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by RL_Quine 2789 days ago
I think you’d struggle to find people who wear ear protection but aren’t exposed to, for example, other hazardous conditions on a mining or building site that are hard to control for.
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A lot of people that work in an open office wear them.
Yeah, the headphones go on when I get in and only come off if someone is standing there looking at me like they just asked a question.
Musicians. Drummers, guitarists, trumpeters.
Maybe recording studio engineers?
True.