Ear mold thingy with the foam ear plug in the other ear works like a charm for me. Descending at 280KIAS vs barber-pole tends to make a huge difference as well.
I tried my Dave Clarks and they worked great as well - only thing was the flight attendants kept making fun of my "headset-head". I've already got too many things for them to make fun of so I decided to go back to the company issue.
Speaking of "company issue", do any of you have the black V-neck sweater that the FOM states is company issued? Starting to get chilly down here in MCO and that sweater sounds perfect. I must have been absent the day they issued it .........