Guest guest Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 What NRR are you using?I recently posted about the ones I use which are NRR 33. I sent a link to the group if u need some Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on 3Sender: Soundsensitivity Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:16:03 -0000To: <Soundsensitivity >ReplyTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: Ear Plugs Has anyone found better earplugs on the planet than the ones I've been using from Germany (called " Ohropax " ?? If so, I would LOVE to hear about them~~I buy them by the case and have them in every room and wherever I go. I highly recommend using earplugs to control what comes into that important space between our ears. I buy them by the case. If you know of a better earplug, let me know! I've been using this brand at least 30 years~~Perhaps someone invented better ones since? (I've also tried that french brand in the white box with the Egyptian motif~~did NOT like those.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I personally swear by Macks silicone earplugs. > > Has anyone found better earplugs on the planet than the ones I've been using from Germany (called " Ohropax " ?? If so, I would LOVE to hear about them~~I buy them by the case and have them in every room and wherever I go. I highly recommend using earplugs to control what comes into that important space between our ears. I buy them by the case. If you know of a better earplug, let me know! I've been using this brand at least 30 years~~Perhaps someone invented better ones since? (I've also tried that french brand in the white box with the Egyptian motif~~did NOT like those.) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I personally LOVE my Ohropax ear plugs and would not want to live without them near me ever again. I need to use them on airplanes & public transport also. At home, when the dogs start barking, I can tune them out by plugging up my ears. I often have told people who have complained to me about noise that God must of invented holes in your ears so that you can control what sounds are coming into them (by putting something in them). I also found that listening to baroque music on cordless head speakers as I am walking around my house and land has a very soothing effect. I know some people have never and will never stick something in their ears. Luckily, I am not one of them. I tend to think intensely about whatever I am doing and can't stand to be disturbed or interrupted by any kind of noise when I am so concentrating. I don't even like background music when someone comes to visit because I want to concentrate fully on our conversation. (I know some people always think they should put on background music, but this bothers me.) And when I have gone to visit people with the TV on, I ALWAYS ask them to turn it off as I cannot concentrate on our conversation with someone talking non-stop in the background. The earplugs do not block all sound but mutes it enough that I can think and work and create (which is mostly what I do at home). The head phones with music do block out all other sounds. Can't wait to experiment with that Bose Noise Cancelling system they are always advertising. Katia > > Some of us here having found that use of earplugs, can in some ways make our > sound sensitivity worse. I do own earplugs but I try to use them only for > emergency situations, (I don't have quite the stockpile that you have > accumulated. Are you expecting bombs to start falling from the sky, Sky? ;-) > > > Below is something that I copied from some doctor's website about decreased > tolerance to sound and using earplugs that may or may not be helpful to you. I'm > not giving you a link, because this website still uses frames so it's difficult > to to link to exactly the page I want. (they really need to upgrade their > interface there) > > > " Many people seek silence as a way to escape from the pressures of everyday > life. However complete silence is not found in nature, and should be considered > 'unnatural'. Consider living in a nest or animal burrow! In the relative silence > of houses with doubled-glazed windows, often hermetically sealed from the > outside world, the absence of sound stimulation leads to an increase in auditory > gain (amplification) in the subconscious auditory pathways. The brain is always > looking the best way it can for auditory signals. This process is enhanced by > silence which is considered to be one of the signs of possible predator activity > . The auditory filters 'open' in an attempt to monitor the external sound > environment. External sounds may then increase dramatically in their perceived > intensity and intrusiveness. > > > Some people take to wearing ear plugs, to avoid sounds becoming intrusive, and > this simply worsens the sensitivity. When sound sensitivity develops there is a > great temptation to plug the ear to exclude unwelcome sounds. This is actually > making things worse, as it encourages further increase in the amplification of > sounds on their way to the auditory (hearing) cortex. When these sounds are > heard in the absence of plugs, their perceived loudness is greatly increased. " > > This is why Darlene often speaks of filling her house with background noise > (sound enrichment) and I like to keep a tabletop sound machine or fan going > inside instead of constantly wearing earplugs. > > > Just something to consider. > > Let me just add that I personally do not consider that using my ipod for sound > enrichment the same as using earplugs, because most of the time I am not using > sound isolating earplugs, therefore can still hear my external environment quite > well. There are those who have a differing view on how to treat this yet to be > officially defined condition, everyone is of course entitled to their own > opinion in this country, (I hope anyway). > > > > ________________________________ > > To: Soundsensitivity > Sent: Thu, January 20, 2011 10:16:03 PM > Subject: Ear Plugs > > > Has anyone found better earplugs on the planet than the ones I've been using > from Germany (called " Ohropax " ?? If so, I would LOVE to hear about them~~I buy > them by the case and have them in every room and wherever I go. I highly > recommend using earplugs to control what comes into that important space between > our ears. I buy them by the case. If you know of a better earplug, let me > know! I've been using this brand at least 30 years~~Perhaps someone invented > better ones since? (I've also tried that french brand in the white box with the > Egyptian motif~~did NOT like those.) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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