The biggest risk to hearing is noise. Overtime, listening to loud music through headphones and going to gigs and clubs can damage your hearing. On public transport or a plane, it can be noisy and people often turn up their music to compensate. Many new devices display the safe sound level and warn if you go above that. Keep an eye on the display –it is there for a reason. Some good-quality noise-cancelling headphones will help you to listen while keeping the volume down.
听力最大的风险是噪音。长时间戴着耳机听吵闹的音乐，去演奏会和俱乐部都会损害你的听力。乘坐公共交通工具或飞机，可能会很吵，人们通常调大他们的音乐音量去弥补。许多新设备都会显示安全声级，如果你超过这个声级就会发出警告。密切关注显示器——它的存在是有原因的。一些高质量的消音耳机将会帮助你在听的时候把音量调低。
Over time, being exposed to loud noise can damage the tiny hair cells in the inner ear. Often it is quite subtle to begin with. Tinnitus is one warning sign. If you go to a gig, you might experience a ringing in your ears. Your hearing should return to normal in a few days, but it is a sign you have put those hair cells under stress. If you keep doing it, they will die down and the hearing loss and tinnitus will be permanent.
随着时间的推移，暴露在噪音中会损害内耳中的微小毛细胞。通常这是相当微妙的开始。耳鸣是一种警告信号。如果你去一场音乐会，你可能会感到耳朵嗡嗡作响。你的听力需要几天恢复正常，但这是你的毛细胞受到压力的信号。如果你一直保持这样，他们会逐渐消失，听力损失和耳鸣将是永久性的。
You can wear ear plugs to gigs – you will still be able to enjoy the music or hear your friends, but they give some protection. You can buy fairly cheap ones, but if you are a DJ or musician, you can get them custom-made. Ear plugs could help in other noisy places, such as larger cinemas, for instance, and at firework events.
你可以戴耳塞去音乐会——你仍然可以欣赏音乐或者听到你朋友的声音，但是它们会给你一些保护。你可以买相对便宜的，但是如果你是一个DJ或者音乐家，你可以定制。耳塞还可以在其他嘈杂的地方发挥作用，比如大型电影院和烟花表演。
The other thing to think about is wax.Often people misuse cotton buds, which pushes wax further down, damaging the ear drum.
另一件要考虑的事情是蜡。人们经常滥用棉签，这会把耳垢往下推，损害鼓膜。
Gemma Twitchen, senior audiology specialist at Action on Hearing Loss, was talking to Emine Saner
听力损失行动组织的高级听力学专家Gemma Twitchen 接受了Emine Saner的采访
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gigs n.轻便两轮马车；（爵士乐、摇滚乐等）演奏会；鱼叉（gig的复数）
v.乘坐轻便两轮马车；用鱼叉捕鱼（gig的三单形式）
subtle adj.微妙的；精细的；敏感的；狡猾的；稀薄的
Tinnitus n. [耳鼻喉] 耳鸣
fairly adv.相当地；公平地；简直
custom-made adj.定制的 v.定做（custom-make的过去式）
misuse n.滥用；误用；虐待 vt.滥用；误用；虐待
buds [植] 芽 蓓蕾 未成熟的人（bud的复数）
audiology n. [耳鼻喉] 听力学；[耳鼻喉] 听觉学
good-quality noise-cancelling headphones 高质量的消音耳机
Over time 随着时间的过去；超时
saft sound level 安全的声级
Keep an eye on... 注意，密切关注，
die down 减弱，逐渐平息
at firework events 烟花表演
cotton buds 棉签
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