Ear Care to Prevent Hearing Loss

The ears are the most visible part of the human hearing system. Taking care of your ears is important in many ways. Ear care includes avoiding unnecessary noise and watching for possible hearing loss. You should call your healthcare provider if you are worried about any of these issues.

Why does Ear Care matter to prevent hearing loss?

Hearing loss may occur in several different ways. Conductive hearing loss occurs when there are problems with your outer or middle ear; sensorineural hearing loss occurs when there is damage caused to the sensory cells of the inner ear or if you’re exposed to loud sounds for an extended period. Mixed hearing loss, which can occur in different parts of your ear, is a combination of the two. Hearing loss leads to several health-related issues down the line. Dementia and depression have been linked to untreated hearing loss, so be sure to have your ears checked regularly. After all, you are not only improving your hearing by caring for your ears, you are improving your overall health.

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How to Prevent Hearing Loss

Prevention and early diagnosis are the best ways to care for your hearing health. Here are easy things you can do to help prevent hearing loss.

Keep the Volume Down
Young people all seem to be walking around with earbuds or headphones attached to their music players or smartphones, phablets and tablets to watch movies or play games. They also tend to use earbuds or clip-ons to talk on the phone. Trying to keep the volume down will lower the risk of hearing becoming damaged over time.

Use Earplugs around Loud Noises
This is a must if you work in a noisy environment, use noisy equipment, or go to noisy places such as concerts and loud bars. If you have to raise your voice to talk to someone else nearby, it can be considered a noisy environment with dangerous levels of sound.
There are disposable and reusable earplugs, often made out of wax or other flexible, moldable substances. You can also go to an ear, nose and throat – ENT specialist (an otolaryngologist) or hearing center to have a pair custom-fitted for your ears.

Give Your Ears a Break
Don’t listen to music every waking moment of the day. Try to relax without the media switched on.

Don’t Use Cotton Buds Too Often
They can damage the ear if you poke them in too far, or pack in the earwax you are trying to remove and muffle your hearing or harm your eardrum.

Keep Your Ears Dry
This will help avoid muffled sounds, fungus, and swimmer’s ear, where water can go deeper into the ear and cause infection or damage. Use a corner of your towel to dry your ear, but don’t poke it in the ear canal.

Stress Less
Stress has been linked to ringing in the ears (known as tinnitus), which can become permanent.

Avoid Drinking and Smoking
The record shows that Alcohol and smoking have adverse effects on the ear. Drinking and smoking cause swelling in your blood vessels and increase your inner ear’s blood flow, creating a ringing sound in your ear. Avoid these substances or cut down on consumption as the effect can be devastating.

Work Out More
Exercise is good for your hearing provided you are not doing it with the music blasting. Aerobics pumps health-giving oxygen to all parts of the body.

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Get your Hearing Tested

If you face a listening problem, get a hearing test as soon as possible, or you can permanently lose it. The earlier you detect, the more something can be done. Consider having a regular check-up if there is a chance of noise-induced hearing loss, such as working in noisy environments or in the music industry.

At Shruti Hearing Loss Clinics, our highly skilled staff of physicians and care providers is dedicated to your care. We offer many services, treating everything from routine ear infections to complex head and neck surgery with the most sophisticated, state-of-the art treatments available today.