Hi,

this is one very interesting thread !

I have some questuons concerning the earplugs. What do the musician earplugs cost if you have them fit to your ears in the Benelux area ?

When you mix using your headphones (obviously) and you use earplugs, doesn't this just mean you will have to TURN UP the volume from your headphone in order to hear everything ok ?

About a month ago my dad went to get earplugs for when he's sleeping, so he would hear absolutely nothing. They would completely block out all noise. But the Doctor told him not too cause it would fill his ears with junk. So he never took them. Do the musician earplugs also have this effect ?

I know I have to go to a Dr. to get confirmation, but heck if I ask it here I save myself at least 20$ on the first consultation with the Dr. !

Thanks !!

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Originally posted by Nou By the third day tho, it had cleared up, infact sometimes all I have to do is pop my ears or chew on some gum, dont know if that really helps, but it seems too.

What yer talkin about here is the fact that the pressure levels in your middle ear are lower than the atmostpheric pressure outside your eardrum. This causes your eardrum to kind of cave in towards the inside of your head and not move as much when sound hits it causing you to not hear as well.

To fix this, you need to pop your ears just like when youre traveling on a plane or something. Chewing gum and swallowing will cause muscles to open up your Eustacian Tube (a tube that allows air into the middle ear cavity) and equalize the pressure. You can also do this sometimes by holding your nose and mouth shut and trying to breathe out your nose... Happens to me all the time heh

There is some real good advice in there and you would be a fool not to take it.
Sadly it's too late for me as my hearing is already damaged. Although not massively I do have trouble hearing people sometimes when they are talking to me and do find my self asking people to repeat things more than I used to.
Back when I started DJing at the illeagal raves in the 80s standing infront of bassbins blowing your head off and having your eyeballs tremble was just a laugh.

I can still DJ (or at least I think I can )but I do wear ear plugs not as I am not going to hurt my ears any more... a hard learnt lesson but learnt all the same.

Cheers
Nem

PS
Paul Van Dyk is a DJ not a hearing specialist...

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I'm started to get worried about my hearing too. My ears are fine now, but I get paranoid everytime I go to clubs, maybe I should start wearing some good earplugs



A question though, do DJs wear headphones at all when they're DJing?
If I would be a pro, I would wear them at every show...

where can I buy/get molded for the Etymotics and how much do they cost? I'm on their website but they offer none of that information

as well, are they very visible? and are they good for while your DJing?

Just tried wearign earplugs for the first time at lastweeks Ferry Corsten event... DAMN!! soooo much better/nicer walking out of the club and being able to hear my own thoughts, hell even just my friends, instead of that ANNOYING 'eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeee'....

Defineatly gonna keep wearing them.. I don't give a fuck what anyone in the club thinks...