Stay Safe at Music Festivals: Protect Your Hearing

The first day of summer ushers in the official start of the music festival season and Boston Calling is coming up, but few festival-goers pay any thought to their hearing, even though festivals put exceptional strain on our ears. A weekend packed with concerts and loud music can damage our sense of hearing and could lead to permanent hearing loss. It’s a high price that no fan should have to pay, which is why the Hear the World Foundation is offering some useful tips to help music lovers enjoy festivals without harming their hearing.

Hear the World Foundation is an independent, charitable foundation dedicated to helping people all over the world enjoy better hearing. So as you prepare for days of music and fun this summer, the Foundation wants to remind you to plan to protect your hearing at the same time and has compiled an infographic with tips and tricks to help you do that.

For example, give your ears at least ten hours of rest after a concert; furthermore, drink plenty of water in order to improve the circulation of blood to the hair cells in the cochlea, which help you hear properly.

For more information about protecting your hearing or about the Hear the World Foundation in general, you can visit the Hear the World Foundation’s website or its new microsite, Sounds Good and download the infographic here.