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Loop Earplugs

Unsure

I've seen a lot of adverts for these.

What are anyones experiences?  Do they help when listening to something or someone specific, or cutting out unwanted sound or noise or background?

Although I was told a few years ago that the  hearingvtest suggested I would benefit from hearing aids which I've had 4 years now, I think apart from the high pitches and maybe quietness, its possible that some issues related to auditory processing disorder.

  • Cheap ones work just as well, off Amazon for less than a tenner… might be you try those to see how you get on before the expensive Loops. I often use one in just one side to stop being bombarded whilst trying to listen. If you’ve tinnitus that can make things worse rather than better though which I have - so I use music earbuds when I’m just out and about. 

  • I have a pair for when I want to have a conversation, I think they are called Engage. they help take away the background sounds so I can hear the person I am with. I often wear them to live music venues and they really reduce the volume. I wouldon’t  be without them. 

  • They're supposed to cut out intrusive background noise.

    Lots of people really get on with them, I don't partly because they didn't fit, they come with different sized covers that go in the ear thats supposed to make them fit, I found I could either hear my hair rustling and the next size up with so big it felt like I was trying to shove my thumb in my ear. I think I must have weird shaped ear holes or something.