Comparison of the thresholds of body sensation of profoundly deaf subjects and those of normal hearing, when exposed to intense low frequency noise, showed similar trends. Since the deaf subjects were judged to have normal balance mechanisms, it was concluded that the semicircular canals are not sensitive to low frequency noise at its normal levels in the environment.
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