I have found that the ER-20 from http://www.etymotic.com are much more satisfactory than the foam or wax type. Their flatter frequency response makes for better music and speech hearing. Since they insert deeply in the ear, there is less drumming from one's own speech and playing. In noisy environments they help speech comprehension for me. Definite ear savers in an enclosed pit where I had a trumpet playing at my ear. They had lowered the pit, extended the stage over it, and enclosed the sides.
When I was using foam plugs, I had a wax blockage resulting in total loss of hearing in one ear. It was scary until I found out it was just wax. Herb Foster --- Howard Sanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Olav Traa wrote: > > > > Is there such a thing as a portable personal sound shield? > > You can, of course, get things that look like headphones that > are designed to protect the hearing of those firing guns. You can > also get custom-made earplugs that fit in the ear canals and > allow some sound through but reduce the level of loud noises. A > friend who plays in a rock band wisely has a set of the latter. I > don't know where he got them made. I believe his major complaint > with them is that they tend to push ear wax down in the ear > canals and thus he has stopped up ears more frequently than > before he got them. > > Howard Sanner > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Horn mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
