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Monday March 3rd marks World Hearing Impaired Day, when Carnival festivities move into high gear.

Today the Association for the hearing impaired shared some safety tips to ensure you protect your ears this season!

Nicole M Romany tells us how.
Transcript
00:00Dr. Amanda Piper is one of a handful of clinical audiologists in Trinidad and
00:06Tobago. She can diagnose and rehabilitate persons with hearing loss.
00:11Today she's cautioning party goers to take stock of the levels of noise around
00:16them. We're concerned about the intensity, the loudness of the sound and we're
00:21concerned about the duration, how long people are in those environments. That's
00:26another huge factor. So I am appealing to the public to please protect your
00:34hearing because as you mentioned this is something that affects everyone, the
00:39patrons who attend these events, security, police officers, bartenders, waiting staff,
00:45DJs, the event planners even. She is recommending the use of a protective air
00:53plug which once inserted in the ear is quite concealed and undetectable. She
00:59warns that listening to very loud music over long periods can lead to permanent
01:05problems. Unfortunately if your hearing goes there is no medicine, prescription,
01:12pill, bush tea, ginkgo biloba that I could give you to restore your hearing.
01:17There's nothing that I can do to change that. So it's one of those things you
01:24have to protect it and keep it if you want to hear later in life. Meanwhile
01:29President of the Association for the Hearing Impaired Nicholas Cumberbatch
01:33says they are offering secure parking during carnival time for those on the
01:38road. He explains that this serves as a fundraiser for the membership. So we open
01:44up our whole compound as a parking lot from carnival Monday from 6 a.m. straight
01:51through to the end of carnival Tuesday right so anybody could come park it we
01:57charge $100 we have 24-hour security and for patrons, for drivers we offer you a
02:04free air plug, the air plug that Dr. Piper was talking about. He says the
02:10entrance is off Rice and Road Port of Spain between the licensing office and
02:15at the UTT a small road that leads to the port.
02:19Nicole M Romany TV6 News
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