Is anyone here bringing earpro with your carry weapon?
What kind?
ETA: I know it sounds silly, but is there even a way to utilise earpro in an “encounter”?
Are you an assassin? 
How do you imagine you would have the time or the peace of mind to insert ear plugs if you’re being shot at? I can only imagine that being practical if you were a proactive shooter.
You would either have to have it on all the time, or put it on at the start of an incident. I guess you could always wear something like the Surefire plugs, but the other option is a no go in my (admittedly inexperienced) opinion.
I carry a set of the surefire plugs in my bag, but not with the intention of putting them on in a defensive gunfight. I keep them mainly because I never know when I might get to the range and I don’t always have my Peltors.
Most encounters happen at fairly close range and by surprise. It’s highly unlikely that you’ll actually have time to don hearing protection.
This is more in line with what I was thinking.
I would like to at least have the option of saving my ability to hear.
Now, if the choice is death or deaf, I’ll choose deaf, but I’m trying to be prudent here, folks. It’s not as though a pair of plugs weigh a lot or take up space.
This is what I do. Never know when I might end up at the range. Works for other loud environments too.
Buckaroo
I keep a set of the folding muffs in the cruiser with me when I’m working in case I need to put down an injured animal.
Wouldn’t passive earpro be a handicap in a tactical situation such as clearing a building? I would rather lose 10% of my hearing to be able to hear a BG running up on me from behind.
Honestly, some of you guys overthink this waaaaaaay too much.
This.
In our most recent OIS I had a G31C go off about four feet to my 9 o’clock with no long term affects. Your body will naturally protect itself but in a long sustained gunfight earpro would be necessary.
I don’t wear earpro on building searches or anything when I was on uniformed patrol. I do wear electronic earpro on search warrants and entries where I know a flashbang or six will be going off. 
I also keep the Surefire plugs handy and they cover 95% of the shooting I do.
I also keep a set of Surefire plugs in my pocket for those times when I know I’ll be clearing leather and there is a possibility of shooting. Building searches, felony traffic stops,…etc. It really isn’t practical to keep the in my ears all the time though.
I keep a couple sets of earplugs in my patrol bag and in my SWAT bag in my trunk. I really don’t have a plan for them but I guess if I am on my way to an active shooter situation, I will grab a set while gearing up only because they are sitting next to my Kpot. Mainly they are there for unplanned, on duty range visits (I get bored a lot). I was given an interesting item just today and they are a set of wallet ear plugs. I thought they were interesting. They can be found at… www.macksearplugs.com
I don’t think that I would ever wear anything but electronic ear pro on duty, and I just got a pair so we’ll see if I do that on search warrants. Even with Surefires in I feel like I am missing things, especially hearing a BG sneaking around or something like that. You never know when an OIS might happen, but I would want to be ready in the unlikely event it happened again. I was involved in one and I had a G21 go off 5 times next to my right ear at a distance of about 1 foot, my 10.5" AR do a burst, and a G21 about 3 feet in front of me go off 2 times, all of this in a concrete breezeway. My ears rang for about a day or so after that, but I wouldn’t have traded any of the temporary discomfort for the ability to hear the BG rounding the corner. As was mentioned earlier by SWATCop, when your adrenaline is going, your body acts differently than it would in a low-stress environment…I’m pretty sure that’s why I didn’t get any long-term hearing loss.
If the context is a regular armed citizen going about his daily business, the answer is no.
I guarantee you that you did suffer hearing loss. As I understand it, hearing damage is cumulative and the body doesn’t really protect itself, it just compensates and makes it less painful.
How well do the surefires work in terms of hearing lower decibel rated sounds?
Pretty damned well if you leave the tiny plugs out. The overall protection goes down a bit with them out, but it certainly is reduced to below the pain threshold.