I wear the etymotics everywhere I go.
well..all bars, be it loud or not, its loud enuf to hurt me.
its kind of goofy, but i was careless long enuf to do perm damage to one ear(thank you Crystal Method)

I dont need it to be worse

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speaking of which, you still have to order me a pair of those jason

i'm not ashamed to wear earplugs
i'll happily wear them
i'd rather wear a little earplug now than a big hearing aid later

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good advice

i never have sore ears after a long night clubbing, i find this worrying? ive only been going out regularly for 6 months too...

what do you guys think?

hey ive wanted some ear plugs for a while now, can i just ask do you have to goto a audiologist and get special moulds or are there more 'generic' ones, i dont really have alot to spend on these plugs i just want something that will protect my ears, allow me to hear comfortably and clearly... what should i look out for?

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Why in God's name would anyone be embarassed about wearing ear plugs? That's like saying you are a cop and you feel stupid for wearing a bullet proof vest. Earplugs save your ears! If you are really serious about becoming a proffesional Dj, then it's part of the job to wear earplugs! You can't mix anymore once you can't hear all the frequency ranges without decent accuracy, and you surely can't when you develop tinitus and loud noises do nothing else other than make your ears resonate with a horrible ringing noise.

How stupid or embarassed will you feel when you have to wear a hearing aid for the rest of your life, starting in your early 20s? I'm sure all the women will find that oh so attractive. And I'm sure you'll enjoy not being able to mix again--the one thing that you love so dearly now will cause you severe pain!

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Originally posted by Dj Flesch Why in God's name would anyone be embarassed about wearing ear plugs? That's like saying you are a cop and you feel stupid for wearing a bullet proof vest. Earplugs save your ears! If you are really serious about becoming a proffesional Dj, then it's part of the job to wear earplugs! You can't mix anymore once you can't hear all the frequency ranges without decent accuracy, and you surely can't when you develop tinitus and loud noises do nothing else other than make your ears resonate with a horrible ringing noise. How stupid or embarassed will you feel when you have to wear a hearing aid for the rest of your life, starting in your early 20s? I'm sure all the women will find that oh so attractive. And I'm sure you'll enjoy not being able to mix again--the one thing that you love so dearly now will cause you severe pain!

You are right...you shouldn't give a shit what people think..it's worth saving your hearing. BUT, you must admit, it's a bit embarrasing having these wank pieces of yellow foam sticking out of your ears...especially after a couple of people make comments like.."what the hell you wearin' those for?"

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Originally posted by drewfactor You are right...you shouldn't give a shit what people think..it's worth saving your hearing. BUT, you must admit, it's a bit embarrasing having these wank pieces of yellow foam sticking out of your ears...especially after a couple of people make comments like.."what the hell you wearin' those for?"

i'm never embarrased
i just tell them
"my ears are my life, my main source of income. i need to take care of them."

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Get yourself a pair of musicians' plugs !

I never spin (or go clubbing for that matter) without them.

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yea, eventually i'm going to drop the cash for some fitted plugs
but for now the 3m foamy things will have to do

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so how many of you djs wear ear plugs when you play in clubs? what kind (musician or the yellow foam things)? and do you think that they affect your djing abilities/skills at all?

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I have worn them for the past few years.

As i work on average 4 nights most weeks it would be the sensible thing to do

I use industrial standard (nuclear power station issued lol) ones at the mo which do not give the muffled effect that shitty foam ones do- ive found them to be pretty good.
I also use a pair from studiospares that are also good and quite cheap

Soon will be moulded/fitted for some custom ones (www.hearingprotection.co.uk)as soon as i can get the time to do it, as im starting to notice other problems, no doubt cause from work.

ive had tinnitus since birth, and it never goes away.....you know that whining/high pitched sound the TV gives off? I have that in my ears permanantly.

A dj i know actually ruptured one of his ear drums last year...he had been a pro dj for 12 years.. He still works, but it can be painful for him sometimes.

Hey, you guys are giving good advice but being deaf myself (i have a 90 decibal hearing loss) and I go to school for audiology so this is pretty much my area.

What you are talking about is called Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS). This is when your ears adjust to the constant high decibal level that is blasting out of those speakers. You know those tiny ass bones in your ears? What happens is there are muscles that are attached to those bones that tighten up so the bones don't move as much. This causes the bones to not push the cochlear fluids as hard, causing a decrease in hearing threshold (you hear everything softer). It's your body's own way of dealing with the constant high decibal level.

What happens is when you get out of the club, into normal levels, your muscles remain tight on the bones, causing them not to move as much and causing your hearing to remain at a lower level. Eventually the muscles ease up and your hearing returns to normal as the ear realizes that it doesn't need to take the precautionary methods to protect your hearing.

However, over time it will take longer and longer for your ears to get re-adjusted and go back to normal levels. If this keeps continuing, you will get what we call a Permanent Threshold Shift (PTS). Just like TTS you will have a constriction on the hearing apparatus causing you to be able to deal with the constant loudness. However once you get PTS, it never goes back. As its getting longer and longer for your ears to adjust to the normal levels outside of a club or your headphones, soon enough they just won't adjust leaving you with a hearing loss probably in the mild to moderate range (30-45 db hearing loss).

You will also find that the frequency of your hearing loss will match the frequency of the noise that is hurting your ears. Hence a mother listening to her baby cry all day long on her shoulder next to her ear will have a hearing loss around 1k-3k freq range since the baby's voice is that high.

The musical earplugs are definitely the way to go. While blocking out all the loudness they still allow for some frequencies to pass through so you can hear much better with them rather than normal earplugs.

As for me, when I dj or go to clubs I got hearing aids that just put a cap on the peaks of the levels im listening to so I can listen to shit as loud as i want hehe (thank god for compression!) But trust me, as cool as technology in hearing aids are, buying the earplugs and not losing your hearing in the first place is definitely the way to go.

You can pm me anytime about this stuff, its what I go to school for heh. Hope it helps you understand whats happenin in your ears.