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I mean hearing protection isn't a binary thing. I doubt they would pass hearing protection certifications for things that they're normally used for, like heavy
by stu2b50 4y ago
I mean hearing protection isn't a binary thing. I doubt they would pass hearing protection certifications for things that they're normally used for, like heavy construction or whatnot, but it'd be hard to imagine sticking something in your ear wouldn't offer hearing protection, not even considering the ANC.
- bmitc 4y agoWhile true, I think the marketing should address those. I have seen and heard of people using them as ear protection for heavy and loud equipment, like lawn mowers and motorcycles and stuff, and I’m not sure they apply there.
- Retric 4y agoYou don’t need nearly as much hearing protection for lawn mowers and motorcycles compared to someone operating a jackhammer or similarly loud equipment for hours a day.
- bmitc 4y agoI don't think that's entirely true. Motorcycle noise on highways can be in excess of 100 dB and is broad spectrum noise. Most highway motorcycle rides are in the tens of minutes to hours range, but the damage can occur in just the single digits to teens of minutes. Beyond a certain point, it doesn't really matter much that something is worse for your hearing than something that will permanently damage your hearing. Plus, people are interacting with lawn equipment, motorcycles, and other such things far more frequently than jackhammers.
- Retric 4y agoJackhammer’s can be 130 decibels it’s easily a thousand times as loud as motorcycles so we really are talking different realms of sound protection being needed. Also Motorcycle helmets should reduce things. Further it varies but motorcycles really shouldn’t be 100db, California’s legal limit is 80db for motorcycles manufactured after 1985.
- bmitc 4y agoIt's not the motorcycle itself making noise. It's wind noise.
- Retric 4y agoSource? At highway speeds motorcycle wind noise is nowhere close to 100db. Are you talking about high speed motorcycle racing or something?
- kolp 4y agoAt highway speed here in France, (110-130 km/hr), the wind noise is sufficient to cause tinnitus for me, if I'm not wearing ear protection under my helmet. The bike style is a factor - my touring bike has a movable windshield that can push the airflow above my head, but the wind noise from the daily bike, with a tiny windshield, is like sticking your head out the window of a moving car.
- bmitc 4y agoAccording to this article, the source is from an OSHA study. I can’t find the study at the moment. https://www.hear-it.org/motorcycles-hazardous-to-your-hearing https://www.hear-it.org/motorcycles-hazardous-to-your-hearin...
- Gigachad 4y agoI’ve used them as hearing protection at music concerts. If you put them in transparency mode it keeps everything sounding the same but just quieter.