How many of you have Hearing Damage?
Mar 21, 2009 at 9:20 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 46
Adamora

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I have had hearing damage since i was like 9, when a certain sound gets too high pitched i get a white noise like sound in my left ear.

What about you :3?
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 11:14 AM Post #2 of 46
I have tinitus (from shotting, which I don't do anymore), though it hasn't really effected my hearing much (aside from a few fequencies). In fact it's been a bleasing in disguise as it has had me start looking after my ear.
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 11:28 AM Post #3 of 46
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Mar 21, 2009 at 5:28 PM Post #4 of 46
I have tinnitus from shooting, traffic, noise at work, headphones, lots of things. Now, I almost never leave home without a pair of good dB-reducing ear plugs in my shirt pocket. They're condoms for the ears. No crude jokes, please...
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Laz
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 5:30 PM Post #5 of 46
Recently I was playing in percussion for school band during a piece that was ridiculously loud. After, my right ear was ringing. It's been ringing for about a week now, it might be permanent =\ Fortunately it's only loud enough to hear when I am trying to sleep, and even then it can be avoided if I just fill my mind with random thoughts.
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 5:38 PM Post #6 of 46
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After, my right ear was ringing. It's been ringing for about a week now, it might be permanent =\


What you do in life come and goes, but hearing loss/damage is cumulative and permanent. Go out and get some ear plugs - do it today. Short of custom-molded silicones, the foam types that roll to make small, and then expand, are the best. Some can reduce SPL by 30 dB.

Laz
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 5:59 PM Post #7 of 46
I probably have a small amount of damage just from going to lots of rock shows, but most of the ones that are so loud I wear ear-plugs. Most of the shows where it is not just rock the sound is not nearly as lound. At 23 I my ranges is about 30hz-16~17khz so I think thats pretty good
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 6:02 PM Post #8 of 46
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Originally Posted by Lazarus Short /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I have tinnitus from shooting, traffic, noise at work, headphones, lots of things. Now, I almost never leave home without a pair of good dB-reducing ear plugs in my shirt pocket. They're condoms for the ears. No crude jokes, please...
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Laz


Your eargasms must be fierce!



xD sorry couldnt resist :3

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Originally Posted by Calexico /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Recently I was playing in percussion for school band during a piece that was ridiculously loud. After, my right ear was ringing. It's been ringing for about a week now, it might be permanent =\ Fortunately it's only loud enough to hear when I am trying to sleep, and even then it can be avoided if I just fill my mind with random thoughts.


Ive had that ringing FOREVER O_O...only when i sleep though...same as you
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 7:15 PM Post #9 of 46
I blasted my eardrums a bit with the headphones when I was younger, I stopped doing it now but I get that little noise when it's quiet. I learned that it's basically the hair in your ears falling off and also the ringing replaces certain frequencies you used to hear. I think I probably has a tiny amount of tinitis as a child to begin with.

I'm trying to stop cleaning my ears, but it's a habit now. My ears are wax free which is a very bad thing.
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 10:20 PM Post #10 of 46
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Your eargasms must be fierce! xD sorry couldnt resist :3


I said "condoms" - that's as in "Sold for the prevention of disease only."

Laz
 
Mar 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM Post #11 of 46
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Huh? I can't hear a single thing you're posting about!
 
Mar 22, 2009 at 12:06 AM Post #12 of 46
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with guns.... (at the target range and out at a relatives of mine). DOn't do it anymore partially as it's to damn loud (I also suck at it).
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Mar 22, 2009 at 12:39 AM Post #13 of 46
I have had tinnitus for about a year and a half now as a result of a really bad ear infection I got when I was down in Oklahoma City.
 
Mar 22, 2009 at 1:24 AM Post #14 of 46
I have a little bit of damage. I have faint ringing that I can hear when it's completely silent. I've been to a few concerts and clubs where my ears have been blocked/ringing for a few days afterwards and I'm sure they would have caused damage, but it's probably also from playing percussion in concert band, stage band and orchestras since I was 8. Playing in orchestra would probably be the worst out of those as some of the pieces we have done in the past are pretty damn loud, especially if it's a symphony with full percussion section (7 players) and doubled brass sections
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I now have earplugs to wear in orchestra when it's particularly loud and at concerts. I wore them when I saw NIN at Soundwave this year and came out with no ringing at all. Seeing Dream Theater last year was a different story, I stupidly didn't have earplugs and was in the mosh, first row, right in front of John Petrucci's array of guitar amps. Not smart. Took about a week for the ringing to go away.
 
Mar 22, 2009 at 1:54 AM Post #15 of 46
I'm going through a bad time currently.

there's a ear inflection on my right ear for a month now and I going to see EMT specialist (Transfering) soon. But I delayed medical care due to heavy school workload. First, It was seems to get well very soon. But It never seem to go away with only treatment of antibiotics. It doesn't seem to damage my ears, at least I hope.
But there is imbalance in frequency on the inflected one, it is more sensetive.

It is very sad with this happening and heavy workload. it affects your productivity.

Wish me luck.
 
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