Interesting article on actual impulse response of various hearing protections

[normmatzen]

go to
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22176308

and click on "Free PMC Article"

As the problems with industrial noise and impulse noise (i.e. gun shots) are quite different, this will be of interest to shooters.

Warning, this is highly technical ( BORING!) but take what you want and you can click on references for more information.

 

[Evlshnngns]

Neat test. AR15 is a noisy bugger for such a small cartridge. Ill have to double up my ear protection more often.