It doesn't matter if you're a musical artist or not, you should always protect your ears. I wear earplugs everytime I go out. I don't have a specific brand, but the pack that's currently sitting on my desk is AOSafety disposable earplugs that I purchased from my work's hardware department; they work great.

I protect my ears by not listening to ASOT, GDJB or 99% of the 'radio' shows out there. It works wonders & I can hear the lovely sound of birds singing & bee's trying to sting them

FWIW J00f did an article about this awhile back. www.john00fleming.com , Diary -> Photo Diary -> Archive -> Nov 2005.

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Originally posted by Ian I protect my ears by not listening to ASOT, GDJB or 99% of the 'radio' shows out there. It works wonders & I can hear the lovely sound of birds singing & bee's trying to sting them

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Originally posted by Ian I protect my ears by not listening to ASOT, GDJB or 99% of the 'radio' shows out there. It works wonders & I can hear the lovely sound of birds singing & bee's trying to sting them

I have never used earplugs in the 10 years I have been playing out for.
But then again, Like Ian, I try to avoid ASOT or any similar shows so as not to cause my ears unwanted damage. In all seriousness though, really what I'm expecting is that by the time I go half deaf they will have some sweet medical advancements by then to sort me right out. It's the price you pay!

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Originally posted by DJ NEMESIS I have never used earplugs in the 10 years I have been playing out for. But then again, Like Ian, I try to avoid ASOT or any similar shows so as not to cause my ears unwanted damage. In all seriousness though, really what I'm expecting is that by the time I go half deaf they will have some sweet medical advancements by then to sort me right out. It's the price you pay!

I see it a lil bit different. If I'm going to go deaf then so be it, I was born a little bit anyway. the only signs of it are that my voice is quite loud cos i dont realise it is, but if im listening to music I love, and enjoying myself doing so, then if i go deaf from it, what a way to go.

yes, when clubbing i have earplugs. you really can't take any chances when it comes to tinnitus because it can hit you when you least expect it.

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I dunno why, but when I went to a club this winter, my ears took more damage than any others. As in, you know... there's mostly this sound.. like a beep sound going on in your ears, after being in a club with loud music for too long. But my beeping lasted alot longer than my big brothers (I'm 15, he's 20). So does it ahve anything to do with our age? Or do my ears simply take greater damage?

And I wonder how much you can enjoy the music with earplugs. Sure you can't enjoy it at all when you're deaf, but still... what's it like with earplugs, in a real club? How much do you hear, really?



Oh, and some time ago (like... during winter) we were having natural science, and the subject was Sound. Long story short, they were talking about tinnitus on TV, and when they played the sounds that you get from tinnitus, I really shivered. I was like... paralyzed by it. It's really scary.

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Originally posted by Rainborn But my beeping lasted alot longer than my big brothers (I'm 15, he's 20). So does it ahve anything to do with our age? Or do my ears simply take greater damage?

It's possible. As you get older, you ears quickly lose their sensitivity to high frequencies.

yup, I wear the AOSafety ones. I enjoy the sound more with earplugs on. Takes out all the high-hats and excessive white-noise which I find annoying.