If I recall correctly the maximum Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) for earplugs and earmuffs is around 30db. You can combine the two for a slight increase in hearing protection but you still hit a limit because of bone vibration.

Is there PPE out there to go even further beyond this? Where would it be commonly used?

  • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    Except that’s exactly how nose canceling ear phones work. It’s not like they have an external speaker projecting sound 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @numberfour002@lemmy.world
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      37 months ago

      Except that’s exactly how nose canceling ear phones work.

      Mine work like this: “Got your nose. Neener neener neener.”

      • @laughterlaughter@lemmy.world
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        Bro. It’s not “just more pressure.” It’s literally less pressure.

        If there are water waves moving a boat up and down, and you actively apply some movement (ha! pressure!) to the water so you generate waves that cancel the existing ones so that the boat stands still, would you say “but you don’t understand, the boat is getting MORE PRESSURE!!! It’s being damaged!!!”? Of course not. It’s pretty much the same principle.

        Get a highschool physics book, read the chapter about sound, and come back. Otherwise, just stop.