{"id":1876,"date":"2020-10-26T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amalgamatedbenefits.com\/amalgamated-life\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2024-06-30T13:15:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T17:15:44","slug":"listen-up-its-national-protect-your-hearing-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amalgamatedbenefits.com\/amalgamated-life\/listen-up-its-national-protect-your-hearing-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear, Protect, Act: National Hearing Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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October is National Protect Your Hearing Month <\/em>and a great time to remind everyone not to take your hearing for granted.  Did you know that that noise-induced hearing loss can develop at any age? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that of 40 million Americans between 20 and 60 years of age approximately 25% of U.S. adults who report having good-to-excellent hearing have some hearing damage in one or both ears. Even children are at risk of losing their hearing if healthy hearing habits are not taught by parents and teachers. Knowing common hearing hazards is good place to start.<\/p>\n

Hearing Hazards Are All Around Us<\/h2>\n

You might not know this, but many of us face noisy environments \u2013 defined as those where people must shout to be heard \u2013 on a fairly regular basis. That places you at a risk of hearing loss.  Watching television or listening to music at high volumes also poses a risk especially if you are listening through earbuds or headphones. Exposure to long or repeated periods of time to sounds at or above 85 A-weighted decibels (dBA) places you at risk of hearing loss. Here are the dBAs associated with common experiences from noisiest\/highest threat to lowest threat of hearing loss:<\/p>\n