Most comfortable Hearing Protection?

[fdengel]

who always said that he would rather be blind than deaf because most of his deaf patients were miserable and not the blind ones

I suggest wearing eye protection as well, then there is hope of avoiding both...

;D

 

[NYC Tiny Shop]

Just got my new Peltor X5A. Very well made, fit my 7-3/8 egg perfectly, soft, ears fit in just right, very comfortable. These are the Rolls Royce of ear muffs. They are rated -31dB, but may be even better. Closest thing to a sensory deprivation tank I could have found. Loud machines are like kittens. Wear them for a while to get used to, because they are so quiet that they may be a little weird.  I can see why these are not for everyone. If I worked around others of whom I had to be aware of, then these would be too much.  I love them.  Say what?  I can't hear you.

 

[bfish]

I bought two pairs of Peltor about 17 years ago. I still use them. Is this sufficient? FYI I also have tinitus, and the older I get, the worst it gets.
I should recommend a Peltor with a SNR of at least 30 dB.

 

[Asterix]

For me there is just one brand: peltor

Using the black/red version and one which has some additional functions. (3M™ Peltor™ WS™ LiteCom)

Very nice as you can still communicate and even hear things at normal sound level which is actually safer then just blocking sound. I can still hear a screw falling  [smile] for example.

 

[Roseland]

If you want to play safe go with some of these: at 36db I reckon they're as effective as any.  I slip them on when I'm using power tools and take them off when I'm not.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/uvex-x-hi-vis-professional-ear-defenders

Andrew

 

[Asterix]

I really like this topic.  [smile] So often people do not take care for themselves or others.

I'm pretty often on job sites with heavy machinery in NA and each time surprised that I'm the only one, or some do use some simple plugs as ear protection.

It seems that workers thinking that's it is tough not to use ear protection. ???

Even my 4 and 6 yr old daughters do have their own pink Peltor Kid / Junior earmuffs. (and safety glasses)
They enjoy being in their "safe" corner (max one at the time) in the shop playing with pieces of wood while I can just continu making some noise.

Jobsites: highways and airports
Machinery: slipformpavers

 

[Tinker]

who always said that he would rather be blind than deaf because most of his deaf patients were miserable and not the blind ones

I suggest wearing eye protection as well, then there is hope of avoiding both...

;D

I have always worn eye protection.  A necessity until I got rid of my "cadilacs".  I can hardly stand the brite sunlite since then.  The hearing protection, not so much.  In years back, there was almost no ear protection.  I worked with tradesmen who always had a bag, or box of cotton to stuff into their ears.  I was tough.  No cotton.  no nothing.  People did not worry about their ears.  Today, i have to reming my friends they have to speak louder than the crickets if they want me to hear what they are saying. 

When I am mowing, especially in the fall when i am doing leaves, I am all bundled up from my neck up.  Hat on top.  Earmuffs.
Dark wrap around glasses and a face mask to keep the dust out of my lungs.  Somewhere under all of that protection, one can only immagine there is a head somewhere.  [eek]

Tinker

 

[Jak147]

I quite fancy giving the sensgard ones a try anyone know where in the uk I can get them

Me too, so far I can only find 31 in a boring dark green meant for shooting. They are branded as Napier but are licensed from sensgard.
Would really like some of the high vis ones

 

[rjwz28]

I too bought the Sensguards because I seen it on a video from Paul Marcel.  I find them to work great when I can get them on right.  They don't fit my head good with my glasses on.  I need to keep positioning then forward and backward to get the right seal.  If I could get them to work without the bar going over your head, I would surely use them.  I guess they fit good for people who don't use glasses.  For now I just use the individual orange foam ones.

Rob

 

[Cableaddict]

If I go to a rock concert or something, then I wear custom-molded silicon plugs, as they are incredibly comfortable.

-  but in the shop, you need to remove them a lot, so that doesn't work for me.  I Like the Peltors.  105, Ambassador.  These are so comfortable, I even sleep with them, with my in-ear buds also in place.  (it's very noisy where I sleep.)

I also have Peltor attachments for my 3M forced-air faceshield/helmet. (an expensive luxury which I find indespensible, since I wear glasses.)

Never tried Sensguard, but I'm going to.

 

[Cableaddict]

BTW-

FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH TINNITUS:

Do yourself a huge favor, and start sleeping with ear buds.  In fact, do as I do and use buds + good ear muffs.  I'm aprofessionale musician & recording engineer, and while my hearing is obviously critical to me, I've also beat the snot out of my ears for years, and have had many bouts with tinnitus.

-  but you can make it go away!  (mostly.)  

I don't have time to go into the science of it, and besides it's just my personal theory (having to do with the brain's "reference tone") but the bottom line is:  The more loud & isolated you can make that tone, the more the brain will repress it.  So, if you can virtually isolate it every night while you sleep, this gives your brain a chance to "drop it back into the mix," so to speak.

This has worked for me several times over the years, when my tinnitus was so bad that I thought my career was over & I might never even sleep again.  It's also helped several friends, and a bunch of guys on w-working forums.

Don't bother asking your doctor about it, as he/she won't know.  Just do it.

