With stun grenades being used to quell protests in Kashmir, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Friday revealed that these devices have the potential to deafen people permanently.
President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that stun grenades can cause permanent loss of hearing.
Stun grenades originally developed as military weapons are used as crowd control agents in Kashmir.
“They create a loud explosion and produce an intensely loud sound of greater than 170 decibels,” Dr Nisar said adding “sounds greater than 85 decibels can cause permanent hearing loss.”
The sudden and powerful sound of this device can rupture the ear drum and damage the cochlea (auditory portion of the inner ear) and can leave a person permanently deaf, he said.