Hearing Protectors

The most important requirement to achieve good, consistent protection when exposed to noise, is comfort. Custom Molded Hearing Protectors (CMHP) are the most comfortable of any earplug as they are custom made for the individual’s ear.

Made from a medical grade silicone, they are non-allergenic, strong, very flexible and always maintain their precise custom shape.

The process to make CMHPs takes about 20 minutes and is performed by a licensed Audiologist. At the end of that time, the individual leaves with a perfectly fitting pair of custom earplugs that have been fitted and tested for comfort and a good seal.

With an Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) of 28, they make excellent Hearing Protectors. Because of their custom fit, they are always inserted properly thus providing a consistently high level of protection compared to foam plugs. 

With over twenty five years of experience with many methods of making custom earplugs, our current process is most efficient, economical and effective.

Cost Comparison of Foam and Custom Earplugs

This hypothetical cost comparison example is based on the following:

• $.20 per pair for foam plugs
• 100 employees
• Each employee using only one pair of foam plugs per day
• 21 working days a month (252 days per year)
• $75.00 per pair for Custom Molded Hearing Protectors (CMHP)
• All employees keep them four years

Custom Molded Hearing Protectors (CMHP) have a life span of many years (varies with individual care). The chart below illustrates a company's average annual cost for each year that the 100 employees have their original CMHPs or use foam plugs. The example stops at four years.

*Using foam plugs at one pair per day, the fixed cost each year for 100 employees is $5080.00. The cost per employee doubles if two pair are used per day.
**The total cost per year for CMHPs is about one third of that for foam. Even if some employees lose them or require remakes due to changes in their ear canal, the cost remains substantially below foam earplugs.

Even if the cost of foam earplugs was $.10 a pair, CMHP would still save the company $2500.00 after four years.

Swim Plugs

Our CMHPs make excellent swim plugs for children and adults as they very effectively seal out water from the ear canal. Plus, they FLOAT!

Musicians' Earplugs

Musician’s earplugs differ from  standard earplugs as they are specially designed to reduce sound levels equally at all frequencies.  This is essential to provide a natural sound quality to the user which is especially important for musicians. (Standard earplugs reduce high frequencies more than lows thus altering the quality of the sound.)    

CAA - The Hearing Place provides the Etymotic ER-9, ER-15 and ER-25 musician’s earplugs which are custom molded to the shape of the ear canal. 

Number of decibels of reduction from 125 Hz to 8000 Hz for ER-15 and ER-25