Best ear protection for concerts and festivals 2024
Q: how do you like your music?
If the answer is ‘the louder the better’, you may be doing untold damage to your ears. Sorry to be a party pooper.
Our hearing holes are some of the body's most sensitive parts, with the inner ear made up of ultra-sensitive canals that can be irreversibly damaged if exposed to super-loud music for prolonged or frequent periods. So whether you like to turn the volume right up on your earbuds or love dancing in front of the speakers at gigs, you could be landing your ears in very hot water.
One major consequence is noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Once the damage has been done, it can’t be medically or surgically rectified, so prevention is essential.
What decibel is damaging to the adult human ear? And for kids?
According to the , anything over
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