Ear Defenders - How often do you use them?

[123hotchef]

as often as I can now that i have tinetis

 

[WorkshopChris]

as often as I can now that i have tinetis

I think its something i need to get into the habit of doing, generally thees days its not often i am around loud machinery. But yesterday i was aware of the ringing noise when i came in so its obviously something i need to do. I think the box section was amplifying the noise some what.

Like when unsilenced race cars pass by the grandstands and you can feel your lungs vibrate in your chest with all the glorious noise.

I always used to wear ear defenders in the pits at Santa Pod back in the day. You could feel the pulses almost hit you if the methanol fumes didn't get your eyes first.

ive actually used earplugs on stage before it got that bad I'm not even sure why I had some with me. I must have my grinder turned down to number one then

When the theatre was doing anything with Youth Bands i always uses ear plugs if i had to go down to the stage to adjust anything as otherwise when you got back in the control room everything sounded odd for half hour till your ears re adjusted to the lower volume levels.

 

[steve t]

I'm another that wears them all the time now its to late, tinnitus and half deaf

 

[WorkshopChris]

I'm another that wears them all the time now its to late, tinnitus and half deaf

So far from this it looks like lots of us leave it till its to late, or didn't worry when we were younger.

 

[the snooper]

didn't worry when we were younger.

I think it's the same old story back to the year dot, when young you think you are invincible, lifting things we shouldn't is another common problem

 

[BarrieJ]

Wore them when chainsawing; came attached to the helmet. But metalworking; for years went without; grinding, forging/anvil ring, roar of the blower on the forge; permanent tinnitus now. Real nuisance; hard to sleep, ringing in the ears, sounds, like blowing across a bottle or pouring water out of a bottle. No cure.
Got chronic allergic rhinitis from breathing in coke/metal dust too, although lung function's not too bad at 90%.
Problem's that when you're young you feel you're immortal, then forty plus; payback time, not only work related but sports related injuries come back to plague you too.
Can't imagine what the current gym monkeys playing rugby are going to feel like in thirty years.

 

[Browser]

Every time I'm doing something noisy. I've always used hearing protection, even when others took the mick, and it helps me remember having a daughter with moderate hearing loss. You only get one set of auditory nerves, look after them!

 

[123hotchef]

too late for many of us the dammge is done and irreversble so protect what is left

 

[rory1]

I often put a set of earplugs in for a noisy job in the morning and leave then in all day, it helps to lessen the effect of the cowpoo drivel that comes out of the mouth of some of the people I have the misfortune of working with

 

[pondy]

i never used any, until i cut up a gas bottle and my ears rang for ages, after that i wear them when ever i use my grinder and chop saw etc

 

[norlander]

hat's an good feeling

think its more of a gut feeling

2 paras are finishing their tour of ops, handin over to Marines.

"wot ya doin with ya post tour leave?" ask the booties, " doin a mobike tour allround europe, alps etc" sez the para lads.
" sounds good, giz a debrief when we next change over will ya" " no probs" sez the paras.
So next handover, the lads give the booties the gen and a list of the kit they took which included 50 pairs disposable ear plugs.
Next handover, booties say "that gen was pukka and the kit list good value, but you dicked us on that 50 pairs of earplugs"
"nah, pukka gen" sez paras
" hah, 50 pairs my Rs sez the bootie, I could only get 5 pairs in each ear, had to ditch 40 pairs"

 

[Seadog]

If I remember I even wear ear plugs on the tube. Some of the noise is excruciating.

 

[WorkshopChris]

If I remember I even wear ear plugs on the tube. Some of the noise is excruciating.

You must use bits of the Jubilee Line.

 

[Seadog]

And the Victoria. Oh, and the Central...

But as little as possible.

 

[nickk]

I often put a set of earplugs in for a noisy job in the morning and leave then in all day, it helps to lessen the effect of the cowpoo drivel that comes out of the mouth of some of the people I have the misfortune of working with

careful,some of them might be on here …in disguise.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Only recently I started wearing them all the time, been working on construction sites and nailguns inside empty rooms create a hell of a bang, scaffolding poles being dropped on each other etc, it all adds up.

 

[rory1]

careful,some of them might be on here …in disguise.

It's unlikely, they already know everything about everything and would never need to seek advice or ask questions!

 

[Revs1972]

Lifted up the ear defender over my right ear to scratch it,whilst in a Las Vegas gun range . 6 of the stands were in use at the time. I didn't do that again.

 

[penfold]

Wear them for most power tool work, if there's a lot of hammering and earplugs if I'm going long distance in the landrover, although that's more of a fatigue/comfort thing than avoiding hearing damage. For those of us with full-blown tinnitus I have read that you can get white noise generators that can help you sleep better.

 

[norlander]

if you do use plugs regularly, keep em clean, I got an ear infection called labrynthitis-the balancing fluid in your ear system gets a bug in it and your gyro/gimbal system goes wonky, bit scary if you get it, you tend to feel seasick, probably a good idea to wipe ear defender pairs down with an anti bacterial wipe now and again as well.