Dangerous Decibels Program Walk-Through: 7. Strategies to Protect Your Hearing

3. Protect Your Ears

Key iconThe third way to protect our ears is to use ear plugs. Would you like to have your own pair of ear plugs and learn how to use them the right way?

Earplug Activity

This is the 3rd strategy that can be used to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. The purpose of this activity is to teach the students how to insert and care for earplugs.

This activity requires that the instructor be well practiced in fitting earplugs to their own ears and in guiding the students through the fitting practice. Each time you practice this activity, your confidence will grow.

Please watch the earplug fitting activity in this video clip.