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Noise

Noise is all around you, from televisions and radios to lawn mowers and washing machines. Normally, you hear these sounds at safe levels that don't affect hearing. But sounds that are too loud or loud sounds over a long time are harmful. They can damage sensitive structures of the inner ear and cause noise-induced hearing loss.

More than 30 million Americans are exposed to hazardous sound levels on a regular basis. Hazardous sound levels are louder than 80 decibels. That's not as loud as traffic on a busy street. Listening to loud music, especially on headphones, is a common cause of noise-induced hearing loss. You can protect your hearing by:

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  1. Noise (National Library of Medicine)  
    Noise is all around you, from televisions and radios to lawn mowers and washing machines. Normally, you ... sensitive structures of the inner ear and cause noise-induced hearing loss. More than 30 million Americans ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/noise.html - Health Topics
  2. Occupational hearing loss 
    ... loss is damage to the inner ear from noise or vibrations due to certain types of jobs. ... Over time, repeated exposure to loud noise or music can cause hearing loss. Sounds above 80 decibels (dB, a measurement of the loudness or strength of sound vibration) may ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001048.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Tinnitus 
    Tinnitus is the medical term for "hearing" noises in your ears. It occurs when there is no outside source of the sounds. Tinnitus is often called "ringing in the ears." It ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003043.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Hearing loss and music 
    ... damage it. Over time, repeated exposure to loud noise and music can cause hearing loss. ... or silicone earplugs, available at drugstores, help reduce noise. They will muffle sounds and voices but may ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000495.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Sensorineural deafness 
    ... You have problems hearing when there is background noise. Associated symptoms may include: Feeling of being off- ... measles Injury of the ear or head Loud noises or sounds, or loud sounds that last for ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003291.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Hearing Disorders and Deafness (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... Trauma Certain medicines Long-term exposure to loud noise Aging There are two main types of hearing ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/hearingdisordersanddeafness.html - Health Topics
  7. Noise Pollution (Environmental Protection Agency)  
    ... links to Clean Air Act section that covers Noise Pollution in title IV, and information about EPA's ...
    https://www.epa.gov/.../clean-air-act-title-iv-noise-pollution - External Health Links
  8. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)  
    Noise/Start Here ... Noise ... Hearing Disorders and Deafness/Specifics ... Hearing Disorders and Deafness ... National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
    https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/noise-induced-hearing-loss - External Health Links
  9. Noise Complaints: Taking On Tinnitus From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Noise Complaints
    https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2022/05/noise-complaints - External Health Links
  10. Hearing: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Noise/Start Here ... Noise ... American Academy of Family Physicians
    https://familydoctor.org/.../noise-induced-hearing-loss/?adfree=true - External Health Links
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