Yu de wɛr iabɔd ɔltɛm? Dɔn rid dis!

So aw yu go fil? Tide a go tok boht sohmtin we wi ol de yus evride, boht if no yus am fayn, i kin mek wi yes damej bad bad wan. Yes, a de tok boht 'earbuds'. Naw luk, fo bos, fo tren, wen yu de waka fo strit, fo jim, evriwia, i don bi komon to si no bi onli yong pikin, bot big pipul we de wear ‘earbuds’ fo dia yes. Lisin to siŋ, wach fim, ple gem, mek fon kɔl... Pan ɔl we i tan lɛk se dis smɔl gadget rili izi ɛn izi, yu rili no di ɔda say pan am? Tide, lɛ wi tɔk smɔl mɔ bɔt di ifɛkt dɛn we dɛn ‘ɛyabɔd’ ya kin gɛt pan wi yes.

Wetin kin rili apin insay wi yes we lawd nɔys kin apin?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ‘Earbuds’ tan lɛk tu smɔl smɔl spika dɛn we yu kin put na yu yes. We dɛn yuz am wit smɔl vɔlyum, dis nɔto big prɔblɛm. Bɔt di prɔblɛm kin bigin we wi de lisin to siŋ dɛn we rili nia wi yes ɛn we wi de lisin to ay vɔlyum. Dɔn wi yes dram ɛn di fayn fayn pat dɛn we de insay di yes kin pwɛl. Sɔntɛnde, dis damej kin so bad dat dɛn nɔ go ɛva ebul fɔ mek am bak. Tink bɔt aw wi yes dɛn de wok. Wi yes gɛt tri men pat dɛn: 1. Ɔta Iya: Dis na di pat we wi de si na do. in wok na fכ kכlekt sawnd εn sεnd am insay 2. Midul Iya: Dis na di say we di ia dכm εn tri rili sכm bon dεm de. Di sawnd we de kɔmɔt na di yes kin chenj to vaybreshɔn ɛn sɛn am to di insay yes. 3. Insay Iya: Na dis say di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl de. Di insay yes gɛt wan rili smɔl pat we tan lɛk snɛl we dɛn kɔl di kɔklia. Insay dis, na wan tin we rili dilik, we tan lɛk ia we dɛn kɔl ia sɛl. dis ia sεl dεm na di mεsenja dεm we de kכnvכlt sawnd to ilektrikal signal dεm εn kכri am tru di nεv dεm to di bren. Na da tɛm de wi ɔndastand se, "Oh, na siŋ dat" ɔ "Sɔmbɔdi de tɔk." Naw, luk, we wi de lisin to lawd myuzik, mɔ we wi de sɛn di sawnd dairekt insay wi yes tru iabɔd, dɛn ia sɛl dɛn ya kin pwɛl. I tan lɛk tik dɛn we big big briz dɔn kech. Smɔl smɔl, dɛn sɛl dɛn ya kin day.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl ɛn we de mek wi at pwɛl na dat, i nɔ tan lɛk ɔda pat dɛn na wi bɔdi, di damej we dɛn kin du to dɛn ‘hair cells’ ya nɔ kin ebul fɔ mek am bak. I tan lɛk glas we dɔn brok, dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ put am bak togɛda.

As tɛm de go, as mɔ ɛn mɔ pan dɛn sɛl ya de day, smɔl smɔl yu nɔ ebul fɔ yɛri igen. Dɛn kɔl dis Noise-Induced Hearing Loss .

Aw fɔ no se yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yes? Wach fɔ dɛn sayn ya

Iyabɔd kin mek yu yes pwɛl, bɔt i nɔ kin klia wantɛm wantɛm. Dis dɔn de apin fɔ lɔng lɔng tɛm. So bay di tɛm we bɔku pipul dɛn no se dɛn gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn yes, sɔntɛm i dɔn let. Bɔt, luk fɔ dɛn sayn ya:

• Wan filin fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ ring na yu yes:Fɔ sɔm, dis kin tan lɛk ‘ringing’ sawnd, fɔ ɔda wan dɛn i kin tan lɛk sawnd we de hum, ɔ i kin tan lɛk se na wisɛl we nɔ klia. Dis na wɔnin, mɔ if yu yɛri am afta yu yɛri lawd nɔys.
• We dɛn tɔk tin, di sawnd nɔ kin so klia, ɛn i kin sawnd lɛk se i de go ɔnda: lɛk we di signal na redio chenj, i kin at fɔ kech di wɔd dɛn klia wan.
• Having tu ask "Huh?" "Wetin yu se?" ɔva ɛn ɔva we ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk.
• Di nid fɔ mek di vɔlyum ɔp na di TV ɛn redio pas aw i kin bi.

