It has become very important to those in law enforcement and the military to protect their hearing with the use of shooters ear protection devices. In days gone by no one even thought about the dangers of loud noises and the resulting hearing loss that we were sustaining without shooters ear protection. If it was going to be loud someone just hollered hold your ears and open your mouth and that was that for safety. Even the use of cotton balls, cloths or towels as shooters ear protection only reduces the noise intensity by about 7dB.
When should the enforcer wear shooters ear protection devices: if you need to shout over the noise to be heard, if there is a ringing in your ears, if the noise causes pain, if the noise is over 90 dB (gun fire) or if you experience hearing loss for several hours after extreme intensity of noise. Be advised that there is no cure for hearing loss from intense noise without shooters ear protection once it has happened. Many different instances can arise in the field of tactical and law enforcement that would require you to have on hand shooters ear protection. A noise does not have to be repetitive to do damage if you choose not to wear shooters ear protection, a sound of enough intensity can cause hearing loss.
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