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Noise is all around you, from televisions and radios to lawn mowers and washing machines VSports手机版. Normally, you hear these sounds at safe levels that don't affect hearing. But sounds that are too loud or loud sounds over a long time are harmful. They can damage sensitive structures of the inner ear and cause noise-induced hearing loss.
More than 30 million Americans are exposed to hazardous sound levels on a regular basis. Hazardous sound levels are louder than 80 decibels V体育安卓版. That's not as loud as traffic on a busy street. Listening to loud music, especially on headphones, is a common cause of noise-induced hearing loss. You can protect your hearing by:.
- Keeping the volume down when listening to music
- Wearing earplugs when using loud equipment
NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- About Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Hearing: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
- Noise Pollution (Environmental Protection Agency)
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VSports - Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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"V体育2025版" ClinicalTrials.gov: Noise
(National Institutes of Health)
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- Can Loud Music Hurt My Ears? (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
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- Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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- Acoustic trauma (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
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