- Aug 6, 2021
- 1
- Tinnitus Since
- 2016
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Headphones + Genetics
Hello, I am planning on purchasing these earplugs:
https://www.amazon.com/Earasers-Hi-Fi-Fidelity-Earplugs-Small/dp/B01L4LKQIE
I have a couple questions about them before I make the investment.
First, does anyone know if the occlusion effect can be dangerous? I'm going to a party in a couple of days and its likely that I will have to raise my voice for others to hear me. With the occlusion effect, could talking loud to be heard over loud music for a couple hours be dangerous? What if I have to sneeze while wearing the earplugs?
Second, I'm a little bit confused with the flat frequency response they are talking about. If you look on the third image for the product, it shows the reduction in decibels for each specific frequency range. I'm a little concerned looking on the very low bass end to see it only reduces the sound by less than 3 decibels. Won't this mean that for loud music (which is what I'm mainly going to be using this for) the high frequencies will be reduced appropriately while the bass is still booming like crazy and hurting my ears just as much?
On their website they have this image:
It appears that the standard (which is the only one I can get before an event that I have to go to soon) just barely reduces the decibels along most of the frequency range. It might be enough for someone who doesn't have tinnitus yet, but for us with damaged ears a mere 4 decibels difference for most of the frequency spectrum probably isn't enough. Am I missing something? Based on the reviews people have given about these earplugs it seems like they should be good enough for people with tinnitus, but this chart and the list of decibel reduction across different frequencies is puzzling me as to how this could be enough protection.
Anyone have experience with these? Is it really capable of taking a 95 decibel loud music/restaurant environment down to something that's comfortable for us?
I'm also worried about these getting stuck in my ears. Would having very short finger nails make it difficult to remove these from the short piece sticking out? Do any of you use earplugs that use that method of retrieval and have you ever had issues with them getting stuck? The last thing I would want was getting some new earplugs stuck in my ears during a party or at a restaurant.
Thanks in advance for the responses.
https://www.amazon.com/Earasers-Hi-Fi-Fidelity-Earplugs-Small/dp/B01L4LKQIE
I have a couple questions about them before I make the investment.
First, does anyone know if the occlusion effect can be dangerous? I'm going to a party in a couple of days and its likely that I will have to raise my voice for others to hear me. With the occlusion effect, could talking loud to be heard over loud music for a couple hours be dangerous? What if I have to sneeze while wearing the earplugs?
Second, I'm a little bit confused with the flat frequency response they are talking about. If you look on the third image for the product, it shows the reduction in decibels for each specific frequency range. I'm a little concerned looking on the very low bass end to see it only reduces the sound by less than 3 decibels. Won't this mean that for loud music (which is what I'm mainly going to be using this for) the high frequencies will be reduced appropriately while the bass is still booming like crazy and hurting my ears just as much?
On their website they have this image:
It appears that the standard (which is the only one I can get before an event that I have to go to soon) just barely reduces the decibels along most of the frequency range. It might be enough for someone who doesn't have tinnitus yet, but for us with damaged ears a mere 4 decibels difference for most of the frequency spectrum probably isn't enough. Am I missing something? Based on the reviews people have given about these earplugs it seems like they should be good enough for people with tinnitus, but this chart and the list of decibel reduction across different frequencies is puzzling me as to how this could be enough protection.
Anyone have experience with these? Is it really capable of taking a 95 decibel loud music/restaurant environment down to something that's comfortable for us?
I'm also worried about these getting stuck in my ears. Would having very short finger nails make it difficult to remove these from the short piece sticking out? Do any of you use earplugs that use that method of retrieval and have you ever had issues with them getting stuck? The last thing I would want was getting some new earplugs stuck in my ears during a party or at a restaurant.
Thanks in advance for the responses.