#32 Always Use (Ear) Protection

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References

1. World Health Organization: WHO. (2024, February 2). Deafness and hearing loss. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss

2. Diong, H. T., Neitzel, R., & Martin, W. H. (2021). Spatial evaluation of environmental noise with the use of participatory sensing system in Singapore. Noise Mapping, 8(1), 236–248. https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2021-0019. 

3. National University of Singapore. (2017, April 23). NUS Researchers Study Singapore’s Average Outdoor Sound Level. https://news.nus.edu.sg/nus-researchers-study-singapores-average-outdoor-sound-level/

4. Deafness and hearing loss: Safe listening. (n.d.). https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/deafness-and-hearing-loss-safe-listening

5. NEA. (n.d.). INFOSHEET ON NOISE REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES IN SINGAPORE. In INFOSHEET. https://www.oneservice.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/noise-infosheet.pdf

6. Heywood, R., Gao, Q., Nyunt, M. S. Z., Feng, L., Chong, M. S., Lim, W. S., Yap, P., Lee, T. S., Yap, K. B., Wee, S. L., & Ng, T. P. (2017). Hearing Loss and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Findings from the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 43(5-6), 259–268. https://doi.org/10.1159/000464281