Kidz+ Children’s Earplugs for Swimming

This is what every parent asks first. The honest answer: Kidz+ is far more likely to stay in than any earplug a child finds uncomfortable. The soft silicone adapts to your child’s ear canal with body heat, forming a seal that doesn’t pressure or irritate. Because there’s no hard housing, no cable, and no bulky outer shell, most children stop noticing them within the first few minutes. Parents consistently report that children who rejected earmuffs or foam plugs accepted Kidz+ without resistance. If they do pull them out, it’s almost always a fit issue — use the AI ear measurement to get the exact size for their ear.

Yes. Kidz+ is made from hypoallergenic silicone that is free of BPA, PVC, latex and cadmium. The design was developed for children’s ear canals aged 3 to 12 and has been independently tested to ISO 4869 in a German laboratory. For children under 3, we recommend earmuffs rather than in-ear protection.

Yes. Kidz+ features a waterproof 2-lamella seal that locks against the ear canal wall — including during freestyle, backstroke and diving. For the most reliable fit in very small or large ear canals, we recommend our AI ear measurement.

Yes — and that is intentional. Kidz+ is a passive silicone children’s earplug (SNR 24 dB) that brings the volume down to a safer level — on average by 24 dB — while keeping speech, voices and instructions clearly audible. Your child will hear their swim instructor, their teacher and you calling them. What gets blocked is the noise that damages: loud music, crowd noise, machinery and traffic.

Yes, and this is one of the most common reasons parents choose Kidz+. For sensory-sensitive children, the biggest problem with earmuffs is that they are visible, bulky, and stigmatising — children refuse them or classmates comment. Kidz+ sits invisibly in the ear. It brings the volume of a loud environment down while keeping speech clear, which means your child stays connected to the people around them rather than being shut out completely. Whether that helps your child is something you and anyone supporting them will know better than we do.

That is a question for your child’s ENT or GP, not for us. It is worth knowing that current guidance does not recommend routine earplugs for children with grommets: the AAO-HNS clinical guideline advises clinicians against routine water precautions, and a Cochrane review found the benefit very small. Where clinicians do ask for ears to be kept dry is more specific, typically the weeks after surgery, diving and underwater swimming, and hair washing or baths, where soapy water passes a seal that pool water would not. If your clinician has asked you to keep your child’s ears dry, that is what Kidz+ is for: the two-lamella silicone seals the ear canal. Ask them first and let them advise.

Gently pull the top of your child’s outer ear upward and back to open the ear canal. Insert the clean earplugs with a gentle twisting motion until the outer lamella sits flush with the entrance of the ear canal. Do not push them too deep. The removal tab makes it easy to take them out — your child can learn to do this themselves within a few uses.

Each pair is reusable up to 100 times. With daily use, that’s roughly 3 to 4 months from a single pair. The silicone retains its shape and resists dirt far better than foam or putty, and the fit actually improves slightly over time as the silicone adapts. Clean after each use with a damp cloth and mild soap, and store in the included aluminium case.

Nothing. You have 40 days to try them. If they leak, fall out, or your child simply won’t wear them, contact us and we’ll refund you in full. No questions, no forms, no back and forth. Trusted by parents in 13 countries and backed by +3,500 verified customer reviews. But you don’t have to take our word for it.