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    Smart Strategies for Hearing Protection

    Take these steps to avoid damaging your ears or to prevent further hearing loss

    If you already have enough hearing loss that you could benefit from a hearing aid—like almost 25 percent of people ages 65 to 74 (and 50 percent of people 75 and older)—safeguarding what you still have is crucial. If you don’t yet have problems with your hearing, protecting it for the future is still wise.

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    Some simple steps can help you do just that. Here are tips on how to safeguard your hearing, from two of Consumer Reports’ experts—Elias Arias, who leads CR’s headphone testing, and Claudio Ciacci, who oversees CR’s television testing—and from Brian Fligor, PhD, staff audiologist and president of Tobias & Battite Hearing Wellness in Boston.

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    Illustration: Chris Philpot

    Editor’s Note: This article also appeared in the March 2022 issue of Consumer Reports on Health.