HERE’S SOMETHING YOU KNOW

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.)
• Description:
  Noise is all around us —
  
  at school, at home, and everywhere in between.
  
  But what about this?
  
  Being around too much loud noise can make you lose your hearing. And once it’s gone, you can’t get it back.
  
  • 5 in 10 young people listen to their music or other audio too loudly
  
  • 4 in 10 young people are around dangerously loud noises during events like concerts and sports games
  
  • 48 million people in the U.S. have trouble hearing with one (or both) of their ears
  
  READY FOR THE GOOD NEWS?
  
  You can protect your hearing —
  
  and still do all the stuff you love!
  
  • Turn down the volume on your headphones
  
  • Try to stay away from loud noises
  
  • Use earplugs or noise-canceling headphones when you’re around loud noises
  
  Visit www.cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss/ to learn more.
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  Hearing_Loss_Prevention_Poster-P.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Ear Protective Devices Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:433f6062c9c0d70532c62f0fb319b4760fc6f43af6be912e8906cac70b34a2c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59439/cdc_59439_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.67 MB ]