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Ever heard ringing in your ears after a night out? That’s the sound of you losing the ability to hear that particular frequency.Technically what’s happening is this: your inner ear is home to thousands of tiny hair cells that transmit frequencies into electrical signals to your brain. When those hairs are damaged you lose the ability to hear certain frequencies – so your brain makes its own frequencies, which is the ringing.Those hairs don’t grow back. Your ears never toughen up or get used to high levels of volume. Quite the opposite, in fact…“’Getting used to’ louder levels is actually...

Save New Orleans Sounds: Paul Sanchez, Little Freddie King To Raise Awareness About Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Martin Guitar, EarPeace and the Ace Hotel New Orleans will present An Evening with Save Sounds, a benefit concert for the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic’s campaign to reduce noise-induced hearing disorders.Slated for Sunday, October 23 at the Ace Hotel’s Three Keys music venue, the show will feature a solo set from Paul Sanchez followed by a performance from one of the Musicians’ Clinic’s first patients, Little Freddie King.The event will raise money for Save New Orleans Sounds, a program that provides hearing health resources...

Upgrading From Foam Earplugs to EarPeace Among the chaos of logistics and pre-gaming when headed to a live show, hearing protection is often low on the list of priorities—and is only remembered when you leave with your ears ringing and buzzing. Merging convenience, comfort and sound quality is Venice Beach-based EarPeace, founded by music lover Jay Clark who wanted to protect one of his most valuable assets: his hearing. “Your average rock concert can run at 115 decibels, that's safe for your hearing for less than 30 seconds.” Made from hypoallergenic silicone, EarPeace earplugs have a small plastic filter that...

Earplugs, a New Dance-Fest Must-Have? Forget glow sticks—the latest must-have accessories being pushed to young festivalgoers are high-end earplugs. Startup Doppler Labs has signed a deal with Anschutz Entertainment Group’s Goldenvoice promotion division to distribute more than 100,000 free pairs of its Dubs branded turquoise soft-molded earplugs—valued at $10 each—at AEG’s Coachella festival in California this spring. Pink, blue and teal-rimmed versions of its higher-end “acoustic filters” will be on sale at the event for $25 a pair. Doppler, which says it has sold 70,000 pairs of its high-fidelity earplugs in stores such as Best Buy Co. and Guitar Center...