Ear Plug/Hearing Protection Poll

Yes, I wear them when mowing the lawn, riding the motorcycle, shooting, etc. Also, I don't play my music really loud either. In fact, I even set up my system with a low power configuration to keep me from turning it up to ear damaging levels. It is important to protect your hearing if you want to enjoy audio for the long term.

I wear them in airplanes, around construction and power tools, shooting my handguns (plus Peltor head set ), public places where amplification is too loud or too bright, and movie theatres where sound track is above comfortable level.

I carry disposable earplugs in my camera bag and use them and offer to my wife and son whenever we are in above situations. My wife usually refuses, my son usually accepts.

Son usually takes disposable plugs to school dances and parties where the DJ's get carried away with their crappy sound systems. Of course also at live rock concerts like Blink 182 / Green Day he recently attended.

Hello,
I wear an earplug in one ear due to loss of high frquency
hearing loss. Hearing loss is cumulative, so protection at the first sign can help prevent further loss, so I wear one while driving, using lawn equipment, power tools. Unfortunately, I do not while listening to music because of the effect it would have on listening enjoyment, but you have to have some fun! Surgery can help if the hearing loss
is not caused by nerve damage to the auditory nerve, but unfortunately is the most common. Long term exposure to noise above 85db can cause hearing loss, which is equal to
loud conversation. A single gunshot, which produces 140-170db is equal to 40 hours of exposure at 90db levels. So,
be careful! I use earplugs of the foam variety, which reduce
noise to about 30db, and are easy to use and inexpensive.