On Oct 4, 2:33*pm, aquachimp
wrote:

It's probable that many of you don't bother with 'earmuffs' *because
you are only exposed to short term loudness whilst, say, mowing your
lawn.
Nevertheless for those with a general interest in the subject of
hearing protection there's quite a lot of information on the internet
to have to shift through I even found one site that suggests that
disposable earplugs provide better protection:

http://www.iosh.org/index.cfm?go=dis...1&thread=47386...

But for general information:

http://www.safetyequipment.org/hearingguide.htm

OK, so what do some of you use for hearing protection?