If yu gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya, duya nɔ jɔs ignore am. Fɔ tru, yu go si dɔktɔ. I go chɛk yu ɛn if nid de, i go sɛn yu to ɔdiɔlɔjis, spɛshal pɔsin we spɛshal fɔ tɛst yu yɛri. Wan ɔdiɔlɔjis kin tɛst yu yɛri ɛn tɛl yu ustɛm i bi us lɛvul. I kin ansa ɛni kwɛstyɔn bak we yu gɛt bɔt aw fɔ yuz iabɔd ɛn gi yu advays bɔt aw fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ kia fɔ yu yes.

Aw fɔ yuz iabɔd kɔrɛkt wan? Du dɛn tin ya fɔ protɛkt yu yes

Di gud nyus na dat dis we aw pɔsin kin yɛri we pɔsin kin yɛri we i de yuz iabɔd kin mek i nɔ yɛri 100% . Yu nɔ tink se i wɔndaful? I jɔs tek sɔm simpul tin dɛn. Dat na fɔ kɔntrol di tɛm we yu de yuz yu iabɔd ɛn di vɔlyum. Dɔktɔ dɛn kɔl dis di ‘60%/60 minit rul’ . I izi fɔ mɛmba:

• We yu de lisin to myuzik, wach fim, ɔ ple gem, nɔ mek di vɔlyum na yu fon ɔ pleya pas 60% pan di maksimam vɔlyum we i gɛt. Dat min se na fɔ jɔs tɔn di volyum bar ɔp smɔl pas af-af.
• Nɔ lɛf di iabɔd dɛn na yu yes fɔ pas 60 minit (wan awa) wan tɛm. Afta lɛk wan awa so, pul di iabɔd dɛn ɛn gi yu yes fɔ blo. At least 10-15 minit. Dɔn put dɛn bak insay if nid de.

Wan ɔda we de we rili izi fɔ no if yu vɔlyum tu lawd. We yu de lisin to myuzik wit yu iabɔd, aks pɔsin we de nia yu (pa padi, fambul) if dɛn kin yɛri di myuzik we yu de lisin to. If dɛn kin yɛri di sawnd we de kɔmɔt na yu iabɔd, dat min se yu vɔlyum rili tu lawd ɛn i de pwɛl yu yes. If na so i bi, put di vɔlyum dɔŋ wantɛm wantɛm te ɔda pipul dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ yɛri. Wan ɔda impɔtant tin de. We yu de lisin to myuzik lawd wan, wi nɔ kin yɛri wetin de apin rawnd wi. Imajin se yu de waka na strit ɔ yu de rayd baysikul. Yu gɛt iabɔd na yu tu yes ɛn yu de lisin to myuzik wit ay vɔlyum. Wetin yu go du if yu nɔ yɛri motoka ɔn de kɔmɔt biɛn ɔ pɔsin de ala pan yu bɔt aksidɛnt? Dɔn di chans fɔ mek big aksidɛnt rili bɔku, nɔto so? So wi nid fɔ tink bɔt aw fɔ tek tɛm.

Wetin ɔda tin de insted ɔf ‘earbuds’?

