| We live our daily lives without knowing, or fully aware | | | | loud traffic can and will have an effect on a person's |
| of the harms and dangers that surround us. Now this | | | | hearing eventually. |
| doesn't mean that you have to go into total | | | | There has been a substantial incline in ear related |
| confinement to limit yourself from any dangers. The | | | | noises recently. Having these noises in your ears of |
| dangers that I am talking about, are the ones that are | | | | brain can almost be linked to a condition called tinnitus. |
| directly related to the causes of ringing in the ears. This | | | | Millions of people suffer from this, and some have such |
| is and has been an ongoing battle for many of people | | | | a chronic case of it, that they limit themselves to any |
| men and women alike. | | | | activity that is in conjunction with noise. Now honestly, |
| As we age, or as I like to say, gracefully grow older, | | | | everything does involve some sort of noise. Do you |
| we realize we cannot physically perform as we once | | | | see the severity of this now? The slightest noise could |
| used to when we were young. Not only physically we | | | | be most damaging to a sufferer of a severe case of |
| start to lose our abilities, but our senses diminish also. | | | | tinnitus. |
| Time takes its toll on our sense of hearing. This is a | | | | Here are a few examples of what the decibels for |
| common factor, and to be expected as we age. But | | | | certain sounds are in the city. Sometimes the affects |
| as always there are certain precautions that we can | | | | of these sounds might not affect you by how loud |
| take to slow down this process. | | | | they are, but by how long they are heard. |
| The point that I am trying to make is simple. We do | | | | A few examples are: |
| lose certain abilities as we age. But what approach | | | | An average residence, or your normal office |
| can we take to limit this. Your choice of home could | | | | environment 50db |
| be a factor in your hearing disabilities. The causes of | | | | Conversation 60db |
| ringing in ears can be directly linked to the everyday | | | | Normal street noise that is heard 70db |
| sounds that you hear in the city. Listening to the | | | | Hearing loss usually starts at 90 decibels. |
| constant vibrating, hammering, squealing, banging and | | | | |