Don’t Lose The Music highlights the risks to hearing from loud music in clubs, at gigs and from using personal audio equipment.
The campaign is aimed at 16-30 year olds and is paid for and run by RNID, the largest charity working to change the world for the UK’s 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people.
The campaign aims to stop young people from damaging their hearing through over exposure to loud music. We want to increase the number of people who are aware of the dangers and also increase the number of people taking action to prevent hearing damage.
Social noise levels in the UK have tripled since the early 1980s. This means we are exposed to more noise in our daily lives than generations before us.
Regular exposure to loud noise can lead to premature hearing loss. It can also cause ringing in the ears which can become permanent, a condition called tinnitus. Once hearing damage occurs there is no cure, yet noise induced hearing damage is preventable.
RNID research found that huge numbers of young people are experiencing warning signs of potential hearing damage (ringing and dull hearing) yet they don’t know what they should do to protect their hearing.
The Medical Research Council estimates four million UK adolescents are at risk of hearing damage from amplified music.
People, please please please look after your hearing. Seriously - can you imagine clubbing or DJing without your ears?
We all enjoy our music each and every day of our lives. We are all guilty of taking it for granted that we have our ability to hear. I’d like you all to just take a moment to think about those that are not fortunate enough to have ever heard a single beat of music.
I really do not know what I would have done with myself if I was born deaf. I certainly would not hve the fantastic DJ lifestyle I currently live. Yet there are thousands of deaf people in the UK living a silent life.
As it happens, my own brother is profoundly deaf and has been since birth. He has accomplished so much in his life and I am extremely proud of him.
I would like to take the opportunity to point you in the direction of the NDCS. The NDCS is the only UK charity solely dedicated to the support of all deaf children and young deaf people, their families and professionals working with them.
The NDCS provide emotional and practical support through their freephone helpline, their network of trained support workers, their wide range of other support services and their publications and website.
The NDCS is there to help with welfare rights and benefit claims, making education choices, advising on health, audiology and technology, or simply provide someone to talk to.
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