I wish these ear plugs had been around (and/or that I had known about them) a couple months ago. I suffered an acute noise induced hearing loss in my left ear shooting at an indoor range while wearing earmuffs designed for shooting protection. I hadn't realized the earmuffs weren't quite snug enough against my head on the left. I got fitted for hearing aids about a week ago (after finding a local provider who does real ear measurement). I got a more aggressive pair of earmuffs and learned to test them before going into the shooting bay, and was able to attend a shooting class I had scheduled, without any issues. Hearing aids are great, but being paranoid about protecting your your hearing in the first place is even better (and cheaper).
Many get tinnitus/ haircells Damage because of stress and virus and medicin l have mild hearingloss and sereve tinnitus 19 torture years now 😞 and l got IT From a virus
@@charlottebirgittethomsen4273 seriously me too! I’m sorry you have to go through it I use rainforest thunderstorm to help but even that gets old quick, and I wonder what nothing sounds like now
@@IzikGraphics dont lose Hope l have been suffering from Tinnitus 19 torture years now 😞 l trayd everything zen terapi TRT habituete CBT ect fasting crainiel terapi relaxing terapi Sound terapi NOTHING Works Oure only HOPE right now is the Susan SHORE device or lenire devise or Dirk de RIDDER devise to reduse the hyperaktivitet in the brain biomodelstimulation is tinnitus suffers only HOPE untill acure is found 🙏 prayers to All tinnitus suffers Out there lol 🌷 from Charlotte in Denmark 🙏
After acquiring tinnitus from earplugs I would never advise a person to use them. I had used them 100s of times with no issues. One, yes one brief exposure to a few gunshots ruined my right ear. Always use over the ear muffs.
Can you help me?? I also have tinnitus from 2-3 yrs. My ears can't tolerate loud music and noises. Am very depressed. Please tell me about treatment procedure
I've been near deaf 20 yrs! and I just got hearing aids and my world is so much better now!! I can hear the birds outside etc! So I don't know how loud my hearing sids should really be! Hearing is a new thing for me!
You see but I *can* stay in my house and avoid places. Im autistic and mostly deaf. What little hearing I have is in 1 ear and the sound is distorted and painful. So I keep an earplug in every day. The one I use is Surefire ep5 closed. It is the only one without that sound you get from others from accidentally touching it
Thank you for sharing this product. Is there a product you would recommend for people that have a history of recurring cholesteatomas? Seeing as the recommendation is to try to always keep water from entering the ear canals.
On the strength of your recommendation, I have tried the phonac music earplugs. On the plus side, I will say that their very mild attenuation provides clear music perception. The attenuation is definitely mild, however. The hum of the dehumidifier is very notable alongside the music. But unfortunately, even the small does not fit my adult ears properly. I think the real problem is the disc-shaped filter. I think in order for them to make a true small/x-small/kids they would have to provide a smaller version of the filter itself. For me, the material is also itchy. Since my ears are different sizes and shapes (the right ear canal seems unable to straighten completely), the left ear is more agreeable to the phonac plugs than the right ear. The right ear hurts right away basically, while it takes a while for a light ache to develop in the other ear. I could see someone with my ears using these briefly for a musical performance, but I wish that I had not made the investment. For me, the cheaper SilentEar and QuietEar do very nicely (better than phonac, I think) in my left ear but are not tolerated well at all in the right. Alpine Pluggies children’s earplugs are the best so far with no itch or pain while sitting up and moderate attenuation that is too little for some purposes and too much for others. I’ve also tried various foams with very limited success. Still searching-I have audio sensitivities in addition to sensitive ear tissues. HTH
If you have tinnitus, would this actually intensify the perception of tinnitus due to the reduced surrounding sounds? For me, because of tinnitus, whenever I wear an ear plug, I hear more tinnitus. However, I do agree this is a great product for people without tinnitus.
