Festival Safety Pt. 1 - Hearing Safety

As someone who goes to a lot of loud live events, hearing protection is an important thing to consider. While hearing loss with age is natural, hearing loss (even temporary) from one night out is definitely not! As a generation, we are being unkind to our ears; using headphones at high volume levels and spending long periods of time in loud environments are both major ways in which we will see greater hearing loss in shorter times than the generations before us.

This doesn’t mean that we should limit the number of events we attend (because how could we?), but it does mean that investing in certain protection devices is worthwhile. Let’s talk about some hearing loss facts, and how you can combat it!

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