matts19
100+ Head-Fier
Am I the only one who is experiencing this? I have a couple of questions around this...
When my first tinnitus started (both ears), I had only been listening to music on headphones for 3 months, at 60 decibel, never loud - I could always hear the typing on the keyboard or my wife speaking to me. I was quite surprised to develop tinnitus at 60 decibel. It is not caused by caffeine, fatigue or anything else because this started after 3 months of starting this headphone hobby. That said, I listened about 10-12 hours almost every day. I never thought 60db would be harmful when experts said 85db at 8 hours would be ok?
I always had a bit of hyperacusis on my right ear after my friend shouted in my ear loudly at young age (decades ago - but there was no hearing loss from it and ringing was temporary), which is why I never listen at more than 60 decibels in the first place. After I developed permanent (yet mild) tinnitus recently, it gets easily spiked, by just listening to music for a short while (more via headphones than loudspeakers), mostly on the right side, but on the left side too sometimes. When this happens the ringing subsides to the baseline level (mild) within a minute. But I would never try music again for a couple of days. How can I make sense of this - do I happen to be one of those rare people with extremely fragile ear or something ? I am 48 years old BTW. I still consider my hearing to be near normal (maybe a bit of loss, but there is no inconvenience of any kind, as I can still hear whispers of others at distance).
Thanks.
When my first tinnitus started (both ears), I had only been listening to music on headphones for 3 months, at 60 decibel, never loud - I could always hear the typing on the keyboard or my wife speaking to me. I was quite surprised to develop tinnitus at 60 decibel. It is not caused by caffeine, fatigue or anything else because this started after 3 months of starting this headphone hobby. That said, I listened about 10-12 hours almost every day. I never thought 60db would be harmful when experts said 85db at 8 hours would be ok?
I always had a bit of hyperacusis on my right ear after my friend shouted in my ear loudly at young age (decades ago - but there was no hearing loss from it and ringing was temporary), which is why I never listen at more than 60 decibels in the first place. After I developed permanent (yet mild) tinnitus recently, it gets easily spiked, by just listening to music for a short while (more via headphones than loudspeakers), mostly on the right side, but on the left side too sometimes. When this happens the ringing subsides to the baseline level (mild) within a minute. But I would never try music again for a couple of days. How can I make sense of this - do I happen to be one of those rare people with extremely fragile ear or something ? I am 48 years old BTW. I still consider my hearing to be near normal (maybe a bit of loss, but there is no inconvenience of any kind, as I can still hear whispers of others at distance).
Thanks.
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