Is there anything I can do to avoid losing my hearing ability?
Protect your hearing from excessive noise
The best thing you can do to protect your hearing is to reduce your exposure to unnecessarily loud sounds. Hearing loss caused by environmental noise pollution is known as noise-induced hearing loss or acquired hearing loss and is considered the second most important cause of hearing loss besides aging. While many people take precautions when frequenting a shooting range, most of us regularly do not understand that even ordinary loud sounds can cause irreversible damage – for example, machine shops, dance clubs, rock shows, and even traffic in the road with cars honking , they can all have dangerously high sound levels. You have to be very careful and preferably use ear plugs or ear protectors. While listening to music at home, it is advisable to keep the volume low.
Solid lifestyle, solid hearing
A simple cue to determine if a person is heading toward hearing loss is if you ask them to repeat or raise their voice.
Sound becomes noise when it damages our auditory frame. Many sounds in nature are noise with our advanced society and from time to time we are bombarded by noise of many kinds. In addition, our ears have not evolved to protect the impacts of noise in a viable way.
These sounds end up being risky when the loudness in decibels (dB) exceeds 85 dB, the level that our ears can deal with:
– Below 85 dB, there is little danger of hearing damage. This is usually the volume of a vacuum cleaner or someone who snores, for example.
– Above 85 dB, the noise ends up hurting, and the higher it goes, the more damage it causes. Sounds in a nightclub often reach almost 100 dB.
Why does it make a difference?
Exposure to loud sounds can cause permanent hearing trauma, hearing fatigue, tinnitus, or even ruptured eardrum.
In addition to protecting your ears from harmful sounds, you can also adopt other good habits that also lead to general well-being in addition to protecting your ears. For example, heavy drinking can damage the part of the brain that is in charge of hearing, while at the same time smoking can also seriously damage the delicate hearing organs of the inner ear by limiting the blood supply to these delicate cells.
In addition, a healthy and healthy lifestyle prevents numerous health conditions, other lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and hypertension can also have a negative effect on your ability to listen.
Treat your hearing as you treat the rest of your body
You visit the dentist twice a year and have your eyes checked at regular intervals, but when was the last time you tested your hearing? Hearing loss is not like a toothache or poor eyesight, hearing loss comes on very slowly and it is usually the other person who notices it and not the affected person. The affected person feels that the speaker is speaking in a low voice. However, an untreated hearing loss can have serious and far-reaching effects on our personal, social, and physical well-being.
As is consistent with checks of the rest of your body, make sure your hearing is also tested at regular intervals. The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association suggests that adults should be screened for hearing loss once every decade consistently through age 50 and at three-year intervals thereafter. If hearing loss is detected, make an appointment with a hearing care professional immediately. They can confirm whether your impairment in hearing is temporary and can be restored through medical treatment or the onset of permanent loss. Don’t be ashamed of your hearing loss, 1 in 3 people over the age of 60 suffer from hearing loss.