TURN DOWN THE

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Our ears are worth our time.

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Headphones

are the major cause of hearing loss.

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Do you own a pair like this?

These are what you could have…like me!

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“a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave…”

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We all have sound on-the-go

“In 2013, the company sold 33.8 million iPhones”

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Decibels

Our lives

consist of

noise

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“An MP3 player at

maximum volume:

105 decibels”

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This is where your volume should be…

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Change is in our hands

Decibels

versus

Damage

“He had a good 50-55 dB of noise-induced hearing loss at 28 years

old.”

Rule of

Thumb

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NIHL

Dial

Down

The

VOLUME