Tips to Preserve Your Child’s Hearing During the Holidays
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This webpage offers tips to protect children's hearing during the holidays. It warns about noise-induced hearing loss from loud toys, tech devices, and events. Tips include keeping device volume low, using noise-cancelling headphones, and checking toy sound levels before buying. It suggests using earplugs or earmuffs at noisy events and staying away from speakers. The Sight & Hearing Association provides a list of noisy toys to avoid. It emphasizes that while noise-induced hearing loss is preventable, it is irreversible once it occurs and can affect a child's development if not addressed early on with proper care and evaluation.
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