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First a question: how much damage do you really thinka singleshotgun round on a turkey huntwill do? I'm sensitive to your issue and I'm truly sorry for your hearing loss, but I wouldn't think a single shot would makethat much of adifference. I'll qualify that statement by saying that I am not an audiologist and probably shouldn't even be sticking my nose where it doesnt belong. If you are really concerned I would suggest consulting an audiologist who can offer some professional advice.

My dad is 70 and was a duck hunter and guide at Reelfoot Lake (famous duck hunting lake in NW Tennessee) for 40 years. He can't hear worth a flip from the long-term exposure to all that shooting, especially out of his left ear, buthe never wore hearing protection and typically went through several cases of shells a year. That is a differentsituation entirely compared to turkey hunting where it is just you inthe open woodsand one shot.

I think the Walker game ear hearing aids have a protection circuit, whereby the sound above a certain decible level is blocked. That may be true for other types of hearing aids, I just don't know. I can't think of anything that passively filters out loud sound above a certain decibel level (like a shotgun blast) yet allows the passage of lower decibel sound (like a turkey gobbling or hen yelping).

Good luck

Mouthcaller