Music and hearing loss

I went to a drum&bass that was really really loud. Like, REALLY loud. Usually my ears ring for a few days after a nice show, but I had never really freaked out about it before.

2 days later, while my ears were still ringing somewhat, I was really baked (part of the reason I freaked out probably) and listening to music really loud while driving and suddenly noticed the intense ringing in my ears. I stopped the car and turned the music down and began to panic. I know hearing loss is permanent... does anybody else here notice a permanent ringing in their ears from loud music? How loud is too loud? How can you tell if the music is in fact way too loud? Is all hearing damage permanent? What do you guys think about this issue?

if you can hear it for days later it is much too loud. wear earplugs. most hearing damage is permanent. i am really sorry. my ears start hurting at pretty low volumes (for the average person) so i've always been super-protective of my ears.

All hearing "damage" is permanent, but most of the time this is not hearing damage just a prolonged time for your eardrum to return to normal through excess and abstract vibration, however, if your stood right next to the speaker you can perma damage your ears, also if you are already predisposed to sensitive hearing, which you may not even realise untill something like this happens.

This can also be a delayed effect on the brain, much like a headache and you can still hear the pounding in the head, and the ringing in the ears but its all just in the head.

i stood right next to a speaker playing santana VERY loudly at a cross country meet during high school, and i believe it gave me tenitis. i am unsure about the cause, i know i have tenitis. it's a high pitched ringing in your ears that won't go away.

but if i'm boarding and listening to my ipod all day, my ears will ring pretty intense after, but not high pitched. i just sleep it off.

Well, it varies from person to person. Back in 2004 (while I was still living with my parents) I was at a festival where Bogdan Raczynski and it was loud like... REALLY loud. I remember when I got home and turned off the lights and lay my head on the pillow it sounded as if someone was walking around whistling inside af dripstone cave.

The next morning my dad came into my bedroom and asked me something. But I couldn't hear him. His voice was so distant and the ringing was still there. It took 3-4 days before it went away and ever since I've been using ear plugs whenever I go to a concert, because I do NOT want to loose my hearing.

Every now and then it feels as if someone turns the volume down on my right ear and my normal hearing is then replaced by a high pitched tone. Then a couple of seconds later it's gone. I guess my ears have suffered quite a bit over the ears. When I'm somewhere really quiet I can hear my ears ringing.

Oh, and I love this quote:

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Y'know that ringing in your ears? That 'eeeeeeeeee'? That's the sound of the ear cells dying, like their swan song. Once it's gone you'll never hear that frequency again. Enjoy it while it lasts.

WHAT?

After blasting dataplex by ryoji ikeda in my headphones i can hear the little tinnitus sound for a few hours

  Squee said:

Every now and then it feels as if someone turns the volume down on my right ear and my normal hearing is then replaced by a high pitched tone. Then a couple of seconds later it's gone.

yeah i get that too! fuckin weird right?

  JohnTqs said:

  Squee said:

Every now and then it feels as if someone turns the volume down on my right ear and my normal hearing is then replaced by a high pitched tone. Then a couple of seconds later it's gone.

 

yeah i get that too! fuckin weird right?

Well, it's definitely not very comfortable. It also feels as if you loose your balance when it happens, hehe.

Oh by the way... background noises from computer fans, gaming consoles and so on are actually sometimes really big sinners when it comes to the cause of tinnitus.

  Squee said:

  JohnTqs said:

  Squee said:

Every now and then it feels as if someone turns the volume down on my right ear and my normal hearing is then replaced by a high pitched tone. Then a couple of seconds later it's gone.

 

yeah i get that too! fuckin weird right?

 

Well, it's definitely not very comfortable. It also feels as if you loose your balance when it happens, hehe.

 

Oh by the way... background noises from computer fans, gaming consoles and so on are actually sometimes really big sinners when it comes to the cause of tinnitus.

i've noticed when my television is on the ringing gets worse. but i believe it is the screen and not the television.

I bring earplugs with me everywhere now. One little scare like that is all it takes to make you realize how precious hearing is. I honestly would rather be blind than deaf.

