Good hearing comes from safe use of the ear
March 3 this year is the 16th "love ear day" in China. The theme of this year's "ear day" is "safe use of ears, protection of hearing".

In recent years, tinnitus, a common ear disease symptom of middle-aged and elderly people, has increased in teenagers, and it has a trend of younger age. To trace the cause, most patients usually like to listen to mobile music for a long time, watch movies with tablet headphones, play games, or like to sing karaoke in singing halls. In addition, the sound of machines on the construction site, the noise of construction sites such as building decoration, and the noise of shopping malls and roads are also easy to damage people's inner ears.

The early symptoms of hearing impairment in adolescents are mainly "squeaking and buzzing" in one or both ears when they are quiet, and then the duration of tinnitus is prolonged and the sound is gradually increased. The root causes of the lesions were the damage and edema of inner ear hair cells caused by high-intensity noise, and the blood flow of local structure of cochlea was not smooth. Therefore, we should try to avoid staying in a noisy environment for a long time. When listening to music with headphones, we should let our ears rest every half an hour or so. We should strictly control the volume, preferably no more than 80 dB. On the other hand, tinnitus is also related to children's learning pressure, long-term sitting posture and cervical stiffness.

In addition to the external environmental factors, how should I protect my listening effectively?


First of all, we should pay attention to the hygiene of both ears and avoid digging ears frequently; Because the ear's eustachian tube is connected with the nasopharynx, do not blow your nose when you have a cold to prevent the purulent secretion from squeezing into the ear and causing otitis media; Secondly, it is necessary to treat related ear diseases thoroughly, such as otitis media, tympanic membrane perforation caused by various reasons, cerumen (earwax) obstruction and sinusitis; Third, we should avoid using some drugs that can cause hearing impairment, especially pregnant women and children, so as to avoid permanent deafness; Fourth, we need to keep our mood optimistic and stable, and have a peaceful attitude to prevent sudden anger and sudden deafness; Fifth, we should develop good living habits, light diet, quit smoking and alcohol.