I went and bought myself a pair of EX-29 Hearing protecting cans the other day in hope that I would not need my ear plugs anymore in drum rehearsal.
I used them today and well.. They don't work quite as I expected. They indeed lower the noise considerably but it is still very loud. I have a pair of moulded ear plugs with -15dB noise damping which is not enough.
Now with EX-29 on I hear sounds more clearly during rehearsal but after three hours of practice my ears feel a bit dull and damped. It feels like they're not muffling outside sounds good enough or something. Before my ears got tired and strained.
I have no tinnitus and there's no noise in my ears luckily, but I really don't like this dull feeling.
So my question is; is a pair of EX-29 Extreme Isolation enough to practice for 4-5 hours with? Do I need to have my earplugs underneath them, or additional protection?
I used them today and well.. They don't work quite as I expected. They indeed lower the noise considerably but it is still very loud. I have a pair of moulded ear plugs with -15dB noise damping which is not enough.
Now with EX-29 on I hear sounds more clearly during rehearsal but after three hours of practice my ears feel a bit dull and damped. It feels like they're not muffling outside sounds good enough or something. Before my ears got tired and strained.
I have no tinnitus and there's no noise in my ears luckily, but I really don't like this dull feeling.
So my question is; is a pair of EX-29 Extreme Isolation enough to practice for 4-5 hours with? Do I need to have my earplugs underneath them, or additional protection?