Hearing damage - using whistle

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Originally Posted by ML99

Hello

What do you think about hearing damage as a result of using a whistle often (long term)? After games where I use my whistle often (eg. head referee) I face a little tinitus noise in my ear(s). It's gone after a while (1 hour).

I use a Fox F40 whistle.
What kind of whistles do you use in order to avoid "early" hearing damages?

Thanks for your thoughts
ML99

Bingo!

As I started reading I was thnking "I bet he uses a God-awful Fox 40".
Switch to an Acme Thunderer and I bet your problems will disappear.

Fox 40 would be fine if you work at a huge stadium where there is lots of noise but for a "normal" game, it's overkill.

Anybody who steps on a field with me with a Fox 40 will be pulling it out of their ***.