[Toups]

so, I just finished playing a bang up show with my (newish) band, Brass Bed, which ended with a raucous, ovation-inspiring cover of the Flaming Lips's Race For the Prize.

and now there's this dull, unrelenting pressure in my ears that wont seem to go away.

so it seems that years of playing rock and roll music are finally catching up with me, and I'm starting to lose my hearing.

sooooooooo does anyone have any advice or recommendations for earplugs or other general hearing-preservation strategies?
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[Panoptic]

If you want musicians earplugs, check out Etymotic. They can set you up with an audiologist and get ear molds, then they'll custom make you a set of earplugs that retain nearly linear frequency response. I have a set for concert-going and they're fantastic.

Not exactly cheap, but certainly worth it if you're in loud environments a lot that also require the sound you hear to be as close tonally to what's being produced.

[edit] Looks like they have new high-fidelity earplugs that do a similar job, but cost significantly less ($12). Might be worth looking into I suppose.

[psiga]

I'll X2 Panoptic's suggestions, yeah.
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[Toups]

thanks! this is just what I'm looking for.
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[dessgeega]

mister toups before you lose your hearing please get that music sorted for me
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[Pavement]

shame of an earache?

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