I, like many, started shooting in the 1970s when hearing protection wasn't as advertised like it is today. I can't remember when I used the cheap and hard twist-ins but the damage was done. My MEPS audiogram loss put me borderline and I had many ENT evaluations to determine I was not DQed. Since, I've been paranoid and always wear protection. I resumed a 20-year hiatus this year and have been to the range 30x. On almost every occasions I doubled up but the in-ear is a challenge because I have a very small ear opening and a lot of wax. My ear muffs are in the 30s NRR. I just started the paperwork on a suppressor but in the meantime, I'm wondering the practicality of putting up ear-level (from a bench) acoustic panels to decrease dB. High power rifles generate about 165dB at the muzzle so the shooter is subjected to about 157dB. Double hearing protection gives you about 30-32 dB reduction so you are still getting over 125dB which is below the 140 limit, but still quite loud. Is this enough? Am I over thinking it? A barrier would decrease 5dB (although this site stated 17dB-Sound Propagation Level Calculator). A second barrier only lowers about 1dB. Also, sound conducts through your skull so protecting that may afford add'l protection as well. Thoughts? Thanks,