Earplug Product Info at MotorcycleAnchor.com

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How to read this information:
   Any manufactured product has some variation between units normally. The same holds true with ear plugs. So rather than saying all earplugs will produce the exact same noise reduction, the testing standards for reporting require that two numbers are reported for each frequency: the typical (MEAN) amount of noise reduction for any given pair out of the manufacturing process, and the range of variation that can be expected from that number (STANDARD DEVIATION).

   About 68% of all units will be within 1 standard deviation of the mean; 94% will be within two standard deviations of the mean.

   Thus, if the data says that at 4000Hz the ear plug has a mean of 41.9dB and a standard deviation of 5.1dB, then 68% of all the ear plugs of that type will block between 36.8dB and 47.0dB at 4000 Hz, and 94% will block between 31.7dB and 52.1dB at that frequency.

   Follow this link to help you understand Standard Deviation, if you still need a better explanation.

To understand the frequency ranges, human voices usually occur in the band from 800 Hz to 4000 Hz, with an exceptionally deep male voice usually being around 600 to 1000 Hz and a very high pitched female scream can be as high as 3400 to 4000 Hz. A normal telephone's audio range is normally 300Hz to 3400Hz.

TYPE 1 - YELLOW PERMANENT (NRR 25dB)

Generally better for blocking high pitched noises

FREQUENCY (in Hz)	125	250	500	1000	2000	3150	4000	6300	8000
*←← Mostly Exhaust Noises*				BOTH		*Mostly Wind Noise →→*
MEAN dB CUT	28.5 dB	30 dB	32.9 dB	33.5 dB	34.9 dB	40.4 dB	41.9 dB	42.7 dB	44.6 dB
STANDARD DEVIATION	4.7 dB	4.6 dB	4.6 dB	4.0 dB	3.6 dB	5.4 dB	5.1 dB	3.3 dB	4.1 dB

TYPE 2 - BLUE PERMANENT (NRR 27dB)

Generally better for blocking mid-range noises (like a wife complaining)

FREQUENCY (in Hz)	125	250	500	1000	2000	3150	4000	6300	8000
*←← Mostly Exhaust Noises*				BOTH		*Mostly Wind Noise →→*
MEAN dB CUT	22.9 dB	24.8 dB	28.9 dB	31.8 dB	35.4 dB	40.5 dB	43.1 dB	40.1 dB	38.1 dB
STANDARD DEVIATION	1.6 dB	1.7 dB	2.0 dB	2.0 dB	2.7 dB	2.1 dB	2.9 dB	3.1 dB	3.0 dB

TYPE 3 - DISPOSABLE (NRR 29dB)

FREQUENCY (in Hz)	125	250	500	1000	2000	3150	4000	6300	8000
*←← Mostly Exhaust Noises*				BOTH		*Mostly Wind Noise →→*
MEAN dB CUT	36.6 dB	38.7 dB	42.0 dB	39.3 dB	37.8 dB	43.7 dB	43.8 dB	45.0 dB	47.9 dB
STANDARD DEVIATION	5.1 dB	4.1 dB	4.7 dB	3.9 dB	4.7 dB	3.5 dB	3.4 dB	3.2 dB	3.4 dB

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