It’s the world’s first custom-fit, Bluetooth-compatible, rechargeable hearing enhancement, and protection device. The solution from SoundGear to be able to accomplish that and much more is the Phantom. They want to be able to have a conversation with their hunting partner while being able to leave in their hearing protection.”
And communication is key with these hunters, as well as with waterfowlers, upland bird hunters, and competitive shooters. “Especially from big game hunters we see a lot of people that just want that edge to be able to hear better than they can with normal hearing but also to not have to fumble around with electronic muffs or non-electronic, passive hearing protection for a single shot in the field. “There’s hearing protection and there’s hearing enhancement, and some people are really chasing the enhancement,” says SoundGear Product Manager Luke Maresh. No longer is hearing protection an either-or proposition. Now there are advanced solutions to protect your hearing from loud sounds while also enhancing the environment, or the conversations, around you. Repeated gunshots, season after season of sighting in and shooting at game, will take its toll on most hunters, putting them at risk of being the one in 10 Americans who have enough hearing loss that it affects their ability to hear normal speech. And honestly, who does that in the field at a moment’s notice?Īll hearing studies have shown anything over 85 dB can permanently damage one’s hearing, but at this level hearing loss doesn’t happen at once.
308 caliber).Īnd if you’re thinking that you’ll take the time to double up and wear earplugs and earmuffs, you’ll only get an extra 10-15 dB of protection than if you wear either one alone. That means those foam earplugs, which only block 20-30 dB of sound when worn properly, might only be knocking off 10-15 dB of a gunshot that can be between 111-167 dB (the range from a. The half that doesn’t gets half the amount of intended hearing protection. Department of Health and Human Services found that only 66.7% of adults use any hearing protection around loud noises or music, and in another study, for those who do wear foam earplugs as hearing protection only one-half of them wear them correctly. But that’s not always what follows in the field, and it’s certainly not what many adults do in their day-to-day lives. Either from bulky muffs or little orange foam earplugs, shooters are expecting frequent loud noises from their own guns and others’ and take the time to wear something. If you’re planning a day at the shooting range you’re likely prepared with sufficient hearing protection.
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