I love music and the sound of trees and birds too much to not protect my hearing
I'm a huge fan of preserving hearing. If you have never done the experiment, try going for a long drive with some kind of noise cancellation headphone or earplugs in place.  Same drive, but feel more refreshed after your trip and not have ringing in your ears.  Even though the brain does an amazing job of filtering out noise, it is fatiguing and easy to damage hearing over time.<br /><br />However, I don't think it is safe using standard earplugs because they cut out too much noise.  These are perfect because it just attenuates noise, and seems to do it pretty well across the whole frequency spectrum.<br /><br />Also indispensable when out dancing.  I still want to hear the music, I can just live without ringing in my ears afterwards and going deaf down the line.
Rating: 5 stars