Hearing Protection Services in Castle Rock, CO
Custom Hearing Protection
Hearing protection is the first step to preserving your ear health and hearing in loud or adverse environments. At Castle Rock Ear Associates, our hearing protection options in Castle Rock, CO, help prevent hearing loss and can significantly reduce your risk of developing tinnitus. Our experienced team of audiologists offer patients hearing protection services through a broad range of standard and custom hearing protection devices. These devices are customized for various needs, including musicians, hunters, swimmers, and homeowners mowing their lawns or using power tools. Call us to schedule a consultation to discuss our custom hearing protection devices.
How Loud Is Too Loud?
Loud sounds can permanently damage your ears and cause immediate or delayed hearing loss. Continuous exposure to loud sounds can damage your inner ear and cause symptoms like tinnitus, dizziness, vertigo, nausea, and disorientation. Sound is measured in decibels, units that indicate how loud something is. It is generally safe to listen to sounds below decibels. Sounds at or above 85 decibels can cause hearing loss or ear damage depending on length of exposure.
What Are the Symptoms of Possible Hearing Damage?
Hearing damage caused by loud noises can cause immediate or delayed symptoms. Recognizing the early symptoms of hearing damage can help you get treatment before your condition gets worse. Preventing hearing and ear damage is the best option for anyone regularly around loud noises or is at risk of hearing loss. If you have any of these symptoms of hearing damage, schedule an appointment with our team:
- You have trouble following people’s conversations and tend to zone out after a while.
- You have to keep asking people to repeat themselves because their speech is muffled.
- You have trouble hearing high-pitched sounds.
- You can’t follow conversations in noisy environments or if there are competing stimuli, like someone talking while the TV is on or music is playing.
- It’s hard for you to hear people over the phone.
- You can’t distinguish between consonants in speech, i.e., ‘s’ and ‘f’ sound the same to you.
- You have to keep asking people to speak louder, slower, or more clearly.
- You regularly turn up the volume on the television, radio, or computer.
- You have tinnitus or a ringing in your ears.
- You are hypersensitive to certain sounds or noises.
- You feel irritable or exhausted when you are in noisy environments.
How Can You Prevent Hearing Damage?
You can reduce your risk of hearing damage or hearing loss due to loud noises by taking preventive measures. Remember that if you need to shout to be heard over a noise or can’t hear someone talking to you, the noise is too loud and could damage your hearing. You can prevent hearing damage by:
- Keeping the volume at a reasonable level.
- Wearing hearing protection at concerts, when using power tools or heavy machinery, when firing a gun, or when you will be around any other loud noises.
- Avoiding loud, noisy places.
- Taking breaks from noise.
How Does Custom Hearing Protection Help?
Custom earpieces and earplugs are designed to fit snugly in your ear canals and create a seal. This blocks out sounds and disperses sound energy. Custom hearing protection is more comfortable, so it’s easier to wear for a long time. If you’re more likely to wear hearing protection, it is more likely to be effective.
What Types of Hearing Protection Are Available?
You can choose the right type of hearing protection for the situation you will be in. The most commonly used types of ear protection devices are:
- Expandable foam earplugs
- Pre-molded reusable earplugs
- Earmuffs
- Noise-canceling headphones
Our Specialty Earpieces & Ear Molds
Castle Rock Ear Associates provides clients with custom earpieces for activities such as motorcycle riding, surfing, sleeping, hunting, hearing aids, and existing earbuds. We can help you with custom earpieces for virtually any activity. Our devices include but are not limited to the following:
- Musician’s Monitors and Filtered Earplugs – Our in-ear musician’s monitors and custom-filtered earplugs come in a variety of attenuation levels to suit your needs and protection.
- Earmolds and Filters – Block various volumes of sound using our custom earmolds. Some pieces have the option for different attenuation levels with a filter system.
- Swim Molds – We have custom ear molds to protect you from water exposure in pools, lakes, oceans, shows, and bathtubs.
- Sleep Molds– We have custom plugs that are small and extremely soft to help decrease out sound in your environment while you are sleeping.
- Hearing Aids – Whether you need a custom piece for retention or have a degree of hearing loss, we offer a variety of styles and materials to give you the best possible fit.
What Can Our Hearing Professionals Do for You?
Our hearing healthcare professionals have extensive experience finding safe, effective, and highly individualized solutions for each patient. We will conduct a comprehensive hearing test and physical examination. We will ask you about your lifestyle, home and work environments, symptoms, medical history, and family medical history. We can then determine if you have any degree of hearing loss or if you are at risk for ear damage or hearing loss. We can design a personalized treatment plan for you or recommend customized preventive measures to reduce your risk of hearing loss or prevent further hearing loss.
Custom Earplugs
There is a wide variety of custom-molded earpieces and earplugs available that can protect your ears from damage from loud noises. We can determine what type is right for you based on the level and duration of noise exposure, activity, lifestyle, age, and personal preferences. Custom earplugs can be used during almost any activity and can be used over and over again.
Contact Us to Protect Your Hearing With Custom Devices
The team at Castle Rock Ear Associates takes pride in the products and services we offer our patients. Custom and standard protective devices help you preserve your hearing and ear health in a wide array of situations, from noisy concerts to weekend laps at the community pool. Let our in-depth expertise and exceptional ear products work to your benefit. Contact our hearing specialists, who are available to provide hearing protection in Castle Rock, CO, with custom ear molds that filter sound and block adverse exposure, ensuring your ears stay in optimal condition.