The ears are delicate sensory organs and are highly susceptible to damage. One of the most common and preventable causes of hearing loss is noise exposure. Have you ever had ringing in your ears after listening to music or being in a noisy environment? This is a sign that your ears are being damaged.
Modern technology is fantastic. It makes our lives easier and keeps us connected to friends and family. Most modern technology is not ear-friendly though. Earphones feed sound directly into our ears at higher volumes and for longer periods than our ears can cope with. The closer the sound is to our eardrum, the easier it is for damage to occur. It is not just the volume of sound we need to be careful of either. Noise exposure is a measure of how much sound you have been exposed to over a 24 hour period. Earphones can be particularly damaging as they feed a constant level of noise into your ears, not giving the ear a chance to recover.
If you are a musician or a music fan then you should invest in some musician’s earplugs. These are specially designed to let voices and sounds in, just at less harmful levels. They reduce the volume at which sound enters the ear but maintain sound’s fidelity by making reductions proportionally across frequencies, giving you a harmonically consistent experience. Musician’s earplugs can also be used in any situation where you want to reduce noise exposure but still need to be able to communicate.
If you are exposed to loud sounds or noisy environments and do not need to be able to communicate, we also make noise plugs. Noise plugs block as much sound as possible from entering the ear, protecting your hearing. They are ideal for people who work in noisy environments or use power tools, like construction workers or shooters.