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Lavan · December 5, 2017, 03:55 PM

I am still having a miserable time with a seemingly insoluble hearing problem.

I've gone to the 34 NRR passive Decibel Defense muffs...and... the ACTIVE Peltors that are around 31 NRR.

Along WITH....both... the audiologist custom molded plugs or the Flents earplugs and various spin em and stick em commercial plugs.

I am still losing my hearing with 22 LR in a TWENTY EIGHT INCH barrel and

....STANDARD VELOCITY!

I seem to have stumped my audiologist and the head, neck, ear and throat surgeon.

I am down to thinking of making my own from a set of cheapies an adding more SIZE to encompass the cranial bone part of my head just in front of the ear.

My thoughts are that if I take out the existing stuff and coat the inside of the shell with silicone and then either stuff dense foam in ...OR... fill it with foam SPRAY that maybe it will work.

i'm at my wits end on this.

I hate to give up shooting altogether but it looks very likely that I will have to.

If I come up with anything, I'll post it in this thread but I'm not optimistic at this point.

I've researched about as much stuff as I can and NOBODY makes a sound PROOF method of stopping gunfire sound.

December 5, 2017, 03:55 PM	#1
Lavan Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 1999 Location: California Posts: 2,716	Has anyone tried making their own ear protection? I am still having a miserable time with a seemingly insoluble hearing problem. I've gone to the 34 NRR passive Decibel Defense muffs...and... the ACTIVE Peltors that are around 31 NRR. Along WITH....both... the audiologist custom molded plugs or the Flents earplugs and various spin em and stick em commercial plugs. I am still losing my hearing with 22 LR in a TWENTY EIGHT INCH barrel and ....STANDARD VELOCITY! I seem to have stumped my audiologist and the head, neck, ear and throat surgeon. I am down to thinking of making my own from a set of cheapies an adding more SIZE to encompass the cranial bone part of my head just in front of the ear. My thoughts are that if I take out the existing stuff and coat the inside of the shell with silicone and then either stuff dense foam in ...OR... fill it with foam SPRAY that maybe it will work. i'm at my wits end on this. I hate to give up shooting altogether but it looks very likely that I will have to. If I come up with anything, I'll post it in this thread but I'm not optimistic at this point. I've researched about as much stuff as I can and NOBODY makes a sound PROOF method of stopping gunfire sound.