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Do you protect your hearing?

My Dad's hearing has been bad for a while and he recently had to get hearing aids. I'm a relatively young man and I know I have not used proper hearing protection throughout my life. This audio stuff is a wonderful thing and something I'd like to enjoy my entire life, so I have been more aware of noise in my everyday life. My job requires me to work in a sometimes loud environment and my other hobby is woodworking. For about the last 5 years or so, I have made a conscious effort to wear hearing protection when I'm in such an environments. Just recently I started to use hearing protection while cutting the grass, something I wouldn't have considered in the past. Has your interest in audio caused you to be more aware of hearing protection or am I the only anal one here?
mijknarf
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driver
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I've been using the disposable EAR plugs (29 dB) for years & have passed down the tradition to my children.

My kids use them when mowing, as well as safety glasses & I use the plugs while using power tools, shop vac, etc.

When I first started driving a truck I didn't wear them but wore them during the last million miles, although I stopped driving a few yrs ago.
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raytheprinter
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Ive been wearing ear protection for years,mostly at work
robm321
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I wear earplugs when using the vacuum cleaner, record cleaning machine, etc. I am definately more contious of it, because I want to be able to hear as much as I can as I get older. It is because of my audio hobby.
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