From the first person to mass produce the highly annoying (in my opinion) vuvuzela, he is ready to branch out into a new industry, ear plugs. Neil van Schalkwyk must have had some sense knocked into him, having had enough of the sound of the vuvuzela, he now wants to block out the ringing (tinnitus) from his ears.

With the vuvuzela’s reaching an astonishing 140 decibels it is not suprising that people have had growing concerns about the damage it could do to your hearing. 

Neil van Schalkwyk spoke to the Telegraph commenting:

 “We have adapted the vuvuzela to make it a little quieter but there are still those who don’t like the noise so we wanted to offer them some form of protection.

“The earplugs will block out the noise and will also prevent the wearer suffering hearing damage.”