SmOgER
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I wonder how this applies to amps. Either way, I guess I should ease up on the 10-hour headphone gaming sessions.
Lol. Its worse for your eyes than for your hearing
I wonder how this applies to amps. Either way, I guess I should ease up on the 10-hour headphone gaming sessions.
That's rough man, I had something very similar happen to me with my iems a few months back, it lasted maybe 2 seconds and flat out hurt like hell. Luckily it didn't seem to do any damage.
But truthfully I don't even know if I have tinnitus. I can sometimes hear a very very faint high pitch sound when im in a quiet environment. I've had that since as long as I can remember so I never really thought anything of it, i've adjusted to recognize that sound as normal just because it's barely audible. Hopefully it's not tinnitus, but rather what someone posted earlier about the mind trying to create sounds when in a very quiet environment.
Impact ear wax can also cause ringing in the ears.
Your ear drums are always vibrating because there is always noise even in your room at night when you are sleeping.
Impact wax is hard wax and usually is deep in your ears. The tip of the impact wax almost always touches your ear drums causing ringing in the ears.
Had impact wax at one point but an ear, nose and throat specialist removed it (looks disgusting lol). Made quite a difference.
Regardless turn down the music volume on your headphones.
Here are VERY good "ear plugs" that has the capacity to vary the amount of noise being blocked. These should work very well at concerts, etc.
Do yourselves a favor and buy a pair. I've just ordered a pair for myself.
http://www.surefire.com/tactical-equipment/hearing-protection.html
This is a reason why buying slightly uncomfortable headphones isn't bad. It gives you an excuse to take a break every now and then.
I opt for very comfortable headphones and just take breaks to grab a beer or relieve my bladder.