shooting 22lr without ear protection

[Lockout]

Do what?

 

[Ironhead]

I feel like that is overkill. Do you notice a differnce between foam and muffs and just muffs?

major difference if the muff happens not to be seated correctly..

i have 50%+ loss in one ear, and 35% in the other (from last hearing test 6 years ago - worse now)

you'd be amazed at the "low" noise levels i've been subjected to in my line of work- and this is where i am now

i've lived with tinnitius for over 15 years-
i may not be able to hear a dang thing you say when you talk to me, but i can hear that ring loud and clear

when i started having trouble sleeping because of it (1998), the ear doc suggested turning the TV to an open station, and listening to static...
he said-- when you get to a certain point, the static noise will cancel out the ring, and you should be able to sleep-

i tried that one time, when the TV volume was as high as it would go, and i woke up everyone in the house, and i could STILL hear the stupid ring, i knew what i was in for... for the rest of my life

you don't have to be protective of your hearing, eventually you do get used to the constant ringing in your ears

Sargent is lucky, nothing drowns mine out

 

[Lockout]

major difference if the muff happens not to be seated correctly..

i have 50%+ loss in one ear, and 35% in the other (from last hearing test 6 years ago - worse now)

you'd be amazed at the "low" noise levels i've been subjected to in my line of work- and this is where i am now

i've lived with tinnitius for over 15 years-
i may not be able to hear a dang thing you say when you talk to me, but i can hear that ring loud and clear

when i started having trouble sleeping because of it (1998), the ear doc suggested turning the TV to an open station, and listening to static...
he said-- when you get to a certain point, the static noise will cancel out the ring, and you should be able to sleep-

i tried that one time, when the TV volume was as high as it would go, and i woke up everyone in the house, and i could STILL hear the stupid ring, i knew what i was in for... for the rest of my life

you don't have to be protective of your hearing, eventually you do get used to the constant ringing in your ears

WOW, I didn't know this could be that bad on so many levels.So what has worked for you to try and get used to it and sleep now?

 

[Ironhead]

WOW, I didn't know this could be that bad on so many levels.So what has worked for you to try and get used to it and sleep now?

you just learn it's part of your life... it's like a constant ache that won't go away

i can't say i've been able to drift off to sleep in the past 15+ years without laying in bed for a long while (30 min-hour) just trying to relax
and waking up in the middle of the night, for any reason, the cycle starts again


i hear it over conversations, over music, TV ... it's the loudest thing i hear

do NOT try this at home--- Booze- enough and you forget you're hearing it, LOL

 

[57tr6]

View attachment 180527.......eh?

 

[57tr6]

When I was 16 I went to work night shift in a plant that was so loud you couldn't hear the person next to you yelling in your ear No hearing protection no OSHA requirements. At the end of the shift you could not hear when your car started up or hear if it was running on the way home. Add to that lots of shooting, drag pipes on bikes and later heavy equipment operation I can't hear crap. Except that ringing......

 

[dial1911]

Dakota- you may have noticed that I couldn't hear half of what you said when we were at the shoot last year- I wasn't being impolite, I just can't hear jack on my right side.

I'd recommend hearing protection anytime that you think you'll be around loud noises. Just my half-deaf opinion.

 

[Longshot300]

what? I cant hear you

 

[shadowchaser59]

pert near deaf in one already and the other one hissis well both do. to late for me to worry now

 

[dawgs511]

I always shoot 22 without ear protection....hell usually I pop off of a few rounds of .40 or 223 before remembering to put it on!