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Eargasm High Fidelity Filtered Earplug Review - YouTube
Channel: Doctor Cliff, AuD
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in this video I'm reviewing the eargasm
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high fidelity filtered earplugs coming
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up
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hi guys cliff olson doctor of Audiology
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and founder of applied hearing solutions
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in anthem Arizona and on this channel I
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cover a bunch of hearing related
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information to help make you a better
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informed consumer so if you're into that
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make sure you hit that subscribe button
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and don't forget to click the bell to
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receive a notification every time I post
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a new video maximum amounts of hearing
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protection are awesome and highly
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advised if you find yourself in noisy
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situations particularly if you want to
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prevent against hearing loss and
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tinnitus but sometimes using foam
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hearing protectors and ear muffs provide
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way too much attenuation particularly if
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you're trying to appreciate the sound of
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music and if you're trying to have
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conversations with friends in a noisy
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environment in these particular cases
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using a filtered ear plug may make more
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sense that's why I decided to check out
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the eargasm high fidelity filtered ear
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plugs for this video review eargasm is a
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company that uses its name that is an
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obviously clever play on words to market
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its flat attenuation hearing protectors
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you may have seen them on Facebook where
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they do a ton of advertising they have a
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variety of different ear plug options
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from their high fidelity ear plugs to
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their gay pride addition to a smaller
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version of their high fidelity ear plugs
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and even a transparent version of their
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ear plugs that use a clear filter
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instead of their signature blue filter
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each have a noise reduction rating or
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nrr of 16 when worn properly the higher
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the nrr rating the more they attenuate
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or reduce sound and the more hearing
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protection they provide unlike earmuffs
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and foam hearing protectors that provide
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an NRR value between 24 and 31 filtered
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ear plugs provide a even level of
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attenuation to keep things sounding
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natural just not as loud imagine that
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you're listening to music inside of your
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car now most car radios have the ability
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to adjust the treble and the bass now
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imagine that you actually turn the
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treble all the way down and leave the
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bass up this is going to provide you
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with a very unnatural experience when
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listening to music well this is
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essentially what you're doing when
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you're using a set of foam ear plugs or
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ear muffs it doesn't attenuate all of
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this
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down evenly it takes down the high
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frequencies more than it takes down the
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low frequencies but when you use a
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filtered ear plug what it does is that
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attenuates all of the different
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frequencies as evenly as possible so the
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sound of the music is just lower but you
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get the same amount of fidelity this is
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the attenuation profile of the eargasm
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filtered ear plugs you can see that
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these filtered plugs reduced volume
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between 25 and 35 decibels at each
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frequency tested from 125 Hertz up to
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8,000 Hertz now they don't indicate at
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this scale is in DB SPL or DB HL which
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would indicate sound pressure level
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versus hearing level but clearly it
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would have to be in DB HL otherwise it
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would not provide perceived flat level
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of attenuation filtered earplugs also
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allow you to understand conversational
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speech better when you're in a noisy
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environment the last time that I went to
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Nashville and anyone who's been to
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Nashville knows that any time that you
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go out there's going to be a live band
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performing wherever you go and when I
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was in those particular environments I
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could still understand the conversation
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of my friends while the band was playing
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their music extremely loud if I were to
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take the plugs out of my ears it was
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more difficult for me to understand my
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friends and things were just way too
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loud I also wore eargasm earplugs when I
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went to my friend's wedding on New
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Year's Eve it was an insanely loud
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wedding a bunch of music that was being
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played constantly through dinner and
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through the reception it was a terrific
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time but if I didn't have my filtered
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earplugs in I would have definitely left
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that particular venue with ringing in my
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ears and a reduced perception of hearing
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sensitivity but because I was wearing
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the ear Goss and filtered earplugs I
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could hear everything that was being
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said to me I could have really
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high-quality conversation but I didn't
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leave feeling like I had a hearing loss
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now their website has a really cool
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feature that allows you to simulate the
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difference that their ear plugs make as
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I switch between no earplugs eargasm
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filtered earplugs and standard foam
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earplugs you can clearly hear the
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differences let me play a few sound
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samples first at a concert then at a
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restaurant
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you
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really okay now if you ask me I think
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that those sound samples provide a
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really clear understanding of what it's
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like to use a filter to ear plug versus
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using a foam earplugs or no ear plugs at
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all that being said I feel like that is
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representative of what my experience is
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then when using these plugs the eargasm
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plugs are reasonably comfortable and
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they do a good job of attenuating sound
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even in loud environments assuming you
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get them in your ears correctly which
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leads me to the first thing that I am
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NOT crazy about when it comes to the
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eargasm filtered ear plugs and that is
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is that they are huge they are way too
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big for the standard ear canal now I
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have a larger than normal ear canal and
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I could not use the regular-sized
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eargasm filtered ear plugs
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fortunately they actually have a smaller
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size of these as well which actually fit
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my ears much better now let me show you
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the difference in sizes between these
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two so the one in my right hand with the
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little blue filter in it still is the
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regular size one and in my left hand is
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the smaller size the smaller size fits
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my ear much better now I'm going to show
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you what they look like when you put
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them in so I'm gonna try to put the
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right one in as far as I can the
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regular-sized one so that's about as far
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as I can get it inside of my ear and
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then I'm gonna put the smaller one
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inside of my left ear so I can actually
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show you a comparison of what it looks
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like and what it should look like so my
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right ear this is the regular size
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orgasm filtered plug and on my other ear
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this is the smaller version of it and
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this is correct this is incorrect if
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this is how it fits inside of your ear
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it is way too big and is not going to be
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attenuating the right amount of sound
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and you are still at risk for damaging
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your hearing if it goes into your ear
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like this then you know that you have a
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good fit you
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can clearly see this as an issue even
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for the models that they have on their
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homepage now I do understand that when
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properly inserted you can't really see
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them but if this is how these earplugs
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look inside of your ear canal you have
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way too large of an ear plug and it will
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not provide you with the advertised
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level of hearing protection the second
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thing that I'm not crazy about is that
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there's only one level of attenuation
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when you use the eargasm filter -
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earplugs there are other companies out
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there that provide you with a varying
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level of flat attenuation anything from
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16 decibels of flat attenuation to 20 or
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even 25 decibels of flat attenuation so
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depending on the environment that you
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find yourself in and the amount of
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protection that you need in that
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environment you can pick out the correct
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level of attenuation you can't do that
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with the eargasm filtered plunks that
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being said as long as you can wear the
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ear gasm high fidelity filtered earplugs
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correctly you should be able to protect
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against hearing loss and tinnitus while
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still being able to appreciate music and
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talk to your friends that's it for this
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video if you have any questions leave
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