What is 3M Earplug?
Manufactured by the 3M Company to protect soldiers from loud noise of firing weapons so that they can do their jobs effectively.
The 3M Earplug with dual end - one end is an olive end that blocks all sound and the yellow end for block loud sounds.
The 3M earplug, designed to help the military to protect the ears from loud noise so that they can do their job with effective communication
Please seek the advice of a medical professional before making health care decisions.
Does 3M Earplug cause Tinnitus?
Tinnitus gives the perception of the sound even when the external sound is not there.
Tinnitus is something that approximately 52 to 60 percent of veterans have some sort of hearing loss. The spending of VA is over $1 billion every year to treat more than 800,000 veterans for hearing issues.
Usually earplugs don’t cause any hearing loss or any other side effects but it can be the reason if used for a long period.Using it for a longer period can form excess earwax which can cause tinnitus or hearing loss
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Symptoms of Tinnitus
Tinnitus symptoms can include:
And tinnitus is of two different type
Objective tinnitus :
A rare type tinnitus problem which may be caused due to the blood vessel problem, or middle ear bone condition, or muscle contractions.
Subjective tinnitus :
A most common type of tinnitus which can be caused by outer, middle or inner ear ear problems. This can also cause due to the problems with the hearing nerves or the part of your brain that interprets nerve signals as sound (auditory pathways).
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Other side effects
These are the other side effect of 3M Earplug as follow:
- Mild hearing loss
- Moderate hearing loss
- Severe hearing loss
- Difficulty in hearing consonants
- Difficulty in conversations (without a hearing aid)
- Difficulty to understand speech
There is a possibility to communicate with sign language
If you or your loved ones (served in the military between 2003 and 2015) suffered from these side effects,
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