Dr cliff I shot my .460 S&W HANDGUN. WOW MY GUN IS 8 IN BARREL. BUT THIS .460 REALLY PACKS A HELL OF LOUD ROUND EVEN WITH EAR PLUGS. I KNOW MY EARS RANG A FEW TIMES
Thanks fore the video doctor Cliff 👍👍its not easy to avoid haircells Damage and tinnitus because many get haircells Damage/ tinnitus because of a virus or stress or medicin l Have servere tinnitus because of a virus or stress and mild hearingloss 😖
Do you know of anything that can reduce sound but not get rid of it. I know someone who has frequent headaches and they just need something to reduce the sound and not completely get rid of it
I am getting my first pair of hearing aids next week--I do plan to ask my audiologist about ear protection but wondering if you can answer my question. What does one do when wearing aids and needing protection such as at a concert? do you not wear your aids and wear protection or is there protection to wear over aids?
Hii, Dr.cliff your videos are great but I am not able to find that what is the problem in my ear will you please help me in identifying my problem I feel sudden shocks in my ear and my ear feels clogged also
I have TINNITUS but i don't have hearing loss... My audiogram is 10db in right and 11db in left.☹️ No doctor could help me.. i m from india.. wasted like 1000 dollars
Tinnitus is overaktive nervscells in the brain so so many get tinnitus and have No haircells Damage tinnitus you are not alone its a living Hell 😧 l Realy Hope we get relief very SOON like the Susan SHORE device or lenire devise or Dirk de RIDDER devise to reduse the hyperaktivitet in the brain
Those peak reductions wearing ear plugs for gunfire are insane, but isn't 110 dB and higher really dangerous already for the ears? Wouldn't you get hearing loss anyways with these dB intensities?
Of course! Anything loud is potentially dangerous for hearing. However, protecting your hearing reduces that risk. It comes down to your level of risk tolerance in these situations. Refer to the OSHA or NIOSH permissible noise levels as a reference for how much noise is too much noise.
I called the Phonak number Got strange buzzing sound Please.. how can I reach them? I’m outside USA Can I buy them through Phonak directly and pay for shipping?
Hey Ronnie. You have to get them from a Phonak dealer. I am going to work on developing a webstore to sell them though, but might take a little while to do this and international is questionable. What country are you in?
Off topic: I would LOVE for you to do a video on the various low battery sounds that hearing aids make. About..12 years ago, I had one that would make a chime sound. At first I was like hey did you guys hear that sound? *confusion.gif* What sound? At first I thought I was losing my mind. My newest one which needs to be replaced at this point talks. Sounds like it says MMM Low battery. I wish I could show my friends/family what they sound like.
I would like to attend concerts again once the coronavirus subsides , I will wear ear plugs of course , but most filtered ear plugs filter about to 28 decibles , which if I am doing my math correctly it brings it down to 95 decibles from 100 which can still be dangerous , and you can only be around it for at least an hour before hearing gets hurt. It is expensive to go to concerts and I would like to be able to enjoy a full show with out worrying that my hearing will get effected more so then it already has. What do I do ?. Do I just use foam plugs or are there other ear plugs that I can use that will give me higher decible reduction but with that music clarity
I wish these ear plugs had been around (and/or that I had known about them) a couple months ago. I suffered an acute noise induced hearing loss in my left ear shooting at an indoor range while wearing earmuffs designed for shooting protection. I hadn't realized the earmuffs weren't quite snug enough against my head on the left. I got fitted for hearing aids about a week ago (after finding a local provider who does real ear measurement). I got a more aggressive pair of earmuffs and learned to test them before going into the shooting bay, and was able to attend a shooting class I had scheduled, without any issues. Hearing aids are great, but being paranoid about protecting your your hearing in the first place is even better (and cheaper).
Please take care of your ears. Tinnitus is honestly kinda hell it is manageable but it’s a battle of sanity sometimes.
Many get tinnitus/ haircells Damage because of stress and virus and medicin l have mild hearingloss and sereve tinnitus 19 torture years now 😞 and l got IT From a virus
@@charlottebirgittethomsen4273 seriously me too! I’m sorry you have to go through it I use rainforest thunderstorm to help but even that gets old quick, and I wonder what nothing sounds like now
@@IzikGraphics dont lose Hope l have been suffering from Tinnitus 19 torture years now 😞 l trayd everything zen terapi TRT habituete CBT ect fasting crainiel terapi relaxing terapi Sound terapi NOTHING Works Oure only HOPE right now is the Susan SHORE device or lenire devise or Dirk de RIDDER devise to reduse the hyperaktivitet in the brain biomodelstimulation is tinnitus suffers only HOPE untill acure is found 🙏 prayers to All tinnitus suffers Out there lol 🌷 from Charlotte in Denmark 🙏
After acquiring tinnitus from earplugs I would never advise a person to use them. I had used them 100s of times with no issues. One, yes one brief exposure to a few gunshots ruined my right ear. Always use over the ear muffs.
