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How Loud Is It?

Each sound has a decibel scale that helps you assess your hearing ability and health, from a pin falling down to a balloon popping, from a fire cracker to a rocket launch.While somebody who can't hear noises on the lower end of the decibel scale may experience hearing loss.

Somebody at the higher end of this scale who has been subjected to sounds may have experienced adverse damage to their ears. Scroll down to see where typical sounds fall on the decibel scale and schedule a hearing assessment with Michigan Avenue to check your hearing safety by assessing sound intensity at these varying levels of decibel.

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An Overview of Hearing Loss

With over 5% of the world's population experiencing hearing loss, it is more prevalent than most people know. The kinds of hearing loss are distinguished by what portion of the ear is damaged, including Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, Conductive Hearing Loss, Mixed Hearing Loss, and Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Hearing loss is triggered by a number of factors including complications of birth, genetics, chronic ear infections, excessive exposure to noise, kinds of medical circumstances, use of drugs, and age. Treatment choices include aids, cochlear implants, hearing aids, sign language, and surgery, depending on the type of hearing loss. Take time to investigate hearing loss so that you are informed about what it is and the therapy choices available.

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Protect Your Ears
This infographic designed by avXperten shows facts about hearing and how to prevent hearing impairment. The statistics and facts are gathered from Danish associations and other companies interested in preventing hearing impairment. We want to focus on how fragile the ear is and that it is important to be aware of how easily your ears are damaged. Your ears cannot recover from a hearing impairment, this means that you will be hurt for life if your ears are damaged.

Furthermore this infographic explains how the different parts of the ear are working and how they function. Half of the world population is estimated to have a larger or minor hearing loss. Specially headphones are causing a lot of hearing impairments.

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Hearing and Preventing Hearing Impairment
This infographic shows facts about hearing and how to prevent hearing impairment. The statistics and facts are gathered from Danish associations and other companies interested in preventing hearing impairment. We want to focus on how fragile the ear is and that it is important to be aware of how easily your ears are damaged. Your ears cannot recover from a hearing impairment, this means that you will be damaged for life if your ears are damaged.

Further more this infographic explains how the different parts of the ear are working and how they function. Half of the world population is estimated to have a larger or minor hearing loss. Specially headphones are causing a lot of hearing impairments.

Hearing and Preventing Hearing Impairment #Infographic

Fascinating Facts About Ears and Hearing
Our ears can do incredible things and are very important in our day to day life. As one of our most important organs, which are part of our main five senses, life would be much more difficult without them. Not only do they help us hear what is happening in the world around us, but they also make sure that we stay balanced, amongst a number of other things which you may not even realize. As an example, did you know that our ears contain liquid, which is why when you spin around for a long period of time you begin to feel dizzy? This is because the liquid can take a while to settle down, and inform your brain that you have in fact stop moving. Here are a selection of fascinating facts to show you just how impressive ears really are. Prepare to be amazed at what your ears are capable of!

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image: Food for Hearing #infographic
Which vitamins help prevent hearing loss? Here are the answers. Studies show possible links between nutrition and hearing loss by including the foods listed here in your daily diet, you are taking steps to improve not only your hearing but your general health too.

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Image: How to Prevent Hearing Loss #infographic
Hearing loss is a problem that affects as many as one in six adults. Often it is caused by repeated exposure to loud noises but sometimes there is no traceable root to the problem. Hearing loss can occur suddenly, but usually develops gradually with the onset of old age. General signs of hearing loss can include: difficulty hearing other people clearly and struggling to understand what they say, asking people to repeat instructions, and listening to music or watching television with the volume turned up abnormally high. Doctors and medical professionals offer plenty of guidance for those looking to avoid being affected by hearing loss.

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