In about 1988, I was issued with a nice set of ear defenders whilst on MAMS. A couple of week later they were taken off me as they were being recalled as they did not offer enough protection. Personally I always used the yellow ear plugs and those ear defender.
5 years ago, I put a claim in for tinitus and hearing loss. Even though it was stated on my med docs that it was caused through aircraft noise, I was told it was not due to that but down to old age and I would get nothing for it.
Funny how the tinitus started in 1991 and I was under a consultant at Wroughton at the time...