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Are You Protecting Your Child's Hearing Properly?

5.2 million 6-19 year old have hearing Here is a list of sounds and the decibels
loss directly related to noise exposure*. to give you an idea:
Don't let your child be part of this ·0 The softest sound a person can hear
unfortunate group. with normal hearing aka "hearing
PEACE & QUIET threshold"
"Offer your child peace and quiet," says ·10 normal breathing
the Noise Center. "Noise poses a serious ·20 whispering at 5 feet, broadcasting
threat to children's hearing, health, studio, rustling leaves
learning and behavior." (And I can't ·30 soft whisper, library
think of an adult who functions well in a ·50 rainfall, light traffic, average
noisy environment either.) "Peace" and home
"quiet" usually go together because ·60 normal conversation, air
without "quiet" there can be no "peace." conditioning unit
Aside from turning down the TV and ·80 alarm clock
stereo, lowering your voice, and ·85 noisy restaurant
providing the opportunity for quiet time ·90 city traffic
in both their work and leisure, take a ·110-120 rock concert, speedboat,
look at the toys you allow your children headphones on maximum
to play with. ·110 shouting in ear, baby crying, many
Fortunately my children didn't suffer power tools
hearing loss from the obnoxiously loud ·120 thunder, jet takeoff at 200'
toys they played with, but I must admit I ·130-140 firecracker, gunshot, powerful
told them to quit for my sake, not car speakers
theirs, and I was always standing a good ·180 rocket launching
bit father away from their toy than they According to the Noise Center, musical
were. One father I know immediately toys measure over 110 decibels,
disarms any noise-making function on a comparable to many power tools.
toy his child receives, and this may not TEENS
be a bad idea. With your teenagers, pay special
And because they're young doesn't work in attention. So many of the things they
this case. You might assume, for love are not advisable:
instance, that your teenager can take Clubs and discos, 91 - 96 dBA +
that 85 decibels (dB) music because he's Dance floor, 85 - 100 dBA
a teenager, but that isn't the case. At the bar, 90 dBA or more
Children's ear canals are shorter than Personal stereo systems. 60 - 114 dBA
adults, and therefore more vulnerable to Rock concerts, 100 dBA or more average
damage in this way. Car stereos, up to 154 dBA in the car!!
A study conducted by the Henry Ford Home stereo, 80 - 115 dBA
Health System found that many current If you take your kids hunting or to the
toys, including tape recorders, bike shooting range, take the hearing
horns, cap guns, and toy telephones, are protectors along. Firearms are all high
not safe for your child's hearing. Of the and a single exposure can cause permanent
25 they tested, more than half of them hearing loss. Examples, 12-guage shotgun,
made sounds higher than 115 dBs. 150-165 dB, shotgun, 163-172 dB, rifle,
According to The National Institute for 143-170 dB. Most firearms start at 100 dB
Occupational Safety and Health, at 110 and can go as high as 190 Db.
dB, the maximum undamaging exposure time You may also assign your older child or
is one minute and 29 seconds. teenage chores involving power tools
NOTE: In researching this article I found which require supervision for safety,
a variety of decibels, as well as length including hearing safety.
of exposure before damage and also read Also note than a firecracker can cause
studies saying that individuals varied in immediate damage.
their tolerance for noises. The data is RECREATION
not consistent, but will give you a Two other things children and teens like
range. Should you be wondering what should be monitored. Noise levels at
protection to take when, ask your video arcades can exceed 100 decibels
personal healthcare professional for (similar to factory machinery), and
medical advice. computer games and stereo systems can go
PERMANENT INSTANT DAMAGE as high as 135 dB (the level of a
The ear is more unforgiving than you may jackhammer), with car stereos reaching up
know. A loud enough noise can cause to 154 dB, and an action movie is
instant, permanent damage, some noises generally beyond 90 dB.
can cause damage if heard long enough, No one knows exactly what level damages a
and there is also cumulative effect over child's ears, but the Noise Center's Rule
time. Prevention is crucial because of Thumb is: IF YOU HAVE TO SHOUT TO BE
noise-induced hearing loss can't be HEARD THREE FEET AWAY, THE NOISE IS TOO
corrected, and hearing aids don't do much LOUD AND IS DAMAGING TO YOUR HEARING.
good. Don't let your child become a statistic.
Sound is vibration and has three According to Dangerous Decibels,
properties: intensity, frequency and approximately 30 million Americans have
duration. "Intensity" is what is measured hearing loss, and 50 million have
in decibels (dBs). A measure called dBA tinnitus, an early indicator. According
indicates damage to hearing. The higher to a study done by Montgomery and
the dBA number, the greater the risk of Fujukawa in 1992, "Over the last 10
damage to hearing. This is because years, the percentage of 2nd graders with
intensity translates to pressure on the hearing loss has increased 2.8 times;
eardrum. hearing loss in 8th graders has increased
What sound has what dBs? There is a long over 4 times."
list of dBs (which they equate with dBAs) Check with your child's pediatrician for
on the League for the Hard of Hearing specific information. This is not medical
website ( ), including various advice.
recreational and work situations. A noisy *According to the 3rd National Health and
squeeze toy rates an alarming 135dB from Nutrition Examination Survey [Niskar,
them. 2000]. Reported on DangerousDecibels.
"Noise levels above 85 dB will harm WHAT CAN YOU DO?
hearing over time," they caution, and 1.Educate yourself about noise levels
"noise levels above 140dB can cause 2.Provide your child with peace and quiet
damage to hearing after just one 3.Make it clear you value peace and quiet
exposure." 140dB is also the pain 4.Counteract that "loud is cool"
threshold; most of us hearing a sound at 5.Ask your local theater to lower decibel
this level will feel it as well. All levels
values are approximate. 6.Provide ear protection
According to , harm can occur with 103 7.Model good hearing protection
dBs after 7.5 minutes, 106 dBs after less 8.Include instruction the same way you do
than 4 minutes, 109 dBs after less than 2 when you tell them brushing their teeth
minutes, and 115 dBs after around 30 twice a day prevents tooth decay
seconds. 9.




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