 

[NYC Tiny Shop]

BTW-

FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH TINNITUS:

Do yourself a huge favor, and start sleeping with ear buds.  In fact, do as I do and use buds + good ear muffs.  I'm aprofessionale musician & recording engineer, and while my hearing is obviously critical to me, I've also beat the snot out of my ears for years, and have had many bouts with tinnitus.

-  but you can make it go away!  (mostly.) 

I don't have time to go into the science of it, and besides it's just my personal theory (having to do with the brain's "reference tone") but the bottom line is:  The more loud & isolated you can make that tone,the more the brain with repress it.  So, if you can virtually isolate it every night while you sleep, this gives your brain a chance to "drop it back into the mix," so to speak.

This has worked for me several times over the years, when my tinnitus was so bad that I thought my career was over & I might never even sleep again.  It's also helped several friends, and a bunch of guys on w-working forums.

Don't bother asking your doctor about it, as he/she won't know.  Just do it.

+1
to sleep with ear plugs to help make it go away.  Also, you can gently cup your ears with hands to form a suction and lightly release inorder to allow the blown-down cilia to pop back up. Do every day for a few weeks, two x per day. ( This is a trick that a Chinese master taught me.)

 

[andyman]

I quite fancy giving the sensgard ones a try anyone know where in the uk I can get them

Me too, so far I can only find 31 in a boring dark green meant for shooting. They are branded as Napier but are licensed from sensgard.
Would really like some of the high vis ones

Anyone know anywhere now stocking sensgard other than amazon

 

[grbmds]

I quite fancy giving the sensgard ones a try anyone know where in the uk I can get them

Me too, so far I can only find 31 in a boring dark green meant for shooting. They are branded as Napier but are licensed from sensgard.
Would really like some of the high vis ones

Anyone know anywhere now stocking sensgard other than amazon

I believe I bought mine directly from the company online. Did you check their website?

 

[tiralie]

I quite fancy giving the sensgard ones a try anyone know where in the uk I can get them

Me too, so far I can only find 31 in a boring dark green meant for shooting. They are branded as Napier but are licensed from sensgard.
Would really like some of the high vis ones

Anyone know anywhere now stocking sensgard other than amazon

Lee valley stocks them

 

[andyman]

Sorry should have mentioned in the UK

 

[Tinker]

BTW-

FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH TINNITUS:

Do yourself a huge favor, and start sleeping with ear buds.  In fact, do as I do and use buds + good ear muffs.  I'm aprofessionale musician & recording engineer, and while my hearing is obviously critical to me, I've also beat the snot out of my ears for years, and have had many bouts with tinnitus.

-  but you can make it go away!  (mostly.) 

I don't have time to go into the science of it, and besides it's just my personal theory (having to do with the brain's "reference tone") but the bottom line is:  The more loud & isolated you can make that tone, the more the brain will repress it.  So, if you can virtually isolate it every night while you sleep, this gives your brain a chance to "drop it back into the mix," so to speak.

This has worked for me several times over the years, when my tinnitus was so bad that I thought my career was over & I might never even sleep again.  It's also helped several friends, and a bunch of guys on w-working forums.

Don't bother asking your doctor about it, as he/she won't know.  Just do it.

That is interesting. In my case, when i was doing masonry, i would start getting tinitis and it was a clue to clean the wax out.  That wax would get real hard with cement, lime and sand dust, and i would not dare to stick a cue tip in there.  I would tilt my head and pour a little baby oil into the ear let it sit a minute or so and then using a squeeze bulb, force warm water into the ear.  A few squirts, and a big glob of very dark and very hard wax would pop out.  Repeat with other ear.  After which, i would need to brace myself to walls and doors for a few minutes to walk.  Once the equilibrium returned, I could walk straight and the crickets had left with the wax.

Of course, I now know the crickets really had nothing to do with wax.  I have perfect hearing after years of working around loud machinery (since doing landscaping, i have worn ear protection.  When in construction I never covered my ears).  i know my hearing is perfect.  I know people need to talk louder to me , as i don't understand them the fist time around.  BUT, my hearing is actually much better than any body else's.  I can hear crickets, katydids, cicadas, peepers and all sorts of noises that nobody else can hear.  I can hear them year round/24/7 while nobody around me can hear any of those critters.  Oh, and i can even hear them with my earmuffs covering my ears.  So, I know my hearing is very exceptional.  It is so good, why, just the other day i heard a guy telling his friend about a bridge for sale.  I jumped right in to the conversation and put in the highest bid. 

I don't think the trick of wearing ear protection at nite would work for me.  The only way i shut out the noise is that i am so used to the racket, i just ignore.  Ignorance does have other advantages, like when my wife starts giving me the Honey Do List.  Of course, she puts into a different context with the  accent of a different syllable when she mentions ignorance. : :
Tinker

 

[Francis_Beland]

Being a drummer, I use headphones specifically for drummers in my shop. They have a 25 decibels sound reduction.

http://www.vicfirth.com/products/headphones.php

 

[Purre]

3M Peltor WS Alert XP or the 3M Ear Soft

 

[NH-Engineering]

Peltor hrxs7a-01, This have a built in FM receiver. I combine this with a Belkin FM transmitter and I can play music cordless from my PC.