Earplugs?
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How many people wear earplugs under their headsets when they fly...
Two words: WEAR THEM.
Hearing degradation happens slowly, so slowly you don't even notice it's happening. Til 11 years later you really have a hard time hearing individuals in a crowd, or picking out specific sounds, you find yourself lip reading to hear someone talking when there's a lot of background noise.... You go to an audiologist and find that at age 31, you have the hearing of a 60 year old, and nothing you can do can un-do the damage you've done.
I never wore earplugs while I walked around the ORD ramp from airplane to airplane. 7 years I spent at AMR, with earplugs available to me every day, and I chose not to wear them. The degradation in my hearing has stopped, as long as I'm careful from here on out, but it will not get better. I'm 34 now, and have the hearing of someone twice my age. And it's no one's fault but my own.
Wear. Earplugs.
Hearing degradation happens slowly, so slowly you don't even notice it's happening. Til 11 years later you really have a hard time hearing individuals in a crowd, or picking out specific sounds, you find yourself lip reading to hear someone talking when there's a lot of background noise.... You go to an audiologist and find that at age 31, you have the hearing of a 60 year old, and nothing you can do can un-do the damage you've done.
I never wore earplugs while I walked around the ORD ramp from airplane to airplane. 7 years I spent at AMR, with earplugs available to me every day, and I chose not to wear them. The degradation in my hearing has stopped, as long as I'm careful from here on out, but it will not get better. I'm 34 now, and have the hearing of someone twice my age. And it's no one's fault but my own.
Wear. Earplugs.
SFCC/UND
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ctab5060X
Well-Known Member
Always when I was flying radials.
In the jet, I just use my Telex 850. But, earplugs are a must for when I am outside between airplanes or doing my walk around.
Darn, I didn't think I was slow enough to miss the joke there.
It's amazing how rampers where I work don't wear hearing protection, or tell me they're "used to the noise." Yeah.. get back to me in 30 years. And the CRJ-200 APU is the most ungodly sound on earth....
SFCC/UND
Well-Known Member
Darn, I didn't think I was slow enough to miss the joke there.
It's amazing how rampers where I work don't wear hearing protection, or tell me they're "used to the noise." Yeah.. get back to me in 30 years. And the CRJ-200 APU is the most ungodly sound on earth....
I turn a lot of Crj200 and those are freaking loud, since they are located right next to your head.
falconvalley
Absentee Dad of the OOTSK, Runner, Cat Frustrator
Yes, you may have to turn the volume up, but that isn't turning the volume up on the engine. You'd still be safe. Good thing about sound is you can hear the damage occurring. If the radio becomes hard to hear, turning it up won't hurt you that much.
ctab5060X
Well-Known Member
Sure could. Had to turn the volume up a little as others have said, but I could hear the calls no problem.
OhioStatePilot
Well-Known Member
I'm one of the idiots who rarely wore hearing protection on the ramp. Trust me, wear them.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
I work with good ol' JT-8Ds at work, and those will teach you the importance of hearing protection:insane:Darn, I didn't think I was slow enough to miss the joke there.
It's amazing how rampers where I work don't wear hearing protection, or tell me they're "used to the noise." Yeah.. get back to me in 30 years. And the CRJ-200 APU is the most ungodly sound on earth....
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Wear 'em in the 99 (That thing is ridiculously loud). Didn't in the MU-2. Probably should have, though. At 32, I can tell my hearing is going...as MQAA said, wear them, you'll be glad you did.
I gotta say, no matter how exhausted or pissed off I was at work, hearing and seeing that NW DC-9 taxiing into the gate in the evening was an awesome site/sound to get to be up close to.