MnSpring
Serious Thumper
Online
Younger than most people my age.
Posts: 9346
Minn
Gender:
|
From a firearm shooting stand point. The sound wave, is sudden and very high. But not as frequent as a constant noise, like wind/engine/etc.
And, yes, the ’noise’, what ever it is, Dose, use the ‘bones’ in your head/ear, to resonate sound.
Like Stew said: “ …If you are sitting in a closed garage with loud music playing it's loud. If you open the garage door, it's not as loud because the noise is not bouncing off of the door but now leaking out …”
Ear, ‘plugs’, while shooting, work. A advanced, ear plug, like many people use that shoot a lot. are a lot larger. Instead, of just a, ‘plug’, they are a, plug, which has a much wider surface area, Outside, the ear.
Typical, they are of a special, 2 part epoxy, (which will not stick to skin), Which is, mixed, then, pushed into the ear, (which has been cleaned, and very lightly oiled with a ‘Q’ tip, and any kind of natural oil, (cooking oil mostly)
First pair, of the, molded ones, which sorta, ’spread’, out, over the top of the plug, were Very much a improvement. Over, just the, ‘plug’. This was when I was doing a lot of, ’Trap’ shooting. The sound of a 12g, with a light load, was not to bad. But, when their was 4 other people on your squad. And 5 to 25 Other squads shooting. And shooting in big matches, which was 400 rounds a day, for one shooter. (If 20 squads, could be 50,000 rounds a day, your ears were subject to)
Hearing loss is Cumulative, we did not know this yesterday, but know it today. So you loose, just a, ‘little bit’ on one shot. It’s gone, forever. And each shot added up. (So today, I have the pleasure of not knowing the difference in a, 5,000.00 high Grade Stereo system, vs, a $50.00 one).
First, ‘molded’ ear plugs cost, 25-35.00, 30 years ago. Today, at a gun shop, or on line, you can buy the (un mixed) product yourself, for about 12-16.00 for both ears. In all sorts of colors. I have bought, Two, packages, and use 2 ears worth in one ear. (Two Colors, the Right ear is always Red) Just more, ’spreading’ out of material.
And when shooting the heavy magnum handguns, Those ear, ‘plugs’, AND ear, muffs. (As most do when shooting something very loud)
Chain saws/Lawnmowers/Splitter/etc. Muffs. The MC, the, ‘molded’ ear plugs, much better than the, ’tube’ like plugs.
Interesting, the, ‘headphones’ from i-phones, mp3 players, etc, are Much to loud, and, ARE, resulting in hearing loss. And I just, Cringe, when I see, someone sit a lawnmower, with the, ‘radio’, earmuffs. Let’s see, take down the lawnmower noise, but then turn UP, the radio, so you can hear it over the residual Lawnmower noise?
Their are also the, ’sonic, plugs. Which have a hole in them, to allow you to hear ’normal’, then when the great, ’sound’, (airwave), hits them, a little diagram in them closes. But some of that, ’sound’ will still go (bounce around) in the bones.
Their are also, electronic, Muffs, some, where you can hear a mouse fart, a 100 yards away, (300-600.00) Some are 35.00 +/-, which will have a constant, ‘buzzing’ sound. Also, ‘Hunters Ears’, type, plugs or molded, which quality is dependent on price. Which all the electronic ones, will take out the, ’sudden’, loud sound. But allow normal hearing. However if you use them for a, ‘constant’ loud sound, you will be VERY, frequently, replacing batteries.
Try, the, molded ear plugs, which, plugs the ear canal, and also spreads out over the surface of the ear. Less sound, vibrations, will hit the bone/s. They may work.
|