Tinnitus
I have tinnitus pretty bad... 20 years around Frac Pumps will do that to you.... If you've never heard a CAT 16v149 without mufflers, there isn't much that sounds better...
I just bought a SHOEI GT-Air, very quiet.
I just bought a SHOEI GT-Air, very quiet.
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 407
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From: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
I've had Tinnitus ever since a simulated artillery round went off during a war game when I was in the Army Infantry. It flew me on my butt and ringing 24/7 ever sense. I would do anything to get rid of it.
I don't wear ear plugs when I ride, I like the "whole" experience. But, any foam plugs should work.
I don't wear ear plugs when I ride, I like the "whole" experience. But, any foam plugs should work.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,170
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From: washington dc
I just switched from a V&H ProPipe to a SuperTrapp Supermeg -- to save my remaining hearing. If you have prolonged tinnitus after riding, do something. Deafness sucks. I strongly suggest getting an audiogram and then guidance from hearing specialists. Also, earbuds are very hard on ears/hearing, because the sound energy is concentrated and users tend to crank them up. Many specialist worry that millennials will have severe hearing issues all flowing from earbud use.
Novice
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 24
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From: Mandeville, LA
Here's my take - hit up Academy or Amazon and get some plugs that reduce the high decibel sounds, but don't reduce the lower decibel noises. I'm not sure of the model I have, but they work great. They all but remove the wind buffeting, but not much else. I can hear the radio at the same volume as without the plugs, and the exhaust actually sounds better because the other distractions are gone.
EDITED: I added a link to full block plugs, but you want to get the type that do not reduce low decibel sounds.
EDITED: I added a link to full block plugs, but you want to get the type that do not reduce low decibel sounds.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,013
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From: Albuquerque New Mexico
I worked several types of disposable foam plugs for years. modest to the custom fitted ones at Laughlin and I'll never go back! Way more comfortable and they don't come loose or fall out during riding like the foam ones occasionally do
Tourer
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 252
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From: Ontario, Canada
i have bad tinnitus. Any hearing center can do custom molded plugs for you. Mine have a 'noise filter' in them so I can hear the bluetooth com with my wife most of the time. I wear them plus earmuffs at the indoor shooting range.
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From: Somewhere on the Bourbon trail
I have several types of ear plugs depending on which helmet I wear.
Half helmets I wear custom fitted plugs or these http://www.earplugstore.com/heartech...ear-trial.html as they reduce most of the noise.
My full face helmet is the Schuberth C3 Pro. It's a modular and one of the quietest I've found. I sometimes wear the custom fitted plugs as I can have different sound attenuations in them, and they don't stick out and interfere with the helmet speakers.
Half helmets I wear custom fitted plugs or these http://www.earplugstore.com/heartech...ear-trial.html as they reduce most of the noise.
My full face helmet is the Schuberth C3 Pro. It's a modular and one of the quietest I've found. I sometimes wear the custom fitted plugs as I can have different sound attenuations in them, and they don't stick out and interfere with the helmet speakers.