Klose to evri fon de kam wit wan pe earbuds dis dez. Dɛn nɔ dia fɔ mek ɛn dɛn izi fɔ put na di bɔks. Bɔt yu tink se na iabɔd nɔmɔ yu go ebul fɔ du? Nɔ, yu kin yuz ɛdfɔn di ol we. Yu go mɔs dɔn si dɛn, di wan dɛn we fit rawnd yu yes lɛk tu big kɔp. Sɔntɛnde, di ol tin dɛn kin bi di bɛst. Ilɛktronik stɔ dɛn gɛt big pat dɛn we dɛn de yuz fɔ mek ɛdfɔn. Wan pan di bɛst kayn ɛdfɔn dɛn na ɛdfɔn we de kansel nɔys. Dɛn tin ya de ridyus di nɔys we yu nɔ want rawnd yu (lɛk di nɔys we di bɔs de mek, pipul dɛn we de tɔk) ɛn mek yu yɛri ɔl wetin yu de lisin to klia wan. Da we de, yu nɔ nid fɔ ɔp di vɔlyum fɔ yɛri di siŋ klia wan. Yu kin yɛri am fayn ivin we yu vɔlyum smɔl. Dɛn tin ya fayn fɔ mek yu pe atɛnshɔn we yu de stɔdi ɔ du ɔfis wok. Bɔt dɛn nɔto fayn tin fɔ pik fɔ ples dɛn we yu nid fɔ no wetin de arawnd yu, lɛk we yu de na rod, bikɔs yu nɔ de yɛri di sawnd dɛn we de rawnd yu. Ivin ɛdfɔn dɛn we de kɔba yu yes kin pwɛl yu yes if yu yuz am wit ay vɔlyum fɔ lɔng tɛm. Bɔt dɛn nɔ denja lɛk iabɔd. di rizin na dat di iabud dεm de gi sawnd dairekt insay di ia kanal, we min se dεn de rili nia di ia dכm, so di sawnd lεvεl kin inkrεs bitwin 6 εn 9 dεsibel. Desibel na wan yunit fɔ mɛzhɔ fɔ sawnd. Dis min se ilɛksɛf yu gɛt di sem vɔlyum lɛvɛl na yu fon, di sawnd we yu de yɛri tru iabɔd kin lawd insay yu yes pas ɛdfɔn. Dis na inof fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt siriɔs damej.

Mɛmba se, di mɔ di tin we de mek di sawnd de nia di fayn fayn pat dɛn na yu yes, na di mɔ di chans fɔ pwɛl yu yes.

So, in di end, ɔl wetin a fɔ se to una na dis...

Wi ɔl lɛk fɔ lisin to myuzik, ɛnjɔy wisɛf, ɛn de wi wan na wi yon wɔl. Iyabɔd na fayn we fɔ mek dat apin. Bɔt wi yes na ɔgan dɛn we rili valyu ɛn we nɔ kin pwɛl. So, mɛmba dɛn advays ya ɛn yus fɔ yuz yu iabɔd da we de:

• Di ‘60%/60 minit’ rul na sɔntin we yu fɔ du, mɛmba ɔltɛm. Mek dis bi yu abit.
• If pipul dɛn we de rawnd yu kin yɛri di myuzik we de kɔmɔt na yu iabɔd, dat na wɔnin! Tɔn di vɔlyum dɔŋ wantɛm wantɛm.
• Ɛnitɛm we i pɔsibul, mɔ na os, yuz gud kwaliti ɛdfɔn instead fɔ yuz iabɔd. If i pɔsibul, pik di wan dɛn we de kansel nɔys.
• If yu gɛt ɛnitin we nɔ kɔmɔn na yu yes (ring, yu nɔ de yɛri bɛtɛ, yu yes de pen), nɔ les ɔ fred fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If prɔblɛm de, di mɔ we dɛn no am kwik, na di mɔ i go fayn.
• We yu de wɛr iabɔd na rod, tek tɛm na say dɛn we motoka dɛn de muf rawnd. Yu fɔ no bak bɔt di tin dɛn we de arawnd yu.

If yu tek kia ɔf yu yes gud gud wan, yu go yɛri fayn fayn siŋ dɛn, di wan dɛn we yu lɛk dɛn vɔys, bɔd dɛn de kray, ɛn ɔl di fayn fayn sawnd dɛn na dis wɔl fɔ di res ɔf yu layf. Tink bɔt aw dat gɛt valyu! So, mek wi bigin tink bɔt dis smɔl tide, nɔto so?

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