Loud noises from the neighbors or the Roar of the road in the night one could sleep.
And who doesn’t get enough sleep, you risk not only a bad mood the next day, but also his health.
Remedy can provide us with a little wax or foam existing helper the earbuds. This can hide ten to 35 decibels of noise.
Effective protection against night-time noise
Especially in people who have sleep problems, has to Wear earplugs and sleep mask a positive effect on the duration of sleep, as a study shows.
Those who sleep even with earplugs, back about perhaps more and more often on the tools.
But daily use is detrimental to the ears?
Important: On Hygiene
According to ear, nose and throat Doctor Sietske Meinesz a frequent use is harmless, as you said to Alpine.
But it is important to pay attention to the Hygiene.
Depending on the Ohrstöpselart a daily cleaning with warm water and soap or regular exchange of the plugs is recommended. Of cleaning the ears with cotton swabs, the expert advises.
In addition, you should make sure that the ear tips only in a dry place in the ear. Who uses wet or dirty plugs, and you risk an infection in the ear.
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Professional ear cleaning in case of frequent use
Who wears every night ear plugs should be according to the German professional Association of ear, nose and throat doctors regularly his ears professionally cleaned. This also applies to the use of In-ear headphones.
“Hearing protection makers, people corridors with narrow Ear, respectively, with generally increased earwax production should go, the best every three to six months, to the ENT doctor. Or your ENT doctor provides you with the ideal interval,” recommends Dr. Ellen Lundershausen, Vice-President of the Federal chamber of physicians.
Source
- Demoule, A. (2017): Impact of earplugs and eye mask on sleep in critically ill patients: a prospective randomized study. Archived from the original on 19.11.2019: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5696771/
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