Healthy Tips to Care for Your Hearing

It is important to look after our ears and hearing from an early age. Practise these tips and hear well, for life

• Avoid frequent or sustained exposure to loud noises – learn to recognize potentially dangerous noise levels whether it is at your home, the workplace, in a concert and other settings. Be mindful of your hearing at live concerts and shows
• Turn down the music – it is simple: too much noise will damage your hearing, even if you are wearing headphones
• Protect your hearing at work – for people working in noisy environment, always wear protective head phones
• Be careful with ototoxic drugs and chemicals – ototoxic drugs and chemicals are those which have the potential to damage your hearing.
• Protect yourself from diseases which can lead to hearing loss – avoid illnesses and diseases which can lead to hearing loss, such measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough, meningitis and syphilis.