Thread: Hunting without a suppressor.......... ear plugs or cop the lot?

Originally Posted by silentscope

iv gone deaf from years of shooting without hearing protection and im not even old yet.

I'm not deaf, but ringing ears/ tinnitus is ever present. Active ear defenders AND silencer works well. Silencer alone not so well. Sound is not necessarily below damage threshold even if it is below pain threshold. A silencer only removes -24 to -32 dB typically.