Grandma worked in a cotton mill north from Manchester (1950’s, 1960’s …) As a kid I visited her at work … it was loud! When she retired, she received a congrats letter from her colleague‘s. I did not understand one word! 😬 Due to the noise whilst working, they shortened their sentences and even cut the words as they conversed with each other. This formed a new kind of slang-language which influenced the northern English accent. Later on in life when I visited her and realised, she didn‘t understand me, due to „deafness“, I shouted the shortened sentences as I had understood them … it worked! 😊 R.I.P Grandma!

A few notes: 1. As the guy who put together the original training modules for Howard Leight, the inventor of the bell-shaped foam earplug, I must say that this is the best, smoothest, most complete and succinct presentation on hearing protection I’ve ever seen! Loved it! 2. Nowadays, you’d never use a polyurethane or pvc earplug since Howard’s sustainable, biobased earplugs have made them obsolete. 3. A bit of Howard Leight trivia: It was Howard’s dad, Charlie Leight, who discovered and popularized the insertion method of pulling on the pinna. Well done!!

This is a terrific TEDx talk. Thank you for presenting on this important topic. Solid and useable advice. You only get one set of ears, folks. Treat them kindly. Once you have lost it - watch my TEDx talk about "what you don't know about hearing aids."

This video brings attention to the importance of protecting our hearing, and the potential long-term consequences of not doing so. As Kimberly H. Deason explains, hearing loss can have a significant impact on our overall quality of life, and it's important to take steps to protect our hearing while we still can. From wearing earplugs at concerts and loud events, to limiting our exposure to loud noises in general, there are many ways we can reduce the risk of hearing loss. This video is a valuable reminder that our hearing is a precious and fragile sense, and we should take care to protect it as much as possible. If you're looking for practical tips on how to preserve your hearing, this video is a great resource.

@franciscorullan

Жыл бұрын

Did you use Chatgpt to write this?

Thank you so much for this! I am completely blind since birth and haven't realized the full danger of hearing loss until watching this video. This was truly eye-opening, because I couldn't bear losing my favorite sense or part of it. I will implement your suggestions

@GurjinderSingh12390

Жыл бұрын

Watching thats some sense of humour right there

@judgeberry6071

Жыл бұрын

A wise man once said be a better person than you were before you decided to type that shite.

@vocal_lilly9799

Жыл бұрын

@@GurjinderSingh12390 well, blind people don't usually change their vocabulary concerning sighted things like watching. But after re-reading the comment, I rather had to laugh about me using the word eye-opening;)

@user-sn5bg3xe1k

Жыл бұрын

​@@vocal_lilly9799 Wow, you can type and read comments? Amazing! Is it not a 100% loss or do you use some kind of device? Hearing is important, take care, thanks for sharing your comment ♥️

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it! Another pun ha!

Such an importance topic. Thanks for sharing 😊🙏

**turns on subtitles**

She’s right. I’d like to thank the Ramones for giving me tinnitus in the summer of 1994. I’d probably do it all again though 😂.

I absolutely love you and your channel, awesome content💕♥♥

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@hollyyy719

Жыл бұрын

@@kimdeason5990 Can I tall You

Very excellent for new beginners l like it😉💜

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you! You talk is so interesting😍And to lose hearing is noisy acustic,...🌎

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I just put on my earphone

Very good

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

What about those 808’s

I will totally wear earplugs for loud situations. I’ve been ripping corners off my napkin, balling it up, & stuff it in my ears at concerts for a while now. It just dampens the sound but for something really loud like a concert, it’s just right.

@Packhorse-bh8qn

18 күн бұрын

@sumernoel1553 " It just dampens the sound but for something really loud like a concert, it’s just right." No, it's not right at all. It's a false friend. It makes you think you are doing enough, but you are NOT doing enough. Is it better than nothing? Maybe. Maybe not. More likely, it's giving you a false sense of security.

It's true, it happened to my now deceased husband.

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that…I’ve watched it occur with family and it’s sad

it's true

This just made me remember turning my music on my headset louder, instead of wearing the hearing protection that was handed out while there was construction work in the office

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Yes and landscapers do that too - better to use noise cancelling earmuffs

Wear earplugs when you vacuum or mow a lawn or run a snowblower.

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t hurt for sure

Actually World Health Organization predicts a billion more people will have hearing loss by the year 2030 - NOT 2050 like this descriptions says!

With constant online lecture and then asmr at night for a good sleep I was feeling like I was already overburdening them so much... Thank u so much for this... Our senses are precious you guys... Gonna be more careful now ❣️💯

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Just don’t overdo it for long extended periods of time.

❤❤

What ???

