By: Seungbum

 What is ear? (Summarized meaning)  Caring your ear (Ear Care)  Monitoring noise levels.  Deafness  Avoiding hearing damage

 The ears convert sounds into nerve impulses that your brain interprets. In addition, structures in the ear detect the position and movement of your head.  Ears, by sensing movement and position, your ears help you to stand upright, walk smoothly, and adjust your body’s position.

 Proper ear care is fairly simple  Besides keeping your ears clean, you also need to monitor noise levels.  You should always check the doctor if you feel any pain in your ear or hearing difficulties.

 Use a wet washcloth to clean your outer ear and the front part of your ear canal.  Dry your ears thoroughly after you wash them.  Never insert a cotton-tipped swab or any other object into your ear canal, because they may damage your ear drums.  Also swabs compresses ear waxes, and if it gets compressed it will not drain normally.

 Partial hearing loss or deafness can be resulted from the damage of vibration-sensing cells in cochlea.  The longer your ears are exposed on loud noise it will cause hearing damage.  Exposure to 80decibels for a long time will damage your hearing, and 120decibels for a few second can damage hearing.

 Normally deafness will generally be permanent.  It’s a damage of hearing, where you won’t be able to hear any sounds or noise.  It occurs in many different ways like exposure to loud music, noise, and sounds. Or it can also be genetic syndrome.

 Keep your TV and stereo low enough that you can comfortably hear a person speaking at a normal level.  When hearing with earbuds or headphones, always make it 60% or under.

 Thanks for listening!