Custom Hearing Ear Protection | Sonant Hearing Clinic, Kent

Our Custom Hearing Ear Protection Range in Medway, Kent

Long term exposure to noise over 85dB can damage one's hearing. This damage is typically irreversible once it has occurred.

Custom-made earpieces can be made for several requirements. They can form an effective seal against noise and water. Our range of custom ear protection includes.

🎧 Musician’s In-Ear Monitors & Plugs/Moulds

Filtered plugs reduce harmful frequencies while preserving sound clarity. Ideal for DJs, performers, and concertgoers.

🏍️ Motorbike & Motorsport Ear Plugs/Moulds

Designed to reduce wind and engine noise without blocking essential sounds.

🔫 Shooting & Industrial Hearing Noise Protection Plugs/Moulds

Impact-filtering plugs protect your hearing while allowing communication with co-workers.

🛠️ DIY & Work Plugs/Moulds

Available in silicone (SNR 29dB) and acrylic (SNR 34dB) for maximum attenuation. Also protect ones hearing in environments with excessive noise

🏊 Swimming & Watersport Ear Moulds/Plugs

Prevent water from entering the ear canal—perfect for those with perforations (holes on their eardrums) prone to infections or surfer’s ear. Reduce the likelihood of getting otitis externa or surfer's ear by protecting the ear canal from contact with water while swimming in pools, lakes, ponds or the sea. Video showing and example of custom swimming moulds taken at Sonant Hearing Clinic.

💤 Sleeping & Study Plugs

Soft, discreet, and comfortable for all-night wear or focused study sessions.Useful keeping the noise down from noisy house-mates or snoring partners!

🎧 Custom Sleeves for AirPods & Earbuds

Improve fit and comfort for your existing listening devices with custom sleeves which fit cover your earbuds but finally fit perfectly to your ears.

What Happens at your Hearing Protection Consultation Appointment

When you arrive for your appointment. We welcome you and ensure you are comfortable. Then we have a discussion to find out about your hearing needs, your concerns and your preferences.  For example: If you swim, are you swimming recreationally or competitively. What durability do you require from your custom swimming moulds.  

Or perhaps you want hearing protection because you work in a noisy factory, or maybe you like to shoot over the weekends.  Having this discussion helps us narrow down to your specific needs and offer the best recommendation for hearing protection. After we have decided on the type of hearing protection, we shall go on to take the ear impression. 

How We Take Your Ear Impressions for custom ear protection

We carry out an ear examination to ensure your canal is clear of wax or abnormalities. We discuss your medical history to help us prepare in advance and take necessary precautions, e.g If there is ear wax-build up, we can remove the ear wax for you before taking the ear impressions, allergies, operations etc.  Afterwards:

1. A soft foam block is placed inside the ear canal to protect your eardrum.

2. You may be asked to bite down on a bite-block to capture your jaw’s natural position—important for tight-fitting plugs like swimming moulds.

3. We mix up the base and catalyst ear impression material. This is silicone based. Then fill up a tube (very similar to a cake piping syringe!) with both components and insert the material into your ear-canal.

4. After 2–4 minutes, the impression sets and is removed—ready to be used for your custom product.

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What is Hearing Protection Fit Testing

We provide Hearing Protection Fit Testing  for hearing protector devices that aim to reduce sound. Just like one may want to verify the miles per gallon MPG on a car. A hearing protection fit test is carried out to make sure that the ear protection is reducing sound efficiently at the frequencies specified by the manufacturer. 

We would need a manufacturer report on noise reduction (attenuation) to check if the hearing protection matches up to test results as expected. The hearing protection fit test can be a useful means of verification for anyone in an industry encountering loud levels of work e.g. noise from the construction trade, noise from factories etc. 

Hearing protection fit test calculates a Personal Attenuation Rating (PAR) which is an estimation of the noise reduction obtained across test frequencies in one or both ears expressed as a single number. 

The hearing protection fit test can be done 2 ways at Sonant Hearing Clinic, Kent. 

Subjective Audiometric Check

1.) We can check your hearing thresholds at various frequencies whilst you are sat in a quiet sound proof booth using headphones alone and then with the custom hearing protection in your ears,  Just like you would do with a hearing test, this time with or without the hearing protection. The time to conduct this can take around 15-20 minutes.

Objective Real Ear Test

2.) Here we present sound to your ears from a speaker in front of you, then insert a small microphone into your ears. We measure the sound in your ears not occluded and open, and then measure the sound in your ears occluded with the custom hearing protection. We compare the difference between the two results (Personal Attenuation Rating  - PAR) to the manufacturer's specification. This method is more involved but doesn't rely on feedback from the user. This can take around 20-30minutes to perform.

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