Educational Resources

It’s a question we get regularly from hunters and sport shooters. How much hearing protection do I need? Whether shooting at the gun range, pheasant hunting with friends or toting your favorite rif...

Just how loud is a gunshot? Let’s take a look at some comparisons and popular shooting calibers to understand shooting sound levels. The average adult tends to experience pain and discomfort at a ...

What actually happens when we shoot firearms without hearing protection? More specifically, what happens to our ears and our hearing? For some of us there’s ringing; for others sounds get muffled o...

Too many shooters don’t think about their hearing health until it’s too late. While some of us have already learned the hard way, some tactical shooters (and a good portion of hunters) still put th...

According to a 2018 report in Safety and Health magazine, the Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) conducted a study that found nearly 60 percent of former construction workers had ...

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), it's estimated that about 15% of all Americans over the age of 18 report some sort of issue with their hea...

On the jobsite, it’s absolutely vital for construction workers to be aware of their surroundings. However, what often comes with having situational awareness is the threat of hearing damage. Becaus...

Situational awareness is defined as the “perception of environmental elements and events". In other words, situational awareness is the ability to know and understand what is going on around you. 

2020 taught us many important lessons, but one specifically stood out to us. Sometimes you just need to block out all the noise- whether it’s bad news, screaming kiddos, or day-to-day c...