Published on 12, July, 2020
Good morning all and home everyone is having an enjoyable Sunday.
I wonder if I can ask about ear plugs please? The reason being, I was invited out last night to see/hear a band at my local club, it was enjoyable at first, loud, but I could cope without too much discomfort, but when they came on for the second half, they'd cranked up the volume and the pain was instant and shocking, I couldn't deal with it and headed outside. My friend followed me out and asked what the problem was, she knows I'm on the spectrum and have an issue with noise, but she told me she didn't think the noise was too bad. I apologised to her and said I couldn't go back in, she went back in to get my coat and I stood and felt horrible and embarrassed. When she returned, I thanked her, apologised again and came home.
As is my way, I've more or less been awake most of the night, feeling guilty, torturing myself and wondering what I could do to stop abandoning my friends on a night out and when the noise is excessive. I had a look on the internet and found Paul, from Autism from the inside and he reviewed the Loop Quiet earplugs and he seemed to find them very good. Sadly, I have an issue with my ears, I have excema in them, develop a lot of wax and really struggle if I have to go my doctors for treatment or an exam of the ear canal.
So, can anyone offer a suggestion or recommend something I can use please?
Thank you.
Alan.
I use lazer lite earplugs. They are disposable so you don’t re use them after you get them dirty. When I pull them out they’re typically caked in wax. They’re made of soft expanding foam. So you roll them in your fingers crushing the foam. Slide them in, and the foam expands pluging your ear canal.
it tends to cut out the base more than treble so you'll still be able to hear the music reasonably well.
I honestly don’t know if they’d be comfortable in terms of the eczema but since they come in sealed bags and are disposable I imagine they would be hygienic.
https://youtu.be/RV9pF3UQmQI
I buy the lazer lite ones for our operatives at work too as not all of them like wearing the full ear defenders that cover the whole ear. Nobody ever complains about them which represents an endorsement in their world.