The version of you that exists in the future deserves your belief.the version of you that exists right now deserves to be celebrated for all that you do.

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

All the gym rats are going to be deaf. Definitely (no pun intended) setting that decibel level on my phone or wearing earplugs at the gym, the place is just so loud

Yfm Ed on all platforms 🕺🏽🕺🏽

Where does she say the 85 dB rule? I had to skip the theory part and go to the to do rules, and I find nothing

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

In general, if you are standing an arm distance from someone and you have to raise your voice to have a normal conversation - the background noise is more than likely 85 dB or higher

@huldagieshubler804

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dfinma

2 ай бұрын

4:00

@Packhorse-bh8qn

18 күн бұрын

@huldagieshubler804 " I had to skip the theory part and go to the to do rules, " No, you didn't have to. You CHOSE to. So you missed it. That's how that works.

Loved it, but what do we teachers do, that work in the nursery and with the 3-6 year olds?! 🙈 Especially the older ones seem to arrive loud, remain oud most throughout the day and leave me daily with ears that just want to collaps... "sigh" Already have tinitus in both ears and well, nursery is ok, but on days when I have to help out with the older children, my ears won't stop ringing... 😩

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

I know crying babies can be so loud. There are earplugs that bock the higher frequencies but allow the lower one to flow through. You can hear communication through them.

@12cowwoman

Жыл бұрын

@@kimdeason5990 - yes, I know about those, thank you! The little ones are happy enough with us to not cry so much, but they have recently discovered those high pitch, very loud screams or squeals, lol, and oh, those frequencies are just too much for our poor ears! 🙈 But we now have established a "scream zone" - we told them that if they want to really scream and squeal, they can go next door and close the door and have at it 😁 So now the 3-year olds approach us, let us know they want to scream, go next door, yell to their heart's content and leave the room afterwards, smiling from ear to ear... Don't know if this will solve anything, but they want to scream, are happy they are being given the space for it and our ears get a break... Is it normal though, this need to scream, squeak & squeal?!

Is this also called sensori neural hearing loss?

@springwindflower4372

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is

My grandfather lost more than 50% of his hearing firing a canon at Asians.

Two great places for wearing earplugs: airplanes and subways.

Head phones +Morgan wallen = hearing gonna be destroyed!!!🎵

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

Uh-oh listen to it loud every now and then - just not constantly!

@Packhorse-bh8qn

18 күн бұрын

@ericrayblankenship5018 "Head phones +Morgan wallen = hearing gonna be destroyed!!!" Your equation is missing a couple of terms. Please allow me to fix that for you: Head phones +Morgan wallen + immaturity + stupidity = hearing destroyed, and bragging about it as if it's a good thing. /smh/

Now study hypersensitive hearing please. I'd love for my ears to be less sensitive but in 30 years of loud headphone usage it's not diminished at all 😂

@maczajsci7080

Жыл бұрын

Get musicians earplugs or noise cancelling headphones - try to change your evnironment to be more quiet. I also have hypersensitive hearing but I don't mind it and I actually value it. It makes me not tolerate harmful noises. I think you should treat it the same - not try to get rid of it with loud noises.

@0700083edu

3 ай бұрын

​@@maczajsci7080 Acctualy sound privation is a bad idea

Were losing it? Well duh, were all dying a little every day too

Why does our healthcare policy Medicare cover hearing aids ??

@camez2345

7 күн бұрын

Is that a rhetorical question? 😂 Because our healthcare system is absurd!

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i can't hear her?

@aliothspectranet5678

Жыл бұрын

GOOD LUCK BUDDY

@kimdeason5990

Жыл бұрын

There’s one in every crowd ha!

@Packhorse-bh8qn

18 күн бұрын

@user-su3df5vc5g "i can't hear her?" Are you asking something? Or stating something? Do you know the difference? Were you never taught how to use question marks?

Lol I turned my volume down…

That picture of the internal structure of the ear hearing mechanism left me feeling like, surely there is no creator for that! its a mere random evolution starting with a bacteria that decided to be a fish, hoping to be a human soon

@shabirmagami146

Жыл бұрын

and if the creator can be the result of some random evolution or whatever...then anything else can..... no scope for God whatsoever...

*laughs in veteran

@WhiskeyTango68

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Veteran, blue collar…her couch has safe hearing levels unless she turns up her surround sound. 😅

I live in industrial area from last 20 years. I am lipreading from 19 years now. Socially awkward, epilepsy is part of my life.

Glenn beck said it best at 58years old we are loosing our cognitive ability

Huh, could you please speak up

i'm losing it anyway

I seriously need to turn my headphones down… thanks.