How
To Prevent Hearing Loss
Protecting your hearing today can prevent hearing loss tomorrow. Hearing protection—such as custom earplugs, earbuds, or earmuffs—plays a crucial role in shielding your ears from harmful noise levels. These devices reduce the number of decibels that reach your eardrum, helping prevent long-term damage. Most high-quality earplugs or earmuffs offer Noise Reduction Ratings (NRR) between 28 and 33 decibels, which is essential protection since prolonged exposure to noise as low as 85 decibels can cause permanent hearing loss.
At Oak Mountain Hearing Associates in Pelham, AL, we provide custom hearing protection solutions to individuals and families throughout Pelham, Hoover, Helena, Chelsea, Alabaster, Indian Springs Village, and the greater Shelby County region. Whether you work in a noisy environment, enjoy loud hobbies, or simply want to preserve your hearing, we can provide the right level of protection for your lifestyle.
Earplugs and earmolds made specifically for your ear will fit more snugly in your ear canal to help block high-decibel sounds. Oak Mountain Hearing Associates can provide custom ear protection and earmolds for your smart devices. We also offer sleep plugs made specifically for you.
What’s the best ear protection for drummers? What hearing protection do professional musicians use? Ask us about Musician Plugs ER-9, 15, 25 and In-Ear Musician’s Monitors and get your jam on without worrying about hearing loss.
Did you know that as a first responder you’re at a high risk of losing your hearing? If you’re in law enforcement you have an 80 percent chance of developing noticeable hearing loss. Firefighters, rescue workers, EMT and other first responders are also high risk. You may love your job, but between exposure to high-decibel noise like sirens, megaphones, gunshots and even traffic damages the sensitive parts of your ear over time. Be sure to ask us about special ear protection for shooting, military and other special needs.
