I think the answers depends on where you officiate and who assigns your games. Those are the people you would answer to and who would make the call on what is frowned upon or not.
I can tell that here in AZ where I live, ear plugs are not only accepted, but encouraged. Personally, I have never felt the need to wear them, but there are quite a few officials that I know of that do.
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