does no one here wear earplugs?

Travelar

After working in, on, and around jets for 9+ years, I already can't hear. Going without earplugs makes it that much more enjoyable.

TenaciousJ

for $12, these are the best earplugs for concerts. i go to alot of concerts and they definitely do the trick for attenuating the harmful dB's. plus they don't muffle the music. you can still hear every detail:

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx

Indifference

http://www.freehearingtest.com/test.shtml

ajedigecko

TenaciousJ wrote:

for $12, these are the best earplugs for concerts. i go to alot of concerts and they definitely do the trick for attenuating the harmful dB's. plus they don't muffle the music. you can still hear every detail:

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx

i noticed that the sound seems to improve with earplugs in.....during a show i will take them out for a moment just so i can hear the comparison between having ear plugs in and not having them in.

Lostdogsinthegarden

I'm gonna start wearing them tonight. Hope it doesn't muffle the concert too much.

Ledbetterman10

wearing earplugs at a rock concert is like wearing sunglasses in a movie theater

ajedigecko

Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:

I'm gonna start wearing them tonight. Hope it doesn't muffle the concert too much.

you will be surprised at how much better it sounds.....let us know how it goes?

lowlight10

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

wearing earplugs at a rock concert is like wearing sunglasses in a movie theater

that would be true if the brightness of the movie screen led to blindness. I bet you'd be wearing sunglasses if that were the case.

decides2dream

nfanel wrote:

yeah, i'm screwed. i keep telling myself i should be wearing them but never do.

agreed.
i actually own an awesome pair, brought em to europe...put em in...but just could not get myself to keep them in. i KNOW the damage i am doing but i simply can't help myself. yes to some degree you 'hear better' WITH the earplugs, except can't hear your companions at all....but honestly, i like hearing it ALL, even the loud-ass noise....:o

seeing pearl jam is more than likely especially damaging b/c i more often than not go to multiple shows close together. i don't do that for any other acts. also, if i am fortunate with really good seats at times, i know it's even worse for my ears. so yes, i fully admit to my idiocy in this area.


http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx
yep, the exact same pair i own. i really, really need to convince myself to wear them........:p

TenaciousJ

ajedigecko wrote:

i noticed that the sound seems to improve with earplugs in.....during a show i will take them out for a moment just so i can hear the comparison between having ear plugs in and not having them in.

same hear.

i dont want to imagine how much damage i've done to my hearing during the years of concerts prior to wearing these earplugs. no more ringing in my ear after shows. whoohoo!

Ledbetterman10

lowlight10 wrote:

that would be true if the brightness of the movie screen led to blindness. I bet you'd be wearing sunglasses if that were the case.

nope, I'd take it like a man

ajedigecko

TenaciousJ wrote:

same hear.

i dont want to imagine how much damage i've done to my hearing during the years of concerts prior to wearing these earplugs. no more ringing in my ear after shows. whoohoo!

"same hear" or "same here"

the ringing is never going to stop for me.....they ring all the time. i remember taking hearing tests in school a nd the tech would look at me with a "holy shit...you must be deaf" look.

it got to the point, i would watch her arm and try to pass the test by raising my hand if i thought she was pressing the button.

Get_Right

I always bring them and always wear them.
Get a professional pair-they are much better than the foam drugstore ones.


http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/profmusearpl1.html

nfanel

double post...

nfanel

decides2dream wrote:

but honestly, i like hearing it ALL, even the loud-ass noise....:o

i really, really need to convince myself to wear them........:p

me too...on both of these.

Brez

Ted Leo's volume bothered my ears, but didn't hurt them, I was too far away.

Now, if I had won the lottery, we might have had problems.

Wallawallapj

Hello all....speaking from experience, I cannot stress the importance of hearing protection at concerts. I am 38 years old, and have been wearing hearing aides for 6 years now because of high frequency hearing loss. I noticed it when my 2 year old was learning to talk, and I could not understand a word she was saying....my wife had to interpret for me. I have been going to concerts since I was 14 (80's metal, no less), and during my early 20's, living in Seattle, I was at the Off Ramp, RCKNDY, The Showbox, or the Crocodile at least twice a week seeing shows. I always thought "the louder, the better". I am now paying the price. For those of you who believe you are immortal (like almost all in their 20's!), I promise you, it is NOT worth it. I live every day with the constant ringing of a 120 dB concert stuck in my head.

nfanel

ok, i've been sufficiently scared into buying a pair...i just ordered them. now i just need to get myself to wear them....

lowlight10

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

nope, I'd take it like a man

good point. that hearing aid at age 35 is gonna look really manly too.

otis mcfluster

What? Speak up.