Hearing protection
 

Just noticed today that how I'm going, I'll be on a hearing aid before im 20, as was in the pub last night listening to the symptom rattle the place to the foundations, clay shooting this morning (3" mags, ouch!) and out on the bike today: What hearing protection do you lot use when out on the bike, and how much difference do you notice?

Chris

Re: Hearing protection
 

i can only wear ear plugs on motorways, i cant wear them any other time they anoy me.

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Which ones do you use?

I've tried the rubber ones with the little stick in them but they really didn't seem to do anything.

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I bought 2 pairs of foam earplugs that came in a box with a little keyring for £2 at Woosters in Leeds. I just squash and insert them into my ears. Strange crackling noise at first but you get used to it.

I now try and use the plugs as often as possible as they make a real difference. I can still hear the bike but they remove loads of the wind noise.

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I work in an extremely noisy factory all week, and sit above a stubby can that sounds like the voice of doom. I don't wear any ear protection for either, because I can't. I had terrible ear infections as a child which damaged my inner ear. Wearing ear plugs causes me to get horrific ear infections, and the pain just isn't worth it.

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all the time for me ,,max-lite i think (yellow and pinky)very good and soft ,,the rest seem to hurt after a while (1hr up);)

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i think there motrax ones, lill orange ones that you squeeze, shuv in ear they expand back to plug ear.

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Lissa, perhaps you should try ear defenders at work - they look like the old type of headphones - the noise can't be doing you any good!

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Alpine moto-safes here (apparantly - my Dutch is worse than their English). I used to ride without, but now I can't do without them especially on the motorways.

Now, I get off the bike and as soon as I take them out, I can hear perfectly - without them, I'd have to wait 10 minutes for my hearing to recover to normal levels.

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Thats the ones I use, I tried loads and they were the most comfortable and damped out the most noise to.

I wear them pretty much all the time.