After completing The Listening Program, it’s important to remember that sounds louder than 85 decibels (dB) can damage your ears according to National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Additionally, The Listening Program is designed to help conditions associated with auditory processing problems, so it’s wise to avoid situations which may have acerbated the auditory processing problem in the first place. According to the NIDCD, it’s not clear as to what conditions contribute to the auditory processing problems, but because loud noise may be a contributing factor, it is best to remove that component from the equation.

According to the (NIDCD), it’s not just sounds louder than 85 decibels (dB) that can damage your ears. A decibel is a unit that measures the intensity of sound on a scale from zero to 140. A normal conversation is about 60 dB. Chainsaws, hammer drills, and bulldozers ring in at over 100 dB. So if you are a construction worker, harmful sounds may be a regular part of your job. The same goes for people working around lawn mowers and factory machinery every day. Airport workers and farmers are two more groups that are regularly exposed to loud noise. However, loud noise does not have to be an everyday happening to cause damage. One-time exposure, such as the sound of a gun firing at close range, can harm your ears permanently.

How can you protect your hearing in noisy situations? Wear ear plugs or special earmuffs when you are exposed to dangerous levels of noise; they can keep your hearing from being damaged. Hearing protection is important any time you're exposed to loud noise. Several different types of protective plugs and muffs are available in most pharmacies, hardware stores, and sporting goods stores.

After investing time and money in an effective tool such as The Listening Program, be careful to protect your investment in yourself and not lose any precious ground you've gained. Because you own your own copy of The Listening Program, you can do the program over and over again and see even more results.