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For questions or appointments, call:
269.343.2601
Or toll-free or TTY: 877.343.2601
Fax:
269.343.9257
E-mail:
info@cbrown.org
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Prevention Through Protection
Protect your ears. Turn down the sound!
What can you do to help prevent your hearing loss?
- Wear earplugs when using loud tools, household
equipment, farm and lawn machinery, and when participating in noisy
recreational activities.
- Pay attention to the sounds around you and turn down the
volume whenever possible.
- Avoid or limit time spent in noisy sports events, rock
concerts and night clubs.
- Pick up a pair of free earplugs (donated by 3M)
at either of our offices during regular business hours.
- Learn how loud is too loud. Noise Is All Around Us
posters, available at CBHC for a $2.00 donation, demonstrate how even
common household items such as hair dryers can cause damage to hearing
with prolonged exposure.
- Encourage your friends and family to protect their
hearing.
Free Earplugs - thanks to 3M Inc., Moldex-Metric, and Howard
Leight
Protect your hearing – pick up a free pair of foam earplugs at
either one of our two office locations during business hours. Earplugs
donated by Howard Leight, 3M Inc. and Moldex-Metric.
Hearing Conservation Program for students
Age appropriate education program on hearing conservation for 3 different
age levels: grades 1-5, grades 6-8, and grades 9-12. Each program is
presented in a multimedia format by a certified educational audiologist. Call
Jim Steenbergen at 269.343.2601 to schedule a presentation.
In today's society, we are bombarded by noise- vacuum cleaners, city
traffic, machinery, electronic games, and aircraft noise are just a few
examples of the daily assault to our ears.
Noise-induced hearing loss, though preventable, is permanent.
There is a great need, and opportunity, for prevention as there is no other
such program in the state and Michigan has the seventh largest
hearing-impaired population in the United States.
The intensity of a sound is measured in decibels (dB). In general, the louder
the sound, the less time it takes for hearing loss to occur. Prolonged
exposure to noise above 85dB will harm hearing.
The ultimate goal of generating public awareness about hearing loss
prevention is to reduce the prevalence of noise- induced hearing loss among
children and adults.
Our founders knew in 1942, as we do today, that it is worth the effort to
spare every person possible the debilitating consequences of hearing loss
(including communication difficulties, isolation, frustration, depression, or
tinnitus). Notwithstanding are the financial savings to society when someone
is a fully functioning member of the community without the limiting effects
of hearing loss.
Useful Resources
Noise Poster
Safe Sound Levels for Music Devices
Sound and Hearing - Apple iPod
Hearing
Education & Awareness for Rockers (H.E.A.R.)
CDC - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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