[Symbiote]

I use earbuds, but I set the volume while I'm somewhere quiet. If the underground train is drowning out the music, so be it.

I've also used reusable earplugs (I spent about £15) for all gigs, nightclubs etc. Sometimes I use them in noisy pubs.

> However I cannot wear my headphone longer than 6 hours without it getting annoying.

That's a really long time. Wouldn't it be best to reduce it?

The main charity for deaf people in the UK, which seems to have renamed itself from the "Royal National Institute for the Deaf" to "Action on Hearing Loss", has a campaign called [Don't lose the music](http://www.dontlosethemusic.org.uk/).

[larrybolt]

I don't often go to clubs or places in general with loud music, but I play music trough earbuds/headphones to shut out distracting noises around me. And I guess to get "in the zone". I'm going to look up if there would be earplugs that could help me with that.

And 6 hours is seldom, it's the max, but average I do go above the suggested 1 hour.