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It’s a noisy planet! Many sounds are safe, but others can damage your hearing. This damage is called noise-induced hearing loss, or NIHL for short.

A bookmark that presents the decibel levels of various electronic devices, vehicles, machinery, and conversations, and discusses ways to protect your hearing.

Un marcador de libros que presenta los niveles de decibelios de varios aparatos electrónicos, vehículos, maquinaria y conversaciones, e indica formas de proteger la audición.

Noisy Planet’s Teacher Toolkit will help you teach preteens about the causes and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. It provides easy-to-use resources and step-by-step instructions for fun activities.

Whether you’re a teacher, community leader, or health professional, your regular interactions with kids provide you with unique opportunities to help shape their healthy hearing habits for life.

Did you know that listening to personal music players for too many hours a day, at too high a volume, can damage your hearing? This damage adds up over time, and it’s permanent.

Keep hearing the sounds you love! Earplugs and earmuffs help protect your hearing from harmful noises. You’ll still be able to hear the sounds you love, but your hearing will be protected from damaging noise.

Would you agree that it’s a Noisy Planet? You hear loud noises at school, home, concerts, sporting events, and just about anywhere else.

Some people may think a farm is a quiet place, but if you live or work on one, you know that isn’t always the case.