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Have you ever thought about protecting your ears before? No? Then you're not alone. It’s easy to forget that everyday noises can impact your hearing. In this section you can find out more about the impact of noise and how you can protect your hearing.

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Why should I protect my hearing?

Think about it – your eyelids can close in a fraction of second, but your ears have no way to protect themselves. There’s no way to deliberately shut off your hearing – your ears are always ready to pick up sounds, including loud ones. This means that with regular or one-off loud noises, your hearing can suffer.

What impacts can loud noises have?

You might be surprised by the sounds that can have a long-term effect on your hearing! Loud music at concerts, noise from DIY work at home, traffic noise… these can quickly impact your hearing. In fact, noise-related hearing loss affects more and more people than ever.

Persistent noise doesn’t just affect your ears. Every loud noise puts your body into a state of alert, which makes your heart beat faster, increases your blood pressure and makes your breathing rapid. Some long-term effects might even be concentration problems, sleep problems, high blood pressure and even heart conditions.

But the good news is that with the right hearing protection, you can prevent this!

Do I need hearing protection?

Each person is affected by noise differently, and the volume at which noise becomes a problem varies for everyone. Street noise, engine noise, or even a gig or concert where the sound is over 80 decibels (dB) can be trouble.

How can I protect my hearing?

There are some simple things you can do to help make sure your hearing is protected.

What types of hearing protection are there?

There are a few different types of hearing protection for different situations. Some of the different categories are outlined below:

Types of hearing protection

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