How to insert and remove your custom earplugs

Buying a set of custom earplugs is the first step to protecting your hearing, and hopefully the company you bought them from will have explained how to use them. But in case they didn't, here is a quick stage by stage explanation.

How to insert your earplugs

Right ear

Your custom earplugs are shaped to have a small tip which is pushed into your ear canal, and a flat section which will point away from you while resting against your tragus, which is the small pointed extrusion located just above the ear lobe.

The plug for your right ear should be marked in red, or with the letter 'R'. To insert it into your ear, take hold of it with your right hand, grasping it between your forefinger and thumb, slide your thumb so that it is touching the flat outer section.

With your left hand, reach over and gently pull your right ear upwards. Put the tip of the hearing protector into the right ear canal and rotate backwards by just over 180 degrees. Wiggle the earplug slightly until it fits comfortably and snugly in your ear. The flat part of the hearing protector should be sitting against your tragus.

Left ear

The left hand side earplug also has a tip which sits inside the ear, and a flat section which touches the tragus.

This earplug should be marked in blue, or with the letter 'L', and again you should take hold of it between the thumb and forefinger, this time with your left hand. Slide your thumb so that it is touching the flat part of the earplug.

Reach over your head with your right hand and gently pull your left ear upwards slightly. Place the tip of the earplug into your ear canal, and as you push the earplug into your ear slowly rotate it backwards. Wiggle your ear to ensure the earplug is comfortable and is forming a snug seal with your ear.

It may be beneficial to use a small amount of otoform cream on your earplugs if you are using them for the first time, or if they have recently been cleaned. Take a small amount of cream and massage it over the earplug.

You will then find that the earplug will slide into your ear canal much easier now. The cream will also help to increase the seal that is formed in your ear.

Removing your earplugs

Taking your earplugs out is very easy! Use your thumb to apply pressure to the base of your ear. This will gently force the earplug out, and you will find it slowly slides out and into your hand. Repeat this process for the other ear and your earplugs are out!

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