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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / June 2004ear plugs
I've read many references to using ear plugs. I have a few questions. Do people use special earplugs? What kind are preferred and where can they be purchased? TIA Rolando > I've read many references to using ear plugs. I have a few questions. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Rolando I use inexpensive foam plugs purchased in packs of 10 or 12. They work fine for me. Look for them at the drug store. Bill > > I've read many references to using ear plugs. I have a few questions. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bill Are you talking about using earplugs to decrease sounds due to your hyper-sensitivity -or- to reduce the constant ringing? I have found that plugging my ears does not help at all. It's an internal sound so blocking out external sounds only serves to make me hyper-aware of the internal sound. This is why I sleep better in a room that has white noise as opposed to dead quiet. Dead quiet causes me to focus on my tinnitus much more and I find it somewhat disturbing. For me, earplugs are the *last* thing I'd want. David Emerling - Memphis, TN demerlin@HATESPAMmidsouth.rr.com If you want to email me - remove HATESPAM from the above address. "David Emerling" <demerlin@HATESPAMmidsouth.rr.com> wrote in message > I have found that plugging my ears does not help at all.......... Dead quiet causes me to > focus on my> tinnitus much more and I find it somewhat disturbing. The 'dead quiet' thing is very true! But the ear plugs are to protect your ears in the presence of loud music, not for everyday sounds. Regards, PaulS > > > I've read many references to using ear plugs. I have a few questions. > > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > demerlin@HATESPAMmidsouth.rr.com > If you want to email me - remove HATESPAM from the above address. Hi David, I use the plugs to protect my hearing when I run power equipment. You are right, they have no effect on the T sound except that my T is louder if I expose myself to the noise of the power equipment without plugs. I think there is a relationship between T and exposure to very loud noises. I was working on a construction project with a friend who knows I have tinnitus. He commented that, after ripping a bunch of boards with my table saw, his ears were ringing, His ringing subsided in a few minutes but perhaps someday it won't. Bill > > > I've read many references to using ear plugs. I have a few questions. > > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > demerlin@HATESPAMmidsouth.rr.com > If you want to email me - remove HATESPAM from the above address. Neither. Rather in to protect against aggravating the tinnitus from exposure to loud music (and maybe the New York City subway). Rolando >I've read many references to using ear plugs. I have a few questions. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Rolando You can also buy custom made ear plugs that are fitted to your ears like an earmold. I don't use earplugs. Terri http://store.yahoo.com/earplugstore/inhearprot.html Safety supply stores and music stores are 2 places to check. The musician's plugs are better but more expensive. > I've read many references to using ear plugs. I have a few questions. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Rolando I use custom fitted earplugs. They are expensive ... about ?150 here in the UK. Ear moulds are taken by an audiologist and then the plugs themselves are made based on these moulds. Mine have 15db filters, but 25db versions are available. Again these are expensive. Filters are about ?80. The obvious advantage with custom made plugs is that because they have been made for the user and only the user, they are very comfortable. I can wear mine for relatively long periods of time very comfortably. Additionally the sonic quality is excellent. This aspect is important to me as I'm a musician. In summary for me at least it was definitely money well spent, but it does depend on the application you intend to use them in. If there is a downside apart from the expense, it's that in certain very noisy situations, they wont offer the same protection as foam plugs. Hope this helps. Dave > http://store.yahoo.com/earplugstore/inhearprot.html > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > Rolando > I use custom fitted earplugs. They are expensive ... about ?150 here in the > UK. Ear moulds are taken by an audiologist and then the plugs themselves [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > downside apart from the expense, it's that in certain very noisy situations, > they wont offer the same protection as foam plugs. I paid EUR. 100, which is about the same as your 100 quid. I got mine from a "hearing aid" shop, which specializes in ear-related aids. Such shops are dotted around all over the place here in The Netherlands, so it wasn't a problem finding one. The earplugs are also covered by my medical insurance. I ditto everything else you have said. They offer superb and comfortable protection. I saw my beloved West Ham come a cropper at Cardiff in the play-offs a couple of weeks ago, and the noise in the stadium was really deafening. However, I came out unscathed; my T is no worse than before. Thank god for these earplugs. I have even been told that I may easily attend rock concerts again if I so wish. Cheers, Simon, The Netherlands. >>I have even been told that I may easily attend > rock concerts again if I so wish. Simon, I have the same ear plugs as Dave and you and echo both of your enthusiasm for them. I have attended events with very loud music without discomfort, though I passed on the last Nine-Inch Nails concert :-). They are highly recommended! PaulS |
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