>>I've been using the custom musician's earplugs for about 9 >>months now, and swear by them! >>John McKone >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------- >Could you tell us more about these? > >Thanks, >Jack Reeves Musicians plugs are especially designed to reduce volume levels by 15 or 25 db without equalizing the sound in any way. (if you stuff cotton in your ears, you lose lots of highs, but not many lows, with these plugs, everything sounds exactly the same as without them - just quieter) These plugs are the only way I've found to cut out damaging volume levels without losing the ability to hear those high harmonics. They are only available from professional audiologists, and are quite spendy. (mine were about $125.00) For me, they have been worth every penny. These plugs are custom fitted to your ear. A technician takes molds of your ear canals, and then sends them off for production of the plugs. The plugs are then fitted with removable filters that can either cut the spectrum by 15 or 25 db. I always use the 15 db filters. The only downside I've found to all of this is explaining to customers why I put in ear plugs to tune their pianos. John McKone
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