Guest article writer today. A very common cause of tinnitus is work related noise. When you can take this out of the eqaution many sufferers will gradually have the symptoms of their tinnitus fade and maybe even go away completely . Our writer calls his effort "Not Your Usual Ear Wax".
You would be hard-pressed to find a more inglorious item that the lowly earplug. Relegated to the same category of useful, but ignoble, items as the Q-tip, toilet paper, and the catheter, the earplug is perhaps the most powerful means of protecting your hearing. Is the jobsite too loud? Cringe at the sweet sonata of jackhammers? Is there a Marshall stack in your face? Plug your ears. The technology is that simple.
The first historical (and literary) mention of earplugs comes to us courtesy of Homer. In his epic, The Odyssey, he describes how Odysseus commands his crew to press warm wax into their ears to rebuff the Sirens song. From the rough seas of the Mediterranean Seas, the concept is ridiculously simple: plug your ears. In 1967, Ross Gardner of the National Research Institute discovered a resin with sound absorption properties. These resin plugs have evolved into the commercial memory foam plugs of today.
For industrial workers, especially those who must work with loud machinery for extended periods of time, earplugs are not only essential, they are required. According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 1910.95, employers must provide occupational ear protection. Indeed, the British Ministry of Defense has made it mandatory for soldiers to wear earplugs when discharging their weapons.
All earplugs are rated by means of NRRs (Noise Reduction Ratings) in North America or SNRs (Single Number Ratings) in Europe. These ratings correspond to the decibels of sound they protect against, with typical ratings range between 26 and 33 decibels. Most earplugs are comprised of memory foam compressed into tight cylinders that can be easily inserted into the ear canal. Once they are in place, the foam expands to fill the entire ear canal. Other reusable ear plugs are connected with a cord to keep them together and easy to access.Simple solution if your tinnitus is caused by noise.
Since they are used to block sound, earplugs are valuable weapons in the fight against hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Not only meant for tradesmen and construction workers, earplugs are valuable tools for musicians. Musicians who specialize in loud music " think hard rock, death metal, or Scandinavian black metal " have made it a point to protect themselves. How can they hear what theyre playing you ask? These reusable ear plugs are fitted with a diaphragm that uses a central flange that allows sound to pass at a greatly reduced volume. No one said rock and roll was safe.
Construction workers, sound engineers, and musicians are frequently exposed to ear-crushing sound go so far as to have their earplugs customized to fit their ears. An audiologist, who administers a hearing test and makes molds of your ears, typically does this. These types of earplugs will provide the best isolation from outside noise as they fit firmly into the individual ears.
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