{"id":1871,"date":"2019-09-16T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.fm1.dev\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2022-06-08T09:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:25:04","slug":"prevent-hearing-loss-and-tinnitus-with-hearing-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/prevent-hearing-loss-and-tinnitus-with-hearing-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Hearing Loss and Tinnitus with Hearing Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Your hearing is one of your most important senses, helping you to perceive the world and even keep you safe.\u00a0Protecting it is essential\u00a0if you want to avoid hearing loss and other problems such as tinnitus. Your hearing can be damaged more easily than you might think, and spending time around loud noises at work or spending your weekends attending loud concerts can lead to hearing damage and loss. Fortunately, there are many ways to protect your hearing, too, including using various types of hearing protection. Here’s how you can protect your hearing and\u00a0prevent hearing loss and tinnitus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ways to protect your hearing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are several ways to protect your ears and your hearing so that you can prevent hearing loss. One of the simple things that you can do is to simply turn down the volume whenever you’re listening to music, watching TV or doing anything else involving audio. This is especially important if you’re using headphones because the sound is so close to your ears. Another important thing to do is to protect your hearing when you’re exposed to very loud or prolonged noise. For example, if you work in a noisy factory, on a construction site or at loud entertainment events, you should protect your hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why use hearing protection?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hearing protection protects your hearing when it’s not just possible to turn the volume down. While you might have control over how loud your music is at home, the same can’t be said for when you attend a concert or festival. You can try to stand away from the speakers, but it’s still a good idea to protect your hearing. Hearing protection gives your eyes the extra protection that they need so that you have more control over how loud sound might affect you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who needs hearing protection?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hearing protection can be useful for many people. Firstly, anyone who has a job that involves loud and prolonged noises<\/a> should be provided with hearing protection from their employer. If you work around noisy machinery or with heavy equipment for many years, you could soon discover that your hearing is affected. People might benefit from using hearing protection in their spare time, too, especially when attending loud sporting or music events. Children’s ears are also especially important to protect. If you take your children to a festival or any other activity with a lot of noise, hearing protection will protect their ears and help to avoid any discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Types of hearing protection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are various types of hearing protection that can help you to avoid damage to your ears. These include earplugs and earmolds, monitors designed for musicians and earmuffs. Some earplugs are designed for different purposes, from hunting and shooting to swimming. For example, hunting earplugs have a filter that closes instantly when a sudden noise occurs. Earplugs for music allow people wearing them to hear accurately at certain levels with different filter options. As well as musicians and technicians, they can be useful for people in various other occupations, including dentists and flight attendants. Motorsport earplugs have a hollow canal to help reduce wind buffeting when worn under a helmet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other types of hearing protection can be useful too, including earmuffs. These cover the whole ear and can sometimes offer features such as clipping onto safety helmets. They can also be a good choice for younger children when earplugs aren’t a practical solution. There are also custom options for anyone who uses hearing protection often and wants a solution designed especially for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tinnitus symptoms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the problems that can occur if your hearing is damaged by noise exposure is tinnitus. Tinnitus is often linked to hearing loss and associated with hearing damage caused by noise exposure. It is characterized by sounds in the ear that can’t be heard externally and might include ringing, buzzing, whistling, humming, and a variety of other noises. Tinnitus sounds can be extremely irritating and can even lead to anxiety and depression for people who are particularly severely affected. Although there are ways to relieve tinnitus, the best thing to do is to try to avoid it. Protecting your hearing will help you to prevent tinnitus and hearing loss so that you don’t have to deal with either problem in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more about hearing protection when you get in touch with Sound Advice. Ask us about how our hearing protection products can help you when you call (818) 748-8613.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your hearing is one of your most important senses, helping you to perceive the world and even keep you safe.\u00a0Protecting it is essential\u00a0if you want to avoid hearing loss and other problems such as tinnitus. Your hearing can be damaged more easily than you might think, and spending time around loud noises at work or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hearing-loss","category-tinnitus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}