Recent content by nebraskafarmer

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    Custom Earplugs (ACS, Elacin, Etymotic, Westone, etc.)

    Are any of you using custom fitted earplugs? What are some of the pros and cons? Would they be a worthwhile investment for someone with tinnitus working in noise everyday? I'll be interested to read your responses. Thanks in advance!
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    What Is Your Job / Career?

    I'm a self employed farmer. I'm the sixth generation in my family to farm, and some of our ground has been in our family over 150 years. I've been around farm machinery all my life, and that's where my tinnitus came from. Going on nearly 20 years of dealing with it, and I'm 34.
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    Glad to Find This!

    What are the hearing aids like? Have they decreased your use of earplugs?
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    Glad to Find This!

    Hello everyone. I've had tinnitus in some shape or form for over half of my life. Tinnitus started in my early to mid teens and I will turn 34 on Wednesday. I'm thankful to find a place like this and hope I can contribute something while learning for myself. I'm a farmer in Nebraska and have...
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    Always looking for better protection. What's everyone using for earplugs and earmuffs? I'm open...

    Always looking for better protection. What's everyone using for earplugs and earmuffs? I'm open to suggestions!
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    Just looking for ways to cope while feeding a noisy world...

    Just looking for ways to cope while feeding a noisy world...