Silly question. I&acute;m terrified of thunders, the loud noise bothers me so much. Would these work to stop me from hearing loud music during thunderstorms
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Probably not loud music, but yes to thunder. You'd probably still hear it, but at a much reduced volume.
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If you are asking if these damage your hearing, I think I have a pretty good answer.The short answer is no. They don't damage your hearing more than a quiet conversation at a cafe would. Because these seal your ears from the ambient sounds around you, you can listen to music very quietly without any trouble. Sometimes, I put my phone's volume just under half if I am listening to a particularly quiet track. That's the loudest I ever have to make it. The way they sit in your ears might be a bit uncomfortable at first, but you'll get used to it quickly, and it's definitely worth it.
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Not sure I understand what you mean by noise isolating. They do not prevent you from hearing ambient sounds. You can hear people talking to you, etc. I haven't used them in my car enough to know if you can hear emergency sirens, but I expect you can.
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They are very effective at removing steady background sounds, for example from aircraft engines as heard by passengers, or the air handlers and machinery noise in an office environment. They will muffle sudden sounds, but I do not think they would help much with the shock waves from gun shots since they are so fast and unpredictable.
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No they don't work like that. There is no audio input, thats not what they are meant for, they are for blocking out sounds on the range that would harm your ears.
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Ahh, a fellow sufferer. But I'm afraid that's the only consolation I can offer. Not only is it likely these earmuffs will NOT completely block all the noise, there is a distinct possibility that you will get headaches if you try to wear them overnight. I speak from experience. I have lived over twenty years in residential hotels, and the very worst thing about life in them is the noise from TV and music. Nevertheless, I presently wear these earmuffs, and the headaches have diminished with use. So there is genuine hope that you may eventually be able to sleep with them. I do so every night. And they are the closest to being soundproof of any earmuffs I have tried. They are better than Peltor's preceding iteration, the 3M Peltor H10A Optime 105. And they are better than Howard Leight's Bilsom 1010970 Thunder T3 NRR30. But there's no such thing as earmuffs that completely block out all sound. Unfortunately.
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Don't think anything will "block" out loud music, but these plugs will definitely help. I think they are rated at 35 or 39 decibels, so anything louder than that will get through.
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Unfortunately these do not remove any of the background noise/music. It's irritating for those of us that have hearing deficiencies when the background noise/music is louder than the dialog...not sure why it's so popular to obscure the dialog. Remember when you could go to a movie and the dialog was louder than the background audio...wonder how we suffered through that?
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Hello Belle,These headphones block the sound to a certain level on low volume, but I can assure you that you won't hear anything if you turn them up all the way to the end. So basically they should do the trick I suppose.
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I wouldn't say these suppress exterior noise by much. I bought these because we have 3 people in our house that work evenings, and my wife can listen to the TV without disturbing anyone. She says she can hear the dishwasher a very small amount while wearing them. Just testing them myself some has to really direct their voice to you to be disruptive. A side note.....We LOVE these! The serve a great purpose and work fantastically!
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Hi there! I used these at a NASCAR event and they were awesome, so I'm sure they would be great for blocking firework sound. ^_^
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Noise Cancelation headphones work best on white noise, not random noise...ie: your room mate. If you listen to music through them, that should deaden any noise spikes created by your room mate. Good luck.
804352
They are not noise isolating; you will still hear some outside noise. And yes, there is some sound leak, but of course how much depends on how loudly you listen to them.
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Will block voices at that distance, but will not completely block deeper sounds like explosions, revving engines, etc. unless you crank the music to really loud levels that might damage your hearing. Try good ear buds instead - they're better at blocking loud low frequency ambient noise.
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I'm not sure. I purchased these for their noise cancellation feature, which blocks outside noise from disturbing you. Needless to say, they didn't work at all so I returned them and purchased Bose headphones which work much better. These are ordinary headphones. they will probably work for you as long as you don't have the volume too loud. Good luck.
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A lot of sound will be eliminated from wearing these headphones because these fit in the ears so well; if you need total silence, I would recommend Bose headphones, but if you are looking for a more alternate and cheaper solution than Bose, choose these, they will keep almost everything out, as long as you aren't around a lot of extremely loud things. I just used my leaf blower around the yard with these on and didn't have them going full blast to block out the sound (maybe a bit above halfway), that for me is good enough.
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I would think that normal ear defenders or mufflers would be better,these will dampen sound but are designed to shut of the amplified sound when a gun is fired for a fraction of a second then will go back to normal.I use these for shooting trap.