{"id":6837,"date":"2019-05-27T20:50:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T20:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/?p=6837"},"modified":"2021-04-08T15:13:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T15:13:24","slug":"14-prevention-tips-for-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/14-prevention-tips-for-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Prevention Tips for Hearing Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hearing loss affects thousands of people every single year all over the world, and the majority of people who lose their hearing will lose it over a gradual period of time throughout their lives instead of all at once \u2013 and most cases of hearing loss are caused by things that could have been prevented if they had been diagnosed and treated early enough and before serious damage could be caused to the hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to save your hearing and prevent hearing loss, there are a few crucial things you should be doing: Crucial, but not major, such as making regular appointments with your doctor to assess your health, ensuring that you turn down the volume on loud music and taking generally good care of your hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saving your hearing isn\u2019t a big deal, but eventually <\/span>losing<\/span><\/i> your hearing is: Act while you can.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 8 prevention tips for preventing hearing loss.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Regular Appointments for Your Health<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An apple a day doesn\u2019t help to keep the doctor away \u2013 and if you want to take proper care of your health, there\u2019s no reason why you should be keeping the doctor away at all. Regular appointments with the right experts are crucial to keeping your health in good condition, even if you think that your health is fine at the time. Once every six months is a good rule-of-thumb, though more regularly is needed should you require specialist treatment or monitoring of specific health conditions?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember to give your doctor a complete list of detailed symptoms, even if you think they\u2019re unrelated to one another. This is a great help with diagnosis<\/a>, and it can be one of the most important things you ever do to save your hearing and your health.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most health conditions that cause hearing loss can be diagnosed and treated early: See your experts regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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2. Down the Volume<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A great deal of hearing loss cases is caused by volume damage. When the volume of what the ears have to deal with gets too high, this can cause permanent hearing loss, and often comes with associated symptoms such as nausea and tinnitus<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes these injuries occur in a work (usually industrial) setting where people are subjected to very large amounts of noise \u2013 sometimes with protection for the hearing, though oftentimes without. It can happen to people who work on construction sites, people who work in kitchens and anyone who works in a loud environment that\u2019s too much for your ears to handle \u2013 and yes, musicians and bar staff are on this list, too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Save your hearing and prevent hearing loss by turning the volume down where you can, or wearing the proper necessary hearing guards when you can\u2019t. See your doctor if you experience any pain or discomfort.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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3. Treating Emergencies<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hearing emergencies account for a large deal of hearing loss cases every year, and many of these emergencies can lead to partial or complete hearing loss \u2013 but often could have been treated sooner or avoided completely and not have caused the hearing loss in the first place. When it comes to avoiding emergencies, take good care of your hearing health and avoid anything that might cause obvious injury <\/a>(such as digging with a cotton bud, scratching the ears with a needle or listening to music at a very high volume).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergencies related to your hearing (and your general health!) should be treated as soon as possible, especially if you want to reduce the risk of hearing damage or loss that you might experience as a result. Some emergencies might be bad enough to warrant the emergency room, others might just require an appointment with your doctor: Sooner always rather than later.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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4. Wearing Hearing Guards<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Industrial hearing damage<\/a> happens in work environments where the ears are subjected to a large amount of noise, often over a long period of time. Examples of this include noisy kitchens, construction sites, factories, clubs, and bars, although there are thousands more that fit the description \u2013 even people who work or live near a shooting range can be subject to hearing damage when subjected to it over a long period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the environments where you can be subjected to potential hearing damage or loss will require the wearing of hearing guards or special foam ear-plugs which \u201cclose up\u201d when decibel levels become dangerous. Wear them, always \u2013 and if the environment you\u2019re in doesn\u2019t require them by law (such as a club), wear them anyway when the rules don\u2019t require it. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could very well be what saves your hearing in the long run, and it\u2019s never too late.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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5. Proper Ear-Cleaning<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The ears and ear canal do an amazing job of keeping debris and dust away from the inner-ear canal, but it\u2019s true that this isn\u2019t always the case. Many people experience a build-up of ear wax that later leads to temporary deafness <\/a>and can lead to ear infections or permanent hearing damage over time, and it\u2019s usually easy enough to treat with proper and regular ear cleaning. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clean your ears regularly, and be sure to do so after a bath or shower when wax deposits are more likely to have softened up: Never dig in your ears with anything, it can only be more dangerous to your health \u2013 and this is more true if you scratch or poke anything inside your ear deeper than you should.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If hardened wax becomes a regular issue, make an appointment with your doctor: Sometimes a proper cleaning by a specialist is needed to fix the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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6. Avoid Bad Quality Ear Buds<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Earbuds are one of those personal hygiene <\/a>products that everyone needs somewhere in their house and nobody really talks about much, but there\u2019s a lot more to be said about earbuds than people might generally think \u2013 and there\u2019s a good reason why you shouldn\u2019t just buy your earbuds as an afterthought.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s tempting to pick the first and cheapest off the shelf. Don\u2019t: Put a little bit more thought into what you\u2019re buying, and make sure that you\u2019re buying high-quality products that pass the necessary quality and safety tests.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t, then you\u2019re risking exposure to chemicals, and the potential of causing hearing damage due to ear infections or lost cotton ends in your ear. Some cheaper buds on the market are even made of wood \u2013 and contain splinters. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buying better quality products could eventually help to save your hearing. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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7. Check Into Family History<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the most common things that can act as an early warning sign of deafness is one of the things people most often forget about \u2013 and it could have saved a lot of time and effort in diagnosis and treatment if people know what their risks factors are when it comes to their health years or even decades ahead of time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family history can tell you a lot when it comes to different diseases and health conditions that have a genetic <\/a>element, and simple genetic testing (or sometimes a closer look at your family history and their health) can tell you which conditions you are at risk of developing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deafness is no different, and if you have any history of deafness or hearing loss in your family, it\u2019s a good idea to make an appointment with your doctor and have the potential condition looked at. Remember to mention the family history that you know of during your appointment together with any experienced symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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8. Watch Related Conditions<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are many related health conditions out there that aren\u2019t directly related to the ears or ear canal, but which can still lead to deafness or hearing loss later on in life. If you have any of these related conditions or you experience any of the symptoms mentioned on this list, make an appointment with your doctor sooner rather than later so that the cause can be diagnosed and treated \u2013 and you can save your hearing ahead of time before any serious damage occurs. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related conditions can include high blood pressure <\/a>(which might trigger symptoms like tinnitus) and diabetes (which can eventually have deafness and hearing loss as symptoms that are associated with it). Of course, there are more, and you should see your doctor even if you think your health is fine.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conditions like these should be monitored with regular doctor\u2019s appointments and the right changes to your health in order to ensure a lifestyle as healthy as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n

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