List five strategies for protecting your ears and preventing hearing loss. Provide examples of how you can implement these strategies

Answer 1

Here are six ways to protect your ears and prevent hearing loss:
• If you live or work in a noisy area, wear hearing protectors to prevent exposure to blasts of very loud noise. Don't think cotton or facial tissue stuck in your ears can protect you; foam or soft plastic earplugs are more effective. Wear them when operating lawn mowers, weed trimmers, or power tools.
• Give your ears some quiet time. Rather than turn up the volume on your personal music player to blot out noise, look for truly quiet environments, such as the library, where you can rest your ears and focus your mind.
• Soundproof your home by using draperies, carpets, and bulky furniture. Put rubber mats under washing machines, blenders, and other noisy appliances. Seal cracks around windows and doors.
• Beware of large doses of aspirin. Researchers have found that 8 aspirin tablets a day can aggravate the damage caused by loud noise; 12 a day can cause ringing in the ears (tinnitus).
• Don't drink in noisy environments. Alcohol intensifies the impact of noise and increases the risk of lifelong hearing damage.
• When you hear a sudden loud noise, press your fingers against your ears. Limit your exposure to loud noise. Several brief periods of noise seem to be less damaging than one long exposure.