Hearing protection Elect

   / Hearing protection Elect #1  

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Hi all, i have a cab-tractor and the noise inside it is loud. I am using passive noise protectors now, but am thinking about elect ones. What do u all think of them and what ones would u by?

thanks Ron
 
   / Hearing protection Elect #2  
Personnaly I think we lose our hearing based on aging, and has little to nothing to do with noise levels we encounter. I think our hearing would degenerate even if we spent our life with no sound at all...or if we muffed our ears 100% of the time.

I wear ear plugs or muffs when the noise is annoying to me. That includes nightclubs and dance bands that are amplified so much we can't talk above the noise.

So to answer the question...I wouldn't buy any of the elect (electric? electronic?) ones. :D
 
   / Hearing protection Elect #3  
So to answer the question...I wouldn't buy any of the elect (electric? electronic?) ones. :D

Neither would I...ear plugs work fine
 
   / Hearing protection Elect #4  
The primary purpose of the electronic hearing protectors is to allow you to hear normal speech ( a la a range control officer) and still block loud primarily gunshot sounds. In a cab where there are no other people to talk to they don't serve much purpose. I prefer to wear ear plugs and ear muffs at the same time for almost complete control of loud sounds.
 
   / Hearing protection Elect #5  
So to answer the question...I wouldn't buy any of the elect (electric? electronic?) ones. :D

I have a pair of the electronic ones..
and they are so cool...

now you have to hear this----

for months I have been telling co-workers that I will bring them in to work when I need to concentrate on something without distraction...

Well this week I had them in the truck as a reminder to get more batteries..

I got to the office and there were several people on a speaker phone with a conference call.... (CUBICALS-- how painful!!)

so I went to the truck and got them, put them on.. and went back to work..
the receptionist saw me walk in with them, and so did one of the sales guys...

you would not believe the looks I got....

anyway-- as I sat at my desk-- 99% of all the louder voices went away.. and I heard bare whispers when someone was less than 5 feet from me....

I safely ignored phone calls, people shouting my name over the cube walls and acted like those that walked by my cube and ask if I was busy for 3 hours...

There was a sign on the entrance to my cube that said: Experiencing a hearing impairment moment, please do not interupt for your safety.


If they only knew I could hear them when they walked into my cube and said something... and the ones that did not see the small mirror on my desk.. boy I should have had fun with them....



Moral of this story.. those electronic ones are really cool and work great..
DO you need them? maybe...

and they cool to have....

J
 
   / Hearing protection Elect #6  
Personnaly I think we lose our hearing based on aging, and has little to nothing to do with noise levels we encounter.

Think this is not correct.:( Loud noises can deteriorate your hearing, so can ageing. I wear ear muffs and/or sometimes ear plugs when chain sawing, using the tractor or other loud noise making items and have for many years. Don't need to help poor hearing come along faster. Sold safety supplies for a couple of years including hearing protection and learnt enough about protecting your hearing.
Hearing protection works. :)
 
   / Hearing protection Elect #7  
Think this is not correct.:( Loud noises can deteriorate your hearing, so can ageing. I wear ear muffs and/or sometimes ear plugs when chain sawing, using the tractor or other loud noise making items and have for many years. Don稚 need to help poor hearing come along faster. Sold safety supplies including hearing protection and learnt enough about protecting your hearing.
Hearing protection works. :)

I agree....

When I was in the Marines and worked in special electronics shelters we actually had to wear a docimeter from time to time to see how much noise we worked around.... after wearing one of those we often had to go get a hearing check.....


Interesting thing, one of the guys that got out about 6 months before we starting doing this got disability from the VA for hearing loss at 25....I think that is why we starting doing docimeter tests....


J
 
   / Hearing protection Elect #8  
Personnaly I think we lose our hearing based on aging, and has little to nothing to do with noise levels we encounter. I think our hearing would degenerate even if we spent our life with no sound at all...or if we muffed our ears 100% of the time.

You can always tell the people that agree with you. When you speak softly around them, they respond with "Eh?"
 

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