The correct answer is that if the noise and music volume are the same, the chance of causing hearing damage is the same. Of course, music sounds very comfortable, while noise sounds harsh, so it puts a lot of physical pressure on you.

Noise is a sound we don't like. The sound of a new child playing the violin can be painful. However, when the teacher plays the same violin, the music will be pleasing to you. We know that all violins produce the same range of frequencies, so the frequency is irrelevant to whether it is noise. The ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras discovered that two frequencies and their ratios defined music or noise. He found that if their ratio could be reduced to something as simple as 3:7, the sound was pleasant music. If it was a complex ratio that could not be simplified, such as 201:388, under such conditions, the sound was harsh, and unpleasant noise.

Listening to your favorite music is enjoyable, but listening to your favorite music at too high a volume or for too long will lead to "hearing fatigue" or "Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS)."  TTS is a warning sign that your hearing may become severely impaired.

When you listen to loud music, and after a while, you feel the music becomes quieter; this signifies that your hearing has become sluggish due to fatigue. Usually, you compensate by turning up the volume. After a while, this happens again; you make it louder until it becomes a vicious cycle. Over time your condition will change from "Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS)" to "Permanent Threshold Shift (PTS)" PTS means that your hearing has been severely impaired and cannot be recovered.

However, even if you don't increase the volume of your music, suppose you don't stop and give your ears enough time to rest. Hearing fatigue damage can still occur and continue until it becomes a "Permanent Threshold Shift (PTS)." Which is a bad situation that all music lovers can face. The way to avoid this is not to listen to music at too high a volume. If you cannot control the music's loudness, you must wear proper hearing protection earplugs.

The ACS PRO custom earplugs are synonymous with hearing protection. It's the earplug of choice for many of the world's top DJs and musicians, and it's the earplug of choice for many of the largest industrial corporations. So, why do we care enough to introduce a universal earbud?

Because while the ACS PRO custom earplugs are excellent, they are a custom product that takes time to produce, so they aren't available when a sudden need arises. Furthermore, the upfront cost is high because the ACS PRO is a custom-made product. Customers cannot try out this custom-made product to evaluate its effectiveness, leading them to purchase a low-cost, generally vastly ineffective product.

Many universal earplugs on the market claim that they can be used at music festivals, nightclubs, and concerts. Or riding motorcycles, trains, planes, buses, or while sleeping. They can also be used for construction work or even for shooting!  However, each of these activities has an entirely different noise signature. The differences in sound composition and loudness are enormous. No single earplug can cope with all the different noise conditions.

To overcome these problems, we developed a new set of ready-to-use hearing protection earplugs. Firstly, we named them Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety and protection from harm, and this matched our intention and spirit. We set out to make Soteria a stylish, effective, easy-to-use hearing protection product. We divided it into three series - Party, Music, and Work - each with specific hearing protection requirements.

For over 26 years, ACS worked with thousands of professional musicians, DJs, and music venue staff to produce custom earplugs using ACS PRO filters.  The ACS PRO filters have a range of finely tuned attenuation levels at different frequency points.  They can deliver clear music and safe, sound levels in any musical environment. The ACS PRO Custom Music Earplugs are undoubtedly the best hearing protection earplugs for musicians. However, music students and young budding music professionals have limited financial resources to purchase earplugs. We've decided to make Soteria the best "Ready-To-Use" music earplugs with the following three criteria.

To Use The ACS PRO Filter
ACS PRO Series filters are EU certified. It has a history of many years of satisfactory use by world-class customers. With PROs, you can give your customers the best in noise reduction.

Get The Most Out of The ACS PRO Filters
To get the most out of the PRO filter, we 3D printed thousands of slightly modified earplug parts during the Soteria development.  We then gave these earplugs for customers to try.  The final product is a triangular body, the same shape as your outer ear cavity. Add an audio duct of just the right length, and match it with five sizes of silicone ear-tips of particular shape and thickness. This combination allows Soteria to fit a wide range of ear and canal sizes and meet earplugs' comfort and sealing requirements.

A Way to Upgrade The Soteria to Custom Earplugs
To help customers get the most out of their hearing care product purchases. From now on, customers who purchase Soteria's music earplugs can order an empty pair of custom earplugs. We will then remove the Soteria earbuds' filters and return them to the customer for use in their new custom earbuds. In this way, the customer can maximize his hearing protection costs and gradually get the most effective protection possible.

The Occlusion Effect is the reverberating sound inside your head when you wear earplugs and speak or sing.

The ACS PRO filter has an exclusive two-way conduction design, significantly reducing this occlusion effect by venting this sound, allowing you to hear your voice's most natural sound and reducing the difficulties of communicating or singing when wearing earplugs. Also, due to this venting, the hot and stuffy feeling of the ear canal is reduced.

This two-way conductivity is essential for music earplugs. Usually, the purpose of wearing earplugs is to reduce the sound levels of the noisy music environment. So why is it important to hear your natural voice? Because if your voice rumbles, it becomes difficult for you to communicate with other musicians, affecting your output. It can also make it difficult to catch the pitch of your singing. Therefore, it's a great feeling not to hear the rumbling in your head when you wear your music earplugs.