I’m about to start a new job working in an arcade and diner and want to wear some earplugs for when I’m working in the noisiest parts on-site, partly to protect my hearing but also to make it easier to hear customers and colleagues over the noise.

Do you guys have any recommendations for brands or particular earplugs types that would be good for this purpose?

  • kamiheku
    1•3 days ago

    You want earplugs that dampen above a certain threshold. That rules out most earplugs because they always dampen all sound.

    Wait, how does that work? Surely a dynamic limiter like that would require some electronics

    • SemperverusEnglish
      1•2 days ago

      There are many analogue ways to dampen sound that work purely off of the shape and material properties of the plugs. Loop earbuds are basically the width of human speech soundwaves and not much else, so it lets you hear people while cutting down on the background noise.