{"id":1560,"date":"2025-01-19T19:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T19:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2025-01-19T19:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T19:48:51","slug":"protect-your-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/?p=1560","title":{"rendered":"Protect your ears!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TURN DOWN THAT MUSIC!\u00a0 Anyone remember their parents saying that?\u00a0 They had a point.<\/p>\n

Your ears are beautifully and wonderfully made.\u00a0 Your outer ear, where you hang your earring, \u00a0is designed to capture sound waves and direct them down your ear canal to the \u00a0middle and inner ear. \u00a0 Ears are truly \u00a0God’s artistry on display.<\/p>\n

Hearing is such a blessing …….most of the time! \u00a0Whether it is the sweet voice of a toddler to the majesty of a symphony to the jokes of your favorite comedian, hearing (and therefore your ears) is something you want to protect.<\/p>\n

BUT HOW?<\/p>\n

Here are a few simple rules to follow.<\/p>\n

1-START EARLY! \u00a0 It may be too late for some of us to do that but we can help guide our children and grands. \u00a0For instance, It is felt that even the infant sleep machines can be harmful to young ears. \u00a0They are useful, of course, but it is best to place them as far away from the baby as possible and keep then \u00a0at a low volume<\/p>\n

2-Avoid LOUD noises. \u00a0Not just people yelling at you. \u00a0 This includes loud concerts, loud sporting events, fireworks. \u00a0It is a good idea to keep a pair of ear plugs in your car or purse (if you use one) because sometimes you end up someplace noisy without planning on it….. or you just forget to bring them.<\/p>\n

3-AVOID INGESTING PRODUCTS THAT HARM YOUR EARS. \u00a0Of course this is not always possible, since even some frequently used antibiotics can do some damage. \u00a0If you already have decreased hearing you may want to think about this.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 If you are listening to a podcast or music on headphones, keep the volume low enough \u00a0that you can hear someone speaking to you<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 AVOID USING Q TIPS – they can cause perforation in your tympanic membrane if you go too far<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Finally, take a breaks from noise altogether.<\/p>\n

SILENCE REALLY CAN BE GOLDEN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TURN DOWN THAT MUSIC!\u00a0 Anyone remember their parents saying that?\u00a0 They had a point. Your ears are beautifully and wonderfully made.\u00a0 Your outer ear, where you hang your earring, \u00a0is designed to capture sound waves and direct them down your ear canal to the \u00a0middle and inner ear. \u00a0 Ears are truly \u00a0God’s artistry on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5WySj-pa","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1560"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1570,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}