Make Listening Safe
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The official Twitter feed of The Make Listening Safe Campaign an initiative of The World Health Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined August 2021
RT @DrDaliaTsimpida: Listen Up! Rethinking #MentalHealth & #Hearing in the North šļø 12 March 2025 | š 1-4.30pm Millions with hearing lossā¦
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RT @WHOEMRO: 4ā£recommendations to protect your hearingš šµWear earplugs to reduce noise šµUse carefully-fitting or noise-canceling headphoneā¦
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#MakeListeningSafe An mp3 player at only 70% of its maximum volume can go as loud as 85 decibels, which is more than loud enough to cause damage with prolonged use.
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#MakeListeningSafe We want to ... Highlight the causes of avoidable hearing loss. Help you choose safer options to prevent avoidable hearing loss. Encourage legislation to make sure safer options are freely available to everyone.Ā
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#MakeListeningSafe We use headphones more and more in our daily lives, but if left unchecked, increased usage could have irreversible effects on our ears.
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#MakeListeningSafe Damage to hearing is caused by a combination of how long you listen, how loud you listen, and the intensity of what you're listening to.
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#MakeListeningSafe If you were to use your smartphone at work with headphones at full volume the Noise at Work regulations would allow you to listen for only 15 to 20 minutes in any 24-hour period.
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#MakeListeningSafe We want to ... Highlight the causes of avoidable hearing loss. Help you choose safer options to prevent avoidable hearing loss. Encourage legislation to make sure safer options are freely available to everyone.Ā
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#MakeListeningSafe It's recommended that we limit our headphone use to no more than 60 minutes per day at 60% of the maximum volume.
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Headphone use is pretty much ubiquitous, and we tend not to take our headphones off. We tend to listen to music or podcasts a bit more loudly than we should, and we donāt take enough breaks. #MakeListeningSafe
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#MakeListeningSafe An mp3 player at only 70% of its maximum volume can go as loud as 85 decibels, which is more than loud enough to cause damage with prolonged use.
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#MakeListeningSafe We use headphones more and more in our daily lives, but if left unchecked, increased usage could have irreversible effects on our ears.
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Don't be mugs look after your lugs
Data from more than 1,000 people aged 16 to 35 collated between June and October 2023, found that just 40% had no sign of hearing loss, with the remainder undetermined. #MakeListeningSafe
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#MakeListeningSafe It's recommended that we limit our headphone use to no more than 60 minutes per day at 60% of the maximum volume.
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#MakeListeningSafe We want to ... Highlight the causes of avoidable hearing loss. Help you choose safer options to prevent avoidable hearing loss. Encourage legislation to make sure safer options are freely available to everyone.Ā
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Data from more than 1,000 people aged 16 to 35 collated between June and October 2023, found that just 40% had no sign of hearing loss, with the remainder undetermined. #MakeListeningSafe
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#MakeListeningSafe 10 million young people in the UK are at risk of hearing loss from listening to loud music and gaming.
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Several studies have linked hearing loss with neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimerās disease. Experts at the University of Oxford said it could be the biggest single risk factor for dementia. #MakeListeningSafe
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#MakeListeningSafe If you were to use your smartphone at work with headphones at full volume the Noise at Work regulations would allow you to listen for only 15 to 20 minutes in any 24-hour period.
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