[artur9]

I wonder how much of the Loudness War is caused by Threshold Shift in the engineers and musicians (about halfway down)?
 
Maybe they should take a day off between recording and mastering.

 

[moons]

Many factors would cause tinnitus. One of them could be using headphone. In many cases, I heard, tension or imbalance of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) is a critical trigger. I'd be interested in how many of you would have your tinnitus reduced or gone away by massaging the SCM.
 
There are good videos on this. I just picked a nice video of how to gently stretch your SCM. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqn3AWywVoY

 

[wink]

I can't hear you because of all this ringing in my ears...........    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whoa, that's the front doorbell..........  Whew........!!!!!!!!  

 

[fiascogarcia]

  Many factors would cause tinnitus. One of them could be using headphone. In many cases, I heard, tension or imbalance of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) is a critical trigger. I'd be interested in how many of you would have your tinnitus reduced or gone away by massaging the SCM.
 
There are good videos on this. I just picked a nice video of how to gently stretch your SCM. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqn3AWywVoY

Those stretches really feel good!  Don't know about the effect on tinnitus yet.

 

[Hoegen]

Got mild tinnitus. Years as a drummer with no hearing aid is now biting me in the rear.
 
Regarding the Threshold Shift. I can certainly attest that mixing music is not done optimally these days. Due to budget constraints, lack of time etc, many times records will be mixed with too much haste. If only we could get back to the 80s/90s where a record was a labour of love and craft, instead of time pressure by the labels  

 

[pureangus62]

  Got mild tinnitus. Years as a drummer with no hearing aid is now biting me in the rear.
 
Regarding the Threshold Shift. I can certainly attest that mixing music is not done optimally these days. Due to budget constraints, lack of time etc, many times records will be mixed with too much haste. If only we could get back to the 80s/90s where a record was a labour of love and craft, instead of time pressure by the labels  

I also think that poor mastering has a lot to do with time constraints by studios and a general lack of most people listening to pop music not caring at all about music quality, just a catchy new melody to sing to each week.
 
Ive had tinnitus for a few years now. I guess I never realized how bad it was until I got a mandatory hearing test by the VA. They did a full hearing test (beyond the whole press a button when you hear a noise) and even though I did extremely well on most of the test I completely failed the part that looked for tinnitus. Mine is very high pitched and almost any background noise is enough to take my attention away from it but if I start noticing it and zone in it drives me nuts.

 

[fiascogarcia]

 
I also think that poor mastering has a lot to do with time constraints by studios and a general lack of most people listening to pop music not caring at all about music quality, just a catchy new melody to sing to each week.
 
Ive had tinnitus for a few years now. I guess I never realized how bad it was until I got a mandatory hearing test by the VA. They did a full hearing test (beyond the whole press a button when you hear a noise) and even though I did extremely well on most of the test I completely failed the part that looked for tinnitus. Mine is very high pitched and almost any background noise is enough to take my attention away from it but if I start noticing it and zone in it drives me nuts.

Mine's like yours.  Don't know how or when I got it, but now  I seem to remember that as a little kid I sometimes couldn't sleep because of the buzzing in my ears that I couldn't take my mind off of.  I wonder if ear infections can cause it?

 

[serman005]

  Mine's like yours.  Don't know how or when I got it, but now  I seem to remember that as a little kid I sometimes couldn't sleep because of the buzzing in my ears that I couldn't take my mind off of.  I wonder if ear infections can cause it?

Otitis media or "ear infections" can, indeed, cause tinnitus in some people and cases.

 

[The Torrent]

wheres poll results?

 

[branislav]

This may be of interest to those who have it...

 

[ST33L]

This may be of interest to those who have it...

Thanks for the vid! I have it occasionally and will try this…

 

[botmann]

I have not been diagnosed officially. I know I have a touch of it because I only hear it if it is very quite or wearing headphones with nothing playing; 95% the latter. It's not loud or annoying. It's just there. If there is any other noise, I don't hear it. It's possible I've learned to tune it out when there is another noise. I assume mine is from years of listening to music at very loud volumes. I'm sure cleaning my ears via Q-tips is another factor.

I know I have hearing loss because when I was 18 thinking about going into military service, during the physical, the otologist told me to give up the Walkman and stop listening to music so loud. There was a guy not long after me, the otologist was chewing him a new one. I remember saying stuff about concerts and hearing protection. It reminded me of grandma, except he wasn't getting wacked in the back of the head, LOL.

 

[Trihexagonal]

I've had it since October 1987. It's not as noticeable in the morning but gets louder when I'm tired. It seemed loud today and at one point had to look around to see if I had left the water running or if it something other than my ears, but it was.

I saw some Android apps for it recently that, from what I could tell, allow you to find the frequency yours is at. Then it generates a frequency above and below yours and that is supposed to fry an egg, your brain or mask it somehow and bring relief. I didn't try one and have learned to live with mine.

I sincerely hope you find relief if yours troubles you. It worried me at first but I decided early on I wasn't going to let it bother me and it doesn't often.It didn't really bother me today but I had to look around to make sure and then went back to listening to music through my headphones.

 

[Trihexagonal]

Many factors would cause tinnitus. One of them could be using headphone. In many cases, I heard, tension or imbalance of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) is a critical trigger. I'd be interested in how many of you would have your tinnitus reduced or gone away by massaging the SCM.

There is also drug-induced tinnitus.

 

[F208Frank]

I am always paranoid of getting or having some of this already.

Scary thoughts...

Scary....