Tips to reduce noise level in helmet

[the Ferret]

Yes it does Rob. Shooting guns as a kid, listening to rock n roll as a teen and sub adult, riding street bikes without earplugs for 50 years and racing 2 stroke motorcycles for 10 years has taken a terrible toll on my hearing. Pretty loud ringing 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year is the result. At this point the air noise at speed actually drowns out the ringing giving some relief from that. Imagine wanting loud air noise so you don't hear the ringing. Sad. You do learn to pretty much ignore it, otherwise you'd never sleep, but I'd really rather not have it in the first place, and wish I had protected my hearing my whole life.

I would recommend anyone who's ears are not ringing now, wear some ear protection in any loud environments, including riding a motorcycle.