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/etc/udev.rules/00-bling.rules:
<verbatim>
RUN+="/etc/udev/sounds/hw.sh"
</verbatim>

/etc/udev/sounds/hw.sh:
<verbatim>
#!/bin/bash

#logger -t "hw.sh" "$(whoami) Honoring ${ACTION} for ${SUBSYSTEM}..."

if [ "${SUBSYSTEM}" != "usb" ]
then
	exit 0
fi

if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ]
then
	/usr/bin/aplay /etc/udev/sounds/hw_insert.wav &
	exit 0
elif [ "${ACTION}" = "remove" ]
then
	/usr/bin/aplay /etc/udev/sounds/hw_remove.wav &
	exit 0
fi
</verbatim>

Note that aplay likely won't work if you have a sound manager like esd squatting on the sound devices, so set it to give them up after a while.

Also, sound managers like esd won't work because they disallow connections from sources that don't match credentials

Salt and pepper to taste...