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Losing your hearing

Watch out! Loud noises can make you go deaf!

 

Very dangerous
These sounds can damage your hearing very quickly! Remember, if it hurts your ears, it is dangerous.

• Boom Cars
• Jet Engines (near you)
• Shotgun Firing
• Rock Concerts

Dangerous if it happens often
Other sounds would be dangerous if you were exposed to them regularly for more than one minute at a time.

• Jackhammer
• Power saw
• Loud stereo
• Symphony orchestra

Dangerous if it goes on too long
These loud sounds could damage your hearing if you were exposed to them for a whole day (8 hours).

• loud machinery
• lawn mower

So what?
It might be lots of fun sitting in a car with a loud stereo while you are young, but do you want to spend the rest of your life asking people what they said because you can't hear them any more?

Once you have damaged your hearing, you can't ever get it back. It is gone forever.

What difference would it make to your life if you couldn't hear any more?