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As I was riding my little scooter to work today, I noticed the wind noise since I switched back to the half helmet today (warm summer months are coming!!). Do any of you guys that ride use any sort of hearing protection when riding with a half helmet, or no helmet (put a helmet on!! )?

I try to protect my ears as much as possible for the future, and I even wear it when I mow the lawn, or run anything that is seamingly detrimental to hearing.

Just wondering...

I always where full custom ear plugs when riding. I ride with a full face helmet and even with that there is enough wind noise to damage your hearing. Protect it all of the time. This really translates to when you are working in the shop too. Just about any airtool causes me to wear muffs, including the drills.

Anything above about 85db and you are doing perm. damage. When I fly at work I wear a flying helmet, always have, and I still have lost some high freq. levels.

We are starting to use the little earpiece that plugs into the ICS then you put on you helmet.Make a huge difference. Radio's don't have to be as load and it cuts ambient noise right down.

I plug my ears when tooling around in the JEEP. Can't be too careful!

CJ

What?

I can't believe it took four replies to get that one!! Funny!

I should protect my ears and eyes more than I do. When I ride off road, I have a full face helmet, but could still use earplugs. Some of the newer 4 strokes can really pack a noise whollop!

Working around all sorts of machinery at the farm doesn't help either. Between the tractors and the various two stroke implements of destruction, I'm sure I did plenty of damage.

Then there were my years working with bands and getting assaulted by the insanely high volume levels that came with that job. After a couple of years I smartened up and started wearing ear plugs while on the job. Unfortunately, the damage was probably already done by that point.

closing in on 40 years of what could easily be called abuse, and now I'm starting to reap the rewards of not being careful. I have trouble picking out conversations if there is background noise. I'm very sensative to loud music. Well, Bad loud music anyway
Being a creature of habit, I still don't wear any ear protection when mowing or working on the farm. Thankfully, my father has been buying tractors with cabs so the noise is cut down considerably.

Take care of your ears people.

For my plane project, I've invested in some foam plugs. I'll probably press my range ear muffs in service at some point too. I'd rather keep what I have left.

Chad -

I had a set of ear plugs made by a hearing aid doctor and it was the BEST $60 bucks I had spent!!! (up to that point - now the reduced diameter dimple dies are in first place) They're perfectly comfortable, never come out and block more sond than any over the ear type!

I use them for everything from yard work to shooting the machine guns to working in the shop and always seem to forget they're there!

Well worth it!!!

- Peter

PS - Get the softer ones - Mine have lasted for 6 years and are still going strong!