advice to protect and test our ears

“We often forget to protect our ears”, notes the doctor and journalist from France Télévisions Damien Mascret on the 13 Heures set, Friday January 19. “Be careful with video games. The World Health Organization has just sounded the alarm, because video game players are exposed to sound intensities that are too loud, which are often above 80 decibels., he explains. However, from 85 to 90 decibels, we risk damaging hearing in the long term, specifies Damien Mascret.

The highest sounds, first to be lost

To protect yourself, earplugs with hearing filters now exist. “That means that, overall, we will reduce the sound intensity of what we listen to by around 15 decibels. (…) On the other hand, it does not change the quality of the sound”explains the doctor. “Often, what we lose first in hearing are the sounds that are the highest pitched”adds Damien Mascret. To check if you have hearing problems, the Hearing Foundation has put a self-test application online for free download.