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I feel like that is what these will do for me, if they work as promised. When I sing in choir(etc), I can't wear regular earplugs, because my own voice trigger

I feel like that is what these will do for me, if they work as promised. When I sing in choir(etc), I can't wear regular earplugs, because my own voice triggers my tinnitus.

amelius 2y ago
Why would you want to wear earplugs while singing?
- dmoy 2y ago
  If you're regularly doing ensemble stuff, you can get hearing damage from the consistent loud volume. Thus, earplugs. It's maybe less significant for choir compared to e.g. rock band with amps or wind band with tons of brass, but you can still get ear damage. (That's where I got my tinnitus from lol) They do make specialized earplugs for music that allow some amount of pass-through, and don't isolate as much.
- Zyst 2y ago
  I play drums for fun. The vocalists usually wear earplugs too. Because they’ll get hearing damage if they don’t. Instruments can be loud. Look up “Earasers” if interested, they’re the ones I use. They work in a way that music sounds reasonable, but still protects your ears.
- redwall_hp 2y ago
  Performing music is very loud and will result in hearing damage over time, which is not something you want if you like music. Professional musicians nowadays tend to wear IEMs (In Ear Monitors), which are earplugs that drastically cut sound level but have an earbud driver that pipes in audio from the mixing board at a safer volume. This also offers better clarity, the ability for individual band members to hear themselves play better, and the possibility of a click track. Despite the general public's lack of awareness of hearing safety, it's not really recommended that you even attend concerts without hearing protection (concert earbuds such as those from Etymotic Research) to attenuate the volume to safe levels, as venues are pushing 90-100db.
  - ssl-3 2y ago
    > as venues are pushing 90-100db I went to a rather big multi-day outdoor rock show last year, and spent some time hanging out behind the FOH tent watching people work at various times because that's fun for me. Hanging inside of the tent was a big, bright numeric LED display showing SPL, right by a big sternly-worded sign about the not-to-exceed level for the venue (which was, IIRC, 103dB). For the headliners, I was regularly seeing 120dB -- and sometimes, 125dB -- presumably as measured somewhere around that point in space. Choirs can get loud, too: I've read before that choir members can experience peaks of 110dB just from the sounds of their collective voices. (Before IEMs became common, I worked extensively with a 5-piece band that had one aspect of their stage layout that they were absolutely unwilling to change, no matter how big or small that stage was: Each member had a "good" ear and a "bad" ear, and they considered it absolutely necessary to never be positioned so that their good ear was facing the drummer.)
  - wkat4242 2y ago
    Yeah etymotics are great. I've been using them for years. They don't look as good as loops but they sound so much better.
- loco5niner 2y ago
  I have sat too close to instruments like cymbals. Without earplugs it hurts my ears. I also have tinnitus, which may or may not be related. Protect those ears!

I feel like that is what these will do for me, if they work as promised. When I sing in choir(etc), I can't wear regular earplugs, because my own voice triggers my tinnitus.

amelius 2y ago

Why would you want to wear earplugs while singing?

dmoy 2y ago
If you're regularly doing ensemble stuff, you can get hearing damage from the consistent loud volume. Thus, earplugs. It's maybe less significant for choir compared to e.g. rock band with amps or wind band with tons of brass, but you can still get ear damage. (That's where I got my tinnitus from lol) They do make specialized earplugs for music that allow some amount of pass-through, and don't isolate as much.
Zyst 2y ago
I play drums for fun. The vocalists usually wear earplugs too. Because they’ll get hearing damage if they don’t. Instruments can be loud. Look up “Earasers” if interested, they’re the ones I use. They work in a way that music sounds reasonable, but still protects your ears.
redwall_hp 2y ago
Performing music is very loud and will result in hearing damage over time, which is not something you want if you like music. Professional musicians nowadays tend to wear IEMs (In Ear Monitors), which are earplugs that drastically cut sound level but have an earbud driver that pipes in audio from the mixing board at a safer volume. This also offers better clarity, the ability for individual band members to hear themselves play better, and the possibility of a click track. Despite the general public's lack of awareness of hearing safety, it's not really recommended that you even attend concerts without hearing protection (concert earbuds such as those from Etymotic Research) to attenuate the volume to safe levels, as venues are pushing 90-100db.
- ssl-3 2y ago
  > as venues are pushing 90-100db I went to a rather big multi-day outdoor rock show last year, and spent some time hanging out behind the FOH tent watching people work at various times because that's fun for me. Hanging inside of the tent was a big, bright numeric LED display showing SPL, right by a big sternly-worded sign about the not-to-exceed level for the venue (which was, IIRC, 103dB). For the headliners, I was regularly seeing 120dB -- and sometimes, 125dB -- presumably as measured somewhere around that point in space. Choirs can get loud, too: I've read before that choir members can experience peaks of 110dB just from the sounds of their collective voices. (Before IEMs became common, I worked extensively with a 5-piece band that had one aspect of their stage layout that they were absolutely unwilling to change, no matter how big or small that stage was: Each member had a "good" ear and a "bad" ear, and they considered it absolutely necessary to never be positioned so that their good ear was facing the drummer.)
- wkat4242 2y ago
  Yeah etymotics are great. I've been using them for years. They don't look as good as loops but they sound so much better.
loco5niner 2y ago
I have sat too close to instruments like cymbals. Without earplugs it hurts my ears. I also have tinnitus, which may or may not be related. Protect those ears!