Even the earplugs you can get for around 20 protect your hearing enough with their 12dB reduction, and there are models do not noticeably change the sound. Plus

Even the earplugs you can get for around 20 protect your hearing enough with their 12dB reduction, and there are models do not noticeably change the sound. Plus: most are simply transparent plastic and hardly noticeable at all. I wear some of these for years now, and I usually keep them in my ears the whole evening once the first band started since you hardly notice them, and talking is still very much possible...