All thanks to Dr. Akintola, the buzzing sound in my ear has finally stop...life is back again.
Can you help me?? I also have tinnitus from 2-3 yrs. My ears can't tolerate loud music and noises. Am very depressed. Please tell me about treatment procedure
@@warriorshorts2340 Hi, I didn't prepare the Tinnitus myself, I bought it from Dr. Akintola on RUclips.
Please tell me what do you think about intake of vitamin A C E magnesium & Ginkgo Biloba and their effect on hearing loss?
I've been near deaf 20 yrs! and I just got hearing aids and my world is so much better now!! I can hear the birds outside etc! So I don't know how loud my hearing sids should really be! Hearing is a new thing for me!
I wish I found your channel a year or 2 ago and learned all about this stuff...
Many have tinnitus without hearingloss and many get hearingloss because of medicin or stress
What about hearing protection for hearing impaired in a manufacturing environment?
You see but I *can* stay in my house and avoid places. Im autistic and mostly deaf. What little hearing I have is in 1 ear and the sound is distorted and painful. So I keep an earplug in every day. The one I use is Surefire ep5 closed. It is the only one without that sound you get from others from accidentally touching it
Thank you for sharing this product. Is there a product you would recommend for people that have a history of recurring cholesteatomas? Seeing as the recommendation is to try to always keep water from entering the ear canals.
On the strength of your recommendation, I have tried the phonac music earplugs. On the plus side, I will say that their very mild attenuation provides clear music perception. The attenuation is definitely mild, however. The hum of the dehumidifier is very notable alongside the music. But unfortunately, even the small does not fit my adult ears properly. I think the real problem is the disc-shaped filter. I think in order for them to make a true small/x-small/kids they would have to provide a smaller version of the filter itself.
For me, the material is also itchy. Since my ears are different sizes and shapes (the right ear canal seems unable to straighten completely), the left ear is more agreeable to the phonac plugs than the right ear. The right ear hurts right away basically, while it takes a while for a light ache to develop in the other ear. I could see someone with my ears using these briefly for a musical performance, but I wish that I had not made the investment.
For me, the cheaper SilentEar and QuietEar do very nicely (better than phonac, I think) in my left ear but are not tolerated well at all in the right. Alpine Pluggies children’s earplugs are the best so far with no itch or pain while sitting up and moderate attenuation that is too little for some purposes and too much for others. I’ve also tried various foams with very limited success. Still searching-I have audio sensitivities in addition to sensitive ear tissues. HTH
If you have tinnitus, would this actually intensify the perception of tinnitus due to the reduced surrounding sounds? For me, because of tinnitus, whenever I wear an ear plug, I hear more tinnitus. However, I do agree this is a great product for people without tinnitus.
Use white noise. Can be added to your hearing aids
@@RonnieKaufman1 thanks but its makes the Tinnitus loudness worse
Dr cliff I shot my .460 S&W HANDGUN. WOW MY GUN IS 8 IN BARREL. BUT THIS .460 REALLY PACKS A HELL OF LOUD ROUND EVEN WITH EAR PLUGS. I KNOW MY EARS RANG A FEW TIMES
Might want to use double protection!!! 😱
Thank you for sharing👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
great info
Thanks fore the video doctor Cliff 👍👍its not easy to avoid haircells Damage and tinnitus because many get haircells Damage/ tinnitus because of a virus or stress or medicin l Have servere tinnitus because of a virus or stress and mild hearingloss 😖
I have a problem the voice I hear is not syncing with what I see, is this the symptom that my ear is damaged?🤔
Still hopeping fore some good treatment s to reduse tinnitus suffers untill acure is found
Send me a link to buy this medicine
I always face difficulties in noicy environment 😒
Do you know of anything that can reduce sound but not get rid of it. I know someone who has frequent headaches and they just need something to reduce the sound and not completely get rid of it
What would you recommend for a Very loud Music Band?
thank you for this.. I have hearing aides and I am a musician should I use my aides to play music and just turn them down?
