IN Fox Chapel Area Fall 2016 | Page 47

INDUSTRY INSIGHT YOUR HEARING HOW LOUD IS TOO LOUD??? SPONSORED CONTENT H ave you ever been sitting in your car, stopped at a traffic light, and a car pulls up next to you with the music on so loud you can feel your car thumping and vibrating? You can only guess how loud that music is turned up. You can be fairly certain that the driver and the passengers in that car are exposing themselves to potentially damaging sound. Have you ever been sitting next to someone who has earbuds in his/her ears, but you can hear the music playing? If you can hear the music from another’s earbuds, you can be fairly certain that the person is being exposed to potentially damaging sound. Power tools, lawn mowers, airplane engines, gunshots, sirens,