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I like Hearos cheap, decent, and comfortable. – Dan – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Has anyone used the custom made swimmers ear plugs? I think their main >purpose is to block water from swimmers’ ears. I was wondering if they >would be an effective plug for musicians? >Jordan
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Ouch – can’t really believe this. Just been for a routine hearing test after prolonged ringing in my ears and have discovered I have a "loud drummer" induced problem. Basically I have hearing loss in one ear at around 4KHZ. Just happens to be the ear that normally resides on stage right next to my drummer’s particularly loud Zildjian! Nothing too serious but I’ve been advised to wear plugs (at least in one ear that’s next to the kit). Thought I’d check out the newsgroups and here’s lots of advice from people. I only wish I’d bothered to do something earlier. Take heed people!! molan * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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"I’d say your best bet is to either use the super-cheapo foam earplugs and deal with the strange effects they have on your hearing or suck it up and go for the custom-fitted earplugs which filter all frequencies evenly (and cost about 75-100 times as much). Although I would strongly recommend playing with earplugs, I have yet to find a viable, cheap alternative to the really expensive ones." Try gun shops. Many variations and sizes. — –Liquorboy– — "People say I’m no good, crazy as a loon…" http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/88/kinky_slinky.html http://www.okclive.com/kinkyslinky/ —
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi Jordan, > Although I haven’t used swimmer’s earplugs, I have used what appeared to > be swimmer’s earplugs that are adapted for musicians. I bought them > several years ago from a music store and can’t remember the brand name. > Their claim to fame was that the earplugs used a thin metal diaphram which > would collapse when spl’s got beyond a certain limit and supposedly limited > all frequencies equally. Unfortunately, I found I couldn’t sing well with > them (seemed to affect the tone inside my head – possibly related to the > post about high technology used against mentally ill people) and they only > dropped the sound levels by 15 decibels (according to the packaging) which > didn’t seem to help much compared to the foam ones that claim to drop the > sound levels by 30 db. I’d say your best bet is to either use the > super-cheapo foam earplugs and deal with the strange effects they have on > your hearing or suck it up and go for the custom-fitted earplugs which > filter all frequencies evenly (and cost about 75-100 times as much). > Although I would strongly recommend playing with earplugs, I have yet to > find a viable, cheap alternative to the really expensive ones. > Cheers, > Eric > Has anyone used the custom made swimmers ear plugs? I think their main > purpose is to block water from swimmers’ ears. I was wondering if they > would be an effective plug for musicians? > Jordan
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I doubt that swimmer’s plugs would work well. The key is to maintain even frequency response when the plugs are in — a lot of plugs affect one frequency band much more than others, and that can really raise hell with your ability to play in a group. I like Hearos, the bright orange ones with the little pegs in the middle. Try them out, but here’s a tip. Push them in all the way. I used to think I’d hear better if I just put them in lightly, thinking that I’d not block out too much of the sound that way. Unfortunately, what that does is upset the frequency balance and messes you up. Push ‘em in all the way, and the frequency balance stays nice and even, and you will actually hear better. That’s the way it’s worked for me, anyway.
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Hi Jordan, Although I haven’t used swimmer’s earplugs, I have used what appeared to be swimmer’s earplugs that are adapted for musicians. I bought them several years ago from a music store and can’t remember the brand name. Their claim to fame was that the earplugs used a thin metal diaphram which would collapse when spl’s got beyond a certain limit and supposedly limited all frequencies equally. Unfortunately, I found I couldn’t sing well with them (seemed to affect the tone inside my head – possibly related to the post about high technology used against mentally ill people) and they only dropped the sound levels by 15 decibels (according to the packaging) which didn’t seem to help much compared to the foam ones that claim to drop the sound levels by 30 db. I’d say your best bet is to either use the super-cheapo foam earplugs and deal with the strange effects they have on your hearing or suck it up and go for the custom-fitted earplugs which filter all frequencies evenly (and cost about 75-100 times as much). Although I would strongly recommend playing with earplugs, I have yet to find a viable, cheap alternative to the really expensive ones. Cheers, Eric – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Has anyone used the custom made swimmers ear plugs? I think their main > purpose is to block water from swimmers’ ears. I was wondering if they > would be an effective plug for musicians? > Jordan
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Has anyone used the custom made swimmers ear plugs? I think their main purpose is to block water from swimmers’ ears. I was wondering if they would be an effective plug for musicians? Jordan