7 Things Ear Doctors Never, Ever Do
HuffPost
If you want to protect your hearing and ear health in the long and short term, avoid these behaviors.
It’s easy to take your hearing and ear health for granted. But the reality is that many seemingly harmless behaviors can do irreversible damage.
To make matters more complicated, the negative impact of these actions may take years to manifest. Fortunately, there are ways to keep your ears healthy as you age.
HuffPost asked doctors who specialize in this area to share the things they never do in the interest of their ear health. Read on for the behaviors they avoid.
They don’t leave the house without earplugs.
“I never leave the house without a pair of ear plugs in my purse,” Dr. Maura Cosetti, director of the Ear Institute of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, told HuffPost. “While it may be easier to remember ear protection when going to something like an indoor concert, there are many situations in which we are unexpectedly exposed to loud, and potentially damaging, noise.”
