Originally Posted by
oldtexan
My wife and I each have a set of Peltor electronic muffs at the bedside.
I figure it will be worth the extra second to put them on in order to: 1. be able to hear an intruder better than if we weren't wearing the muffs, and 2. protect our hearing.
For those folks who are concerned that they will have zero time to react to the sound of someone attempting to break into their homes, I recommend spending a few hundred bucks to harden their exterior doors, locks, hinges, strikeplates, etc. to slow down anybody trying to enter forcibly.