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I have tried every type of ear plug available. I always come back to orange foam plugs. Comfortable, cheap and easily adjustable. If they cause issues with conversation. I just don’t stick em in so far. Easy to clean ( rubbish can), no worries if lost. Have lots of spares.
Good luck with your journey.

At Bisley some years ago I had molded ones made for about 45 GBP. Tried them a couple of times, but they were a bit sweaty: their fit was too good. My ears could not breathe!
As a long-distance pax I always use noise-cancelling headphones until they start to hurt. Foam plugs are still probably the best easy solution as DropKnee says above. (In the cinema I usually have to make roll-ups out of tissue paper. Are young people so hard of hearing nowadays?)

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Originally Posted by corrigin (Post 10167870)

Stilton,

Any single ear plug in your 'open' ear or do you have one moulded ear plug and an 'open' ear?

Just the one moulded ear plug and an open ear on the right CR

Best wishes

If you are looking for them to help you sleep......check this out

https://www.sleepmastereurope.com/blog

Oh, you mean the ones that European airlines provide free for cockpit crew...

RMC, I have put a lot of energy into optimising my sleep and have to say I hadn't heard of half the stuff in your link. Bought a couple of the most prominent sleep aids and they have worked a treat

Have a look at Bose quiet control noise cancelling in ear headset , very lightweight extremely comfortable and allow your ears to breath . I find that it’s much easier to hear the radio and voice conversations when they are in . Better than the moulded ear plugs with the filters .The battery lasts for about 12 hours on a single charge

As for sleeping ,some of the companies offer a very soft silicone moulded plug which is comfortable enough to sleep in

of course the company could provide us all with lightweight noise cancelling personal headsets . Or NOT

The company will never provide more than basic hearing protection, as it will be more difficult than the smoking agenda to prove that your hearing loss is due to sitting in a flight deck for 10,000 hours.

The company have been advised by their lawyers that they are safe from class action suits on hearing loss. So as a retiree I sit with my tinitus which I know was caused by sitting in an airline cockpit for 35 years with no redress. Take care of your ears guys, 'cos the company does not give a sxxt

Anxiao
Tinnitus is supposedly a brain problem not a hearing problem , 1 in 5 adults suffer from some form of tinnitus during their lifetime , I believe that deaf people can also suffer from tinnitus , yet some people who have severely impaired hearing never develop tinnitus . There is a feedback mechanism in the brain , much like the squelch control on a radio . When it goes wrong the brain can’t turn down the squelch and tinnitus is the result . However doctors are seeing more and more younger people with tinnitus due to exposure to loud rock concerts , discos and unfettered use of in ear IPods
. Loud noises actually destroy the fragile hairs in the inner ear used for hearing, resulting in impaired hearing but not necessarily tinnitus , once these hairs are broken they do not recover ever , some animals are able to regrow these cillae but sadly not humans . They are having some success with injecting stem cells into the inner ear to promote regrowth but it won’t stop tinnitus which as I said earlier is a brain issue .
I’m sorry that you are suffering from tinnitus and I implore all pilots to look after their hearing because once it’s gone there is no way back.
it would be interesting to conduct a survey of airline pilots old and new suffering from tinnitus and see if there is a greater incidence amongst crew than the general population .
I took a reading on the flight deck recently 103-108db for 10 plus hours on a flight with higher peaks during radio calls . Not good for your ears

what aircraft has a flight deck db reading of 100+ in cruise? that is insane, the airbus is significantly quieter it seems

Yup the airbus is very quiet , 777er is terribly noisy both on the flight deck and down the back , most of it is generated from recirculating fans. I don’t know if it’s as high as 100db but it’s noisy

I tried a free app yesterday (so that probably answers my own question about accuracy!) and got 75dB in the cruise, with radio calls increasing it to 82dB.

M0.85 and FL400.

Which aircraft , if it’s the A350 I can quite believe it , 777er is very noisy

It was the A50 - I'll try the other Airbus tonight.

Thoughts on these?

I need a suggestion for buying molded musician ear plugs. So could anyone tell me and suggest me buy the best one?