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I'm 18 weeks pregnant and today i was at a place where very loud fire alarms went off. it hurt my ears. could this have harmed my baby?
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Acoustic trauma: No. If that was the case, there would be a lot of birth defects due to loud noise that billions of pregnant women have been exposed to throughout history. Be more concerned about what you put in or on your body than what your ears are exposed to. Having said that, you can sustain nerve damage from repeated acoustic trauma which should be avoided for your health.
Answered 11/26/2016
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