Signia silk 7x are phenomenal with music
I am getting my first pair of hearing aids next week--I do plan to ask my audiologist about ear protection but wondering if you can answer my question. What does one do when wearing aids and needing protection such as at a concert? do you not wear your aids and wear protection or is there protection to wear over aids?
Hii, Dr.cliff your videos are great but I am not able to find that what is the problem in my ear will you please help me in identifying my problem
I feel sudden shocks in my ear and my ear feels clogged also
Where can i buy that
Serenity now! 😀
Hello Dr. Cliff, on a somewhat similar topic. What woukd be the best hearing protection available for going to the gun range?
While this might be a bit late, they actually do have different options for ear plugs. One of those being for gunfire and all.
I have TINNITUS but i don't have hearing loss... My audiogram is 10db in right and 11db in left.☹️ No doctor could help me.. i m from india.. wasted like 1000 dollars
Tinnitus is overaktive nervscells in the brain so so many get tinnitus and have No haircells Damage tinnitus you are not alone its a living Hell 😧 l Realy Hope we get relief very SOON like the Susan SHORE device or lenire devise or Dirk de RIDDER devise to reduse the hyperaktivitet in the brain
Of course, in-ear plugs don't work well if you have an exostosis near the opening of one ear...
You may do well with Alpine brand. I seem to have this issue as well. I use the children’s Alpine Pluggies (small ears) with moderate success.
Those peak reductions wearing ear plugs for gunfire are insane, but isn't 110 dB and higher really dangerous already for the ears? Wouldn't you get hearing loss anyways with these dB intensities?
Of course! Anything loud is potentially dangerous for hearing. However, protecting your hearing reduces that risk. It comes down to your level of risk tolerance in these situations. Refer to the OSHA or NIOSH permissible noise levels as a reference for how much noise is too much noise.
@@DrCliffAuD I understand, thank you so much sir!
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These sound really nice. I have some loss. My chart shows what the chart in video has. 3000 to 8000. The 6000 dropped to 55 to 60. Rest was around 45.
When are going to do the Bose hearing aid?
I called the Phonak number
Got strange buzzing sound
Please.. how can I reach them?
I’m outside USA
Can I buy them through Phonak directly and pay for shipping?
Hey Ronnie. You have to get them from a Phonak dealer. I am going to work on developing a webstore to sell them though, but might take a little while to do this and international is questionable. What country are you in?
@@DrCliffAuD Israel!!!
@@DrCliffAuD my audiologist just told me she has them!
Do I need to be fitted?
I have recruitment.. hyperacusis
I really need them
@@RonnieKaufman1 she needs to fit the Custom version but not the generic version.
@@DrCliffAuD thank you
Dr. Cliff, how was your cookie bite hearing loss caused? Just curious, take care brother.
Cookie bite is usually genetic and not related to the aging process
350 million are suffering very badly From tinnitus World wide what about us??
Dr cliff can scratch my ear anytime 🙊
Character In the video It's great, I like it a lot $$
Off topic: I would LOVE for you to do a video on the various low battery sounds that hearing aids make. About..12 years ago, I had one that would make a chime sound. At first I was like hey did you guys hear that sound? *confusion.gif* What sound? At first I thought I was losing my mind. My newest one which needs to be replaced at this point talks. Sounds like it says MMM Low battery. I wish I could show my friends/family what they sound like.
where can I get these plugs? Do they
work with phonak paradise?
You can get them from any Audiologist or Dispenser who dispenses Phonak products. They are used independently of hearing aids in noisy situations.
Are these supplied by the VA? Little late to the party. I have hearing aids from the VA.
I can't find the set you show. I can only find individual ones for one type of specific sound blocking. Very expensive to buy them one at a time.
I would like to attend concerts again once the coronavirus subsides , I will wear ear plugs of course , but most filtered ear plugs filter about to 28 decibles , which if I am doing my math correctly it brings it down to 95 decibles from 100 which can still be dangerous , and you can only be around it for at least an hour before hearing gets hurt. It is expensive to go to concerts and I would like to be able to enjoy a full show with out worrying that my hearing will get effected more so then it already has. What do I do ?. Do I just use foam plugs or are there other ear plugs that I can use that will give me higher decible reduction but with that music clarity
Hi Tiffany, did you manage to choose the earplugs? I also need some and I feel a little lost to be able to choose a pair