What Is The 60-60 Rule?

Hearing loss can come naturally with age, but there’s a lot you can do to protect your ears throughout life. The 60-60 rule is for safer listening that can help protect your child’s hearing.

The idea behind the 60-60 rule is to only turn your music to 60 percent of its total volume level and listen to it for no more than 60 minutes per day. Noise-canceling headphones can be safer than earbuds because they reduce exterior sounds that may cause you to turn up the volume past safe levels. Read our blog on How Noise Canceling headphones May Help Prevent Hearing Loss.

Children should also have hearing screenings during their pediatrician checkups throughout their childhoods. If hearing problems are detected, the child will need an audiology evaluation with a trained audiologist like one of our doctors at Hearing Health Associates! 

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