very, very bad. Strangely enough, however, it turns out that popping balloons inside balloons that ...