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How to Minimize Noise Pollution in Various Parts of Your Home

How to Minimize Noise Pollution in Various Parts of Your Home

One effective way to reduce the pain and confusion that comes along with hearing loss is to reduce noise pollution in and around your home.

Noise pollution is not only a growing concern with the rise of technology, but it is also a common cause of hearing loss. One effective way to reduce the pain and confusion that comes along with hearing loss is to reduce noise pollution in and around your home. With this, noise pollution can often be overwhelming, distracting, and dangerous to your overall health in the long-term. If you are looking to eliminate noise pollution around your home, consider the many ways to reduce unnecessary sounds in your living space.

Use Your Landscape to Reduce Noise Around Your Property

By utilizing parts of your landscape, such as trees and larger plants, you naturally eliminate noise coming from the street or neighbors around your home. Be sure to choose trees that will work this way throughout the year, such as evergreen trees.  Consider this step as one of the first proactive measures to take before soundproofing the interior of your home. Not only will trees create a natural barrier from noise pollution in your neighborhood, but they can also add a beautiful element to your landscape.

Reduce Noise Created by Electronic Devices in Your Home

Some of the most prevalent sources of noise pollution in your home are electronic devices. With this, it is crucial to turn off your television and radio when they are not in use. It may also be useful to silence other noise-making devices in your home, such as beeping noises made by the refrigerator, microwave, or home alarm systems. Even these small and seemingly insignificant noises can significantly contribute to large volumes of sound in your home.

Additional Measures to Reduce Sounds in Your Home

While you may not be in control of all of the specific elements of your home, such as insulation, there are other factors you can control to reduce noise pollution in your home effectively. Add rugs to your hardwood or laminate floors to significantly reduce noise transfer around the house as you, your family, and your pets walk from room to room. Even furniture placement, such as strategic placement of larger pieces of furniture, can contribute to reducing noise pollution in each of your rooms. With a few simple steps, you are sure to notice a change in the noise level of your house.

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Need help with your hearing? Clarity Hearing can help. Clarity Audiology & Hearing Solutions is an independently-owned and operated clinic that focuses on quality of care and personalized friendly service. Our Doctors of Audiology are highly trained with advanced degrees and take the time to provide the personalized care and attention that you need and deserve. We provide advanced hearing aid options that personally calibrated with cutting-edge digital technology to fit your hearing loss, your unique ear anatomy, and your individual listening needs.

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