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ABP LIVE Doc Talk | How Loud Is Too Loud? WHO’s Safe Listening Limits You Need To Know


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Key
poi ts
ge e ated
by
AI,
ve ified
by
ews oom

  • Loud
    e te tai me t
    activities
    e da ge
    ove
    a
    billio
    youth’s
    hea i g.
  • Excessive
    oise
    damages
    i e
    ea
    cells,
    causi g
    pe ma e t
    impai me t.
  • WHO
    advises
    limiti g
    sou d
    exposu e
    a d
    usi g
    ea plugs.
  • Co sult
    ENT
    fo
    pe siste t
    ti itus
    o
    muffled
    hea i g.

Fo
today& squo;s
adults,
liste i g
to
loud
oises
has
become
i teg al
to
thei
e te tai me t
activities,
a gi g
f om
co ce ts
a d
ightlife
to
i te sive
wo kout
classes,
video
games,
a d
pe so al
music
devices.
Although
it
seems
that
liste i g
f om
time
to
time
does
othi g
bad,
f eque t
liste i g
leads
to
hea i g
impai me t
ove
time
without
a y
p oblematic
sig s
at
its
begi i g.
Acco di g
to
WHO,
mo e
tha
1
billio
you g
people
aged
12-35
yea s
a e
likely
to
have
hea i g
p oblems
due
to
u safe
e te tai me t.The
effect
of
loud
sou d
o
hea i g.

How
Ca
You g
People
Avoid
Hea i g
Loss?

The
i e
ea
co tai s
a
huge
amou t
of
hai
cells
specialized
i
t a sfe i g
sou d
vib atio s
to
the
b ai .
These
hai
cells
will
die
because
of
excessive
oise
exposu e.
The
big
disadva tage
is
that,
u like
othe
cells
of
ou
o ga ism,
i e
ea
cells
ca & squo;t
ege e ate.Va ious
activities
cause
powe ful
sou d
waves.
At
the
same
time,
eve y
wo kout
equi es
music
playi g.
This
goes
fo
video
games
as
well
si ce
the e
is
a
eed
to
do
headpho es
fo
a
co side able
time.
The
ea liest
symptom
of
the
p oblem
comes
i
the
fo m
of
buzzi g
o
i gi g
i
the
ea s.
Though
it
may
ot
last
fo
lo g,
it
does
ot
mea
o e
should
dis ega d
this
phe ome o .

As
pe
o e
of
the
mo e
widesp ead
misco ceptio s,
the
te m
‘safe
Hz
level& squo;
se ves
as
a
efe e ce
poi t
fo
hea i g
p otectio .
Although
He tz
(Hz)
de otes
f eque cy
as
i
the
case
of
decibels
(dB/dBA),
whe
viewed
i
the
co text
of
hea i g
p otectio ,
we
must
evaluate
loud ess
as
a
impo ta t
facto ,
a d
time.
As
pe
the
WHO,
the
maximum
sou d
level
is
80
dB
fo
a
maximum
du atio
of
40
hou s.

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At
the
sou d
level
of
90
dB,
the
pe so
ca
o ly
bea
sou d
fo
4
hou s,
a d
at
100
dB
fo
20
mi utes.
Thus,
loude
sou ds
allow
less
time
fo
exposu e.
NIOSH
(Natio al
I stitute
fo
Occupatio al
Safety
a d
Health)
states
that
85
dBA
ove
8
hou s
is
the
poi t
of
oise
i ju y
fo
employees.

To
keep
hea i g
safe
agai st
oise,
o e
should
k ow
how
to
deal
with
oise,
that
is,
the
dB
levels,
time
of
exposu e,
a d
f eque cy
of
exposu e.
The efo e,
whe
at
clubs
o
co ce ts,
people
should
make
su e
to
sit
fa
f om
speake s,
take
a
b eak
fo
at
least
five
mi utes
i
a
quiet
zo e,
a d
buy
good
ea plugs.& bsp;

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O al
Health
Matte s
Du i g
Ca ce
T eatme t
A d
Hospitalisatio

I
the
gym,
it
is
bette
ot
to
sit
too
close
to
the
speake s,
a d
also
the
volume
of
the
headpho es
should
be
kept
safe.
Acco di g
to
the
WHO,
the
oise
p oduced
by
pe so al
devices
must
ot
exceed
60
dB,
a d
while
liste i g
to
music,
the
loud ess
of
the
sou d
should
ot
exceed
80
dB.

Whe
Should
O e
See
A
ENT
Specialist?

If
a
pe so
suffe s
f om
ti itus
that
ecu s,
has
muffled
hea i g,
is
havi g
difficulty
followi g
a y
co ve satio s,
o
is
expe ie ci g
se sitivity
to
sou ds,
the
the
pe so
should
visit
a
ENT
docto .
The
issue
of
oise-i duced
hea i g
loss
ca
be
ve y
difficult
to
t eat
due
to
the
fact
that
the
pe so
has
al eady
suffe ed
damage.
Afte
the
check-up,
the
docto
ca
ecomme d
audiological
ehabilitatio
a d
follow-up
of
hea i g
situatio s.

You g
people
do
ot
eed
to
stop
goi g
to
co ce ts
a d
playi g
games
as
lo g
as
they
tu
dow
the
sou d,
do
ot
expose
thei
ea s
to
loud
sou ds
fo
too
lo g,
take
b eaks
f om
loud
sou ds,
a d
wea
ea
p otectio .


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i fo matio
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i
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a ticle
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sha ed
by
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a d
is
i te ded
fo
ge e al
i fo matio al
pu poses
o ly.
It
is
ot
a
substitute
fo
p ofessio al
medical
advice,
diag osis,
o
t eatme t.
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seek
the
advice
of
you
physicia
o
othe
qualified
healthca e
p ovide
with
a y
questio s
you
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