Posted by 1970-1655 on October 18, 2016 at 05:26:40 from (216.8.242.80):
In Reply to: Re: Hearing loss posted by Mike(NEOhio) on October 18, 2016 at 02:10:16:
When I was younger, I thought running the tractors without muffler sounded great, especially if it had a turbo. I also helped on a couple of dirt track cars. Then a couple of years drag racing. After that, I got into garden tractor pulling. Add to that 40 years working in a noisy factory.
I used the foam ear plugs for a few years after my hearing went down hill some. Then I got a bad bacteria infection in my right ear and lost over half the hearing in that ear. Doctor told me it was from the ear plugs. Since then, I use ear muffs. A lot of the time I use ones like used for hunting. Has a microphone so I can hear better but if noise level is over a certain level, it blocks it. When mowing, I have ear muffs with radio or I can plug my MP3 player in.
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