Think About This:  Protecting Your Hearing Before It's Too Late     Protecting your hearing is one of the most important things you can do every day as a miner. Hearing tests performed on miners show that nearly one in four often can't understand speech because of the hearing losses they've suffered on the job due to improper use of or failure to utilize protective equipment. Watch this new episode of "Think About This" from CORESafety TV and learn how to protect your hearing before it's too late:     Click here to watch in Spanish. Here's the reality — it's up to you to protect your hearing and it's critical that you do. Wear your hearing protection devices all the time while working - not just when you think it's the loudest.  Make sure your earplugs, earmuffs and headphones all fit snugly and aren't blocked by your glasses or hair.  If your noise exposure hits 105 decibels or higher, you're usually required to use earplugs and earmuffs TOGETHER.  Awareness is the name of the game. Protect your hearing all the time. If you lose it, you won't get it back. And that's how to stay CORESafety Safe.