In 2014, the theme for the International Ear Care Day was, “Ear Care Can Avoid Hearing Loss.”

However, the 2015 Theme for the International Ear Care Day is, “Make Listening Safe.” At LimitEar, we are constantly working on both. Right now, we are hoping to create a solution that makes hearing for children safer.

Noise-induced hearing loss is a big problem in modern society. It happens more frequently than most people realise. The amount of noise that many of us get exposed to on daily basis – and often voluntarily – is well above the recommended daily levels. The use of earphones and headphones are particularly major contributors.

Promoting Protection for Ears

At LimitEar, that’s what we are constantly trying to do. Hearing care is not a glamorous issue, and therefore it is not very well publicized. Most people, when they think about hearing loss, think about the elderly or people born with hearing defects but no one thinks about the fact that we – as a society – are constantly putting our hearing at risk by our own actions.

We continue to champion these issues, and we want to do our best to ensure that all hearing loss that can be prevented is prevented.

We hope you will join us, by spreading the word.

Today’s kids, even starting as young as toddlers, spend a lot of time with electronic devices. I have seen toddlers wearing earphones in planes and railway station because their parents need to keep them entertained without disturbing others. In schools, multimedia resources are becoming a norm. Kids have phones and tablets, and it’s their main method of listening to music on the go. With such consistent usage of earphones and headphones, today’s children are increasingly at risk of hearing damage.

Most people are unaware of just how much irreversible damage regular use of earphones/headphones can cause.

We are hoping to stop this damage by creating headphones that protect children’s hearing, and your views, as parents, will help us immeasurably. Please fill out this quick survey to enable us to create a better solution to prevent hearing damage in children.

Find out more about hearing protection for you and your children or get in touch with our team today.

Who protects your ears?

With the disintegration of the television business in recent years, the days where you were employed by one employer for many years, being looked after carefully are long gone. Nowadays, you could find yourself working with 20 or 30 companies in any year. So, who’s really looking after you?

Your hearing is critical to your ability to make a living. If you are negligent and lose or damage your hearing, how will you make a living then?

Professional Hearing protection

No more excuses, your hearing is critical to your ability to make a living. If you are negligent and lose or damage your hearing, how will you make a living then?

We provide the technology that doesn’t affect sound quality and automatically manages your exposure to sound over time allowing you to get on with earning a living without the risk of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). HDM®Pro monitors the time, level and the density of the sound you are exposed to, to regulate and optimise your exposure.

Don’t wait until it’s too late. Take responsibility for your hearing now.

Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that “1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of developing hearing loss” because of excessive use of earphones/headphones. The prolonged exposure, as well as high volumes, are causing damage without people even realising. Just look around you when you are on a public transport or walking down the street – how many people are wearing earphones?

Every day, I see people on the tube wearing earphones – where the noise of the underground train is already so loud, that the only way they can listen to music is by cranking up the volume to unsafe levels. And yet, most people are doing it, for their entire commute, listening well above recommended safe levels and harming their hearing.

Creating Ear Protection for Everybody

We are in the process of creating a solution that could help prevent hearing damage for children and teenagers, and to that end, we created this survey. If you could take a few moments to fill it out, it will help us create better solutions and hopefully protect children.

Hearing loss is not a glamorous issue. It is usually just relegated to the realm of the aged, but in our modern society, where most of us are constantly plugged into one gadget or another, it is becoming a wider spread problem than ever before.

But what about you?

How often do you use earphones? How loud do you keep the volume? Are you aware that prolonged exposure or high-volume exposure may be causing damage to your hearing?

Exposing yourself to too much noise could be damaging to your health. Make sure you’re protecting yourself by taking all of the necessary precautions you can take when listening to music, going to concerts or at work where you are exposed to high volumes of noise.

Find out more about NIHL and how to prevent hearing loss now.

Why are we Exposing Ourselves to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss?

With our modern life so full of gadgets, most of us are plugged into some form of sound or another on a regular basis. Whether it’s watching TV with surround sound system, or listening to music through headphones, we’re constantly exposed to noises in greater frequency and volume than ever before.

Just recently the WHO (the World Health Organisation) wrote that 1.1. A billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of developing hearing loss because of excessive use of earphones which causes hearing loss caused by loud music.

The Daily Mail article further argues that ‘hearing loss has implications beyond not being able to hear properly. Studies show that it affects psychological well- being and is linked to a greater risk of depression and isolation, with younger people the worst affected.’

What is a safe volume for headphones?

The maximum safe level is 80 decibels (dB), but most personal audio devices, including MP3 players and phones, can turn up the volume to more than 100 dB.

Most people are not even aware of this potential risk which makes this a bigger problem. We are so used to our technological conveniences, so used to taking our ears for granted, that we don’t think about what damage we may be causing.

How to Protect Your Ears

Using devices such as HDM® can prevent you from exposing yourself to dangerous levels of sound, causing you to develop noise-induced hearing loss. The inbuilt volume controls to protect your hearing, and the warning messages give you information when you are exceeding recommended safety levels. HearAngel® app tracks noise levels to protect your hearing and that of your children. With so many potential dangers to our hearing, particularly to the sensitive ears of young children, it is essential to not only spread awareness but to start taking steps to protect your hearing.