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How can you maintain healthy ears and protect your hearing? Test your knowledge with our quick health quiz.

How can you maintain healthy ears and protect your hearing? Test your knowledge with our quick health quiz.

1. How do you clean your ears?




2. How loud do you think a noise has to be before it starts to damage your hearing?




3. Do you wear earplugs or ear muffs while using equipment around the home such as lawnmowers, whipper snippers and power tools?




4. When listening to music - on the stereo at home, in the car or via headphones - do you like to have the volume loud enough to drown out all other sounds?




5. Are you frequently in noisy environments, such as workplaces with machinery, or motor racing events, discos or rock concerts?




6. Head injuries can sometimes cause hearing loss. How safety conscious are you?




7. How you do treat upper respiratory tract infections?




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Score 7 to 11:
You could be flirting with serious hearing damage. It’s in your best interests to find out more about how to protect your hearing, and make significant changes to your lifestyle.

Score 12 to 16:
You have a basic understanding of hearing safety, but some of your lifestyle choices could be putting your hearing at risk.

Score 17 to 21:
Congratulations, your lifestyle choices are substantially reducing your risk of hearing loss.

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