How to potect your ears from loud music, Why protect them?

If you can hear dodgy noises in the background it's because Mr. Brainshred over there is clicking on his mouse. Right, I've just had an email from someone. I've watched some videos, 17 year old and they want to know about how to protect their ears. Okay, yes we all like to be in nightclubs and listen to the music booming and having it as loud as possible. Or maybe you're a DJ and you've got your headphones on, and here's the irony, because the music's so loud, guess what? You've actually got to turn the volume on your mixer up. So not only have you got loud music on your headphones, loud music through your monitors, but you've also got loud music through the actual PA system. So everything's loud, and the funny thing is, when you go out the toilet for a piss, everyone's going, alright mate, you like the noise don't you? And the trouble is...

If someone's just walked into the venue, they can't understand why you're shouting. But the reason you're shouting is because your ears are so knackered after listening. Anyway, okay, so how can you protect your ears? Okay, I don't exactly know what the name of the product is, but if you do, stick it underneath here. But you can actually get these very small pieces of, it's almost like foam. Earplugs. Well yeah, alright, they're earplugs, but I'm sure there's a sort of name for them. But what they actually do, if you squidge them in between your fingers, you can almost squidge them till there's nothing. And then you open your fingers and what happens it will stay squashed. But slowly they will start to expand. Now what happens is you can squidge these things, you can put them in so that you can't hear anything but then after a few seconds you will start to hear them almost expand in your ear. Now years ago they used to make

Here's the deal, okay? This is very important because it's possibly another video I will do in the near future which is about something called tinnitus which is a very If you like music and you want to protect your ears, then it's possibly a good idea to either have these earplugs so the volume isn't as loud or alternatively if you're in your bedroom Or if you are in charge of the PA system, then maybe try and turn it down a little bit because it sounds fantastic when you're younger but when you get older you could be mutton and Jeff which is of course the London term for deaf. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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