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Football Season is here, so make sure you protect those ears! For many the arrival of the crisp and beautiful autumn season brings the changing color of the leaves, pumpkin flavored everything, and of course the start of an exciting football season! For many football fans supporting their favorite team may involve screaming their lungs out, along with thousands of other fans. In addition some fans may have seats close to a loudspeaker or a pep band. As you can imagine or may have experienced yourself football games can get quite loud, even dangerously loud. The average crowd noise at an NFL football game is 80-90 decibels and reached a world record breaking level of 137 decibels last December at the Seattle Seahawks game. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health more than 15 minutes of exposure to 100 decibels can be damaging to adults and even more so to children. Children have smaller ears and the sound pressure level entering the ear is greater. Ther
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