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Healthy Hearing Habits
Donna R DeMarco, AAS, CDP, BC-HIS
There is strong evidence from public health that forming good habits early in life makes a difference as we age. Such as nutrition and physical activity that early exposure to healthy habit matters and can have lifelong impact. The same applies to hearing. We need to begin teaching safe listening practices early in life.
Top Sources of Unsafe Listening for young people
Music venues
Personal listening devices
Video gaming and esports
Firearms
Toys
Motor sports
Firecrackers
Power tools / heavy machinery
Home or care stereo
Lawnmowers
White noise machines
Team sports
Virtual reality headset
Loud outdoor parties
Source: The World Health Organizations (WHO)
This is just to name a few. A good rule of thumb is if you must raise your voice over the sound it’s too loud.
Once you lose your hearing, it’s gone! There’s nothing you can do to reverse the symptoms of hearing loss, there’s plenty you can do to prevent them.
Wear earplugs in loud noise
Turn down the volume – When listening with earbuds protect your ears with the 60/60 principle. Only listen, up to 60% of the device’s maximum volume for no more than 60 minutes at a time.
Invest in New Headphones – Earbuds are dangerous, as they sit directly next to the eardrum. Headphones can cause damage as well, since they tend to be low-fidelity, requiring you to crank up the volume to hear well. Consider purchasing noise-cancelling headphones, which will allow you to listen at a lower volume with greater clarity.
If your ears bled from unsafe listening, we would all be protecting our listening environment better. Noise risk has been misunderstood so long that our modern world has normalized unsafe listening for all ages. We need to do better by teaching our young people to protect their hearing and make safe hearing the norm.
Call Accurate Hearing today for a FREE hearing test 907-644-6004. We are here to help.
Donna R DeMarco, AAS, CDP, BC-HIS
Tinnitus Care Provider Holding a Certificate from the International Hearing Society
