Hearing Health Foundation

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#LoveYourEars

On World Hearing Day every March 3, Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) joins with the global community to raise awareness of hearing loss prevention through safe listening practices.

This year HHF is launching a 60-second video to help promote a major culture shift around how we think about protecting our hearing in the same way we now routinely shield our skin from too much sun and our lungs from secondhand smoke.

We want to help make people aware that simple changes in everyday habits can have lifelong positive health effects. We can try to avoid excess noise and wear earplugs when we can’t, and be aware of our daily sound dose and ask for quieter shared public spaces.

The World Health Organization predicts that 1.1 billion young people, ages 12 to 35, are at risk of permanent hearing damage from exposure to too much noise, often in recreational settings. Illustration by Ben Radatz; photo courtesy of NOAA/NASA/Michael Benson.

Practice Safe Listening

These safe listening habits can help prevent negative health effects now and in the future. Untreated hearing loss is linked to a variety of physical and mental health issues, affecting our brain and heart and leading to feelings of depression and anxiety. Hearing loss that is unaddressed leaves us with up to a five times greater risk for dementia. It makes us more prone to falls. What’s more, while hearing loss from too much noise is cumulative and more noticeable over time, it can affect everyone of all ages including those already with a hearing loss or tinnitus.

Hearing well also means listening well, and our hope is we take the time to really hear one another.

So let’s listen up, respect our ears, and protect our hearing. We want everyone to #KeepListening, safely.

Motion Graphics Video Credits

Motion Design: Ben Radatz

Creative Director/Art: Timea Dancs 

Creative Director/Editorial and Sound: Rob Grobengieser 

Producers: Helen Garrett, Rob Grobengieser, Yishane Lee

Special Adviser: Sandy Alouete

Executive Producers: Helen Garrett and Yishane Lee

Sound: Heard City 

Sound Designer and Voiceover: Mike Vitacco 

Music: "Violet Clouds" from APM Music

Hearing Health Foundation President & CEO: Timothy Higdon

Photos: Unsplash, Pexels

Photo of Planet Earth Courtesy of NOAA/NASA/Michael Benson

Special Thanks to Steven Lawrence, April Snape, Ian Turley

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