It’s like sunscreen for your ears
So I know some friends who LOVE to go out to see cover bands. Or they love to go out to a bar with a DJ. Just lots of drunk dancing. Everything in moderation is ok. Actually dancing is supposedly super healthy for you... although adding alcohol to the mix might take away that effect a little bit.
Anywho... I mention that when I go out somewhere to a bar I'll wear ear plugs. I say it's like sunscreen but for your ears!
See... here's the thing... hmm... isn't that how that song clothes off starts? Well keep your clothes on for this blog post I'm not talking about that song clothes off... I'm talking about another kind of protection... protecting something that can't be replaced!
When people go out to bars generally they are exposed to loud music. This is why I mostly go to bars at happy hour time... or I go to taverns or things like that. It's just more relaxing and I can actually enjoy my time there. Even karaoke when I do that I wear ear plugs... even though that's usually at a lower volume.
But yes see any noise exposure above 85 decibles is damaging your hearing. Guess what a lawn mower is? 100 decibels! So make sure to wear ear plugs when you are out mowing the lawn! Well unless you are using a push mower. Those are much quieter.
Now... guess what a DJ at a bar or a cover band, or live band is? 120 decibels of noise!!!!
Now it won't show up right away.... but eventually... little by little the hearing loss compounds. It can add up fast after a while. And once it's gone... it's never coming back.
So I get called nerdy or dorky or weird a LOT when I go out to bars or DJ's or even to do karaoke.... but I bring and wear ear plugs. So I think that just like it's totally socially acceptable to wear sunscreen... we should start making it socially acceptable to wear ear plugs!
Although I guess we could always just turn the sound down a little bit... but then people would actually be able to hear each other talk... and isn't the whole point of a club or bar with loud noise or music to keep the peeps dancing and not talking? Haha.. less talky... more dancey!
But anywho so now ya know! If I walk into a place and I've got weird things sticking out of my ears... they aren't space age mind reading contraptions...
they are just protection for my hearing! Sunscreen... for my ears. I think I may have blogged about this before. But I think it's a super important topic! So if I did... it's worth posting about again.
Here's some info about noise related hearing loss:
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/faq/
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