Dosimetry across four UK music venues found 70% of staff exceeded the daily noise exposure limit value in a single shift. Here is what the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 actually requires of a venue, and who it covers.
A randomised trial at an Amsterdam festival found temporary hearing loss in 8% of earplug wearers and 42% of unprotected ones. Here is what earplugs genuinely change about live music, and what they leave alone.
Most concert earplug guides hand you one number and a shopping list. This is the order of operations instead, starting with the venue you are actually going to and ending with the pair.
A TOP-100 German hearing specialist chose Bollsen’s protector to sell under her own brand. Here is what a hearing professional actually looks for, and why fit beats the number on the box.
That ringing after a gig is usually a temporary threshold shift that fades within a day or two. Here is why concerts cause tinnitus, when the ringing is a warning sign, and how to stop it at 100 to 105 dB shows.
Every hi-fi earplug page promises you will hear everything unchanged, just quieter. Here is what high-fidelity earplugs actually do, and where an honest passive silicone plug fits in.
Musicians face nearly four times the hearing-loss risk of the general public. Here is the science behind noise-induced hearing loss, the decibel limits that matter, and how to protect your ears across a long career.
Concerts typically reach 90 to 120 dB, well past the 85 dB safety line. Here is how loud different gigs really get, how long you can safely stay, and how to protect your hearing.
Half of sound technicians in one study showed measurable hearing loss. Here is what UK law requires at the desk, and what a passive SNR 24 dB earplug can and cannot do.
Venue staff, roadies and stage crew are rostered in front of the PA for whole shifts they cannot leave. Here is what UK employers must legally provide, and the SNR spec that clears the 85 dB action value.









