Everyday sounds in our environment, such as those from our phones, televisions, radios, household appliances, and traffic, are normally at safe levels that don’t damage our hearing. But sounds can be harmful when they are too loud, even for a brief time, or when they are both loud and long-lasting. These sounds can damage sensitive structures in...

How to take care of your ears and hearing? Sometimes we take our hearing for granted but as the recent Oscar nominated film, The Sound of Metal, showed us, our hearing can be an important part of our lives. We protect all parts of our body from using sunscreen to wearing sunglasses, but we rarely utilize ways to protect our ears. The ears are t...