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Originally Posted by dentheman
OK, I will take all of your advice. I already have some hearing loss of real high tones from working around jets and often when sitting in a quiet environment tinnitus will act up. What I am looking for is something to protect my hearing from further damage from wind noise (but not block all sounds, that's why I mentioned wind noise specifically in my OP), and still allow me to listen to tunes (I guess when I am more experienced). Maybe the regular 'noise reducing' ear plug type earphones would work well enough.
One thing I did read on a couple sites was that prolonged wind noise would cause hearing damage with any helmet, but maybe that's not the case after all. Even when just walking my dog on a windy day, the sound of wind blowing on my ears bothers me.
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I am sorta in the same boat you are, I have tinnitus so bad I can't stand to be in a quiet room at all, I can here the ringing as I type (too many heavy metal concerts and gun shooting, not enough ear protection, read:NO EAR PROTECTION), And I use the noise cancelling ear buds that you were talking about, I have ridden a few times with just them in and no music playing and they do a fair job of blocking out wind noise and such.