*edit*

just think... what if a new aphex album came out and you couldn't hear it!

  Squee said:

Oh, and I love this quote:

 

  Quote

Y'know that ringing in your ears? That 'eeeeeeeeee'? That's the sound of the ear cells dying, like their swan song. Once it's gone you'll never hear that frequency again. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Children of Men , love that movie

when i saw afx live a few years ago, my ears kept ringing for 2 weeks. i still have hearing issues because of the fucker

I have to where plugs now because I have damaged my hearing and cant risk damaging it any further. After Djing at a night about 4 years ago the monitor on my right was the most harshly middy monitor u could imagine, now i have trouble with the balance between left and right because the hearing in my right ear is fucked. Get some of those proper gig earphones they work for me.

  jefferoo said:

I bring earplugs with me everywhere now. One little scare like that is all it takes to make you realize how precious hearing is. I honestly would rather be blind than deaf.

*edit*

just think... what if a new aphex album came out and you couldn't hear it!

Thank God for small mercies eh? :angry:

  JohnTqs said:

  Squee said:

  JohnTqs said:

  Squee said:

Every now and then it feels as if someone turns the volume down on my right ear and my normal hearing is then replaced by a high pitched tone. Then a couple of seconds later it's gone.

 

yeah i get that too! fuckin weird right?

 

Well, it's definitely not very comfortable. It also feels as if you loose your balance when it happens, hehe.

 

Oh by the way... background noises from computer fans, gaming consoles and so on are actually sometimes really big sinners when it comes to the cause of tinnitus.

 

i've noticed when my television is on the ringing gets worse. but i believe it is the screen and not the television.

yeah that's the tv, most adults can't even hear that high! that fade in thing sucks too, i've been getting it with lower pitches lately. worried i'm getting worse tinnitus from subsonic vibrations - i'm in a basement near train tracks.

make sure your ears don't look like

Yeah i'm probably going to keep a pair of earplugs in my coat for when I go to shows.

I'll probably look like an idiot but who will be laughing when I can hear a dog piss from 50 yards away and they can't hear him piss on their face?

I think you can get like a decibel meter. I would certainly like to find a way to measure and then take note of what volume number is acceptable for each of my music devices. For example, I'd like to see how much the ipod can be turned up on my particular headphones, and what volume in the car is too much. I know song volume varies but I would pick something average and just ballpark it.

I just want to make sure that I'm not WAAAY over for daily listening and not even knowing it

my ears are fucked. half the time i actually give up saying "what?" to friends, and make up some answer to pretend that i heard what they said. might not be music-related, might just be some background thing though.

earplugs are pretty standard when i go to shows. people don't laugh unless theyre idiot twats, it's the smart folks who got the plugs. plus it typically makes the music easier to actually hear and comprehend. going to metal shows without ear plugs, at least in the venues around here, is retarded. you gotta stand near to back to get goods listening space. or bring earplugs and get right up front.

Im using sound isolations earbuds at low volumes now. i have tinitus very faintly but generally i will only go out and listen to minimal techno these days, the bass doesnt even increase the ringing in my ears.

i went to go and see venetian snares about 2 years ago and it genuinely fucked me up, i couldnt hear fuckall for a full week after it. that mother fucker is looouudd

Haha no fuck the ipod earbuds. They pop all the time, never fit snugly in my ear for more than a few seconds unless I'm perfectly still, and have shit bass and general sound quality. I only use it to listen to music in stealthy situations like work/school/funerals.

Got these babies today for about $80. They have some INTENSE bass, with a built in subwoofer that requires an addittional AA battery in a knob on the chord to function. Sounds kinda stupid but, man, the bass on these headphones is awesome. You can feel your head vibrate but they do a good job at cutting out the background noise so they arent very loud.

i saw those things around the place (generally on emo persons heads) and assumed because of the price they were a bit toss. the different patterns on them just made me think 'scenester' but if they have decent bass i might check them out.

Here is a chart that will you help you monitor your dB intake during the day:

http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html

I have been paranoid about hearing loss since high school. I always wear earplugs when I go out to concerts, and try not to hang around in loud bars for too long.

By the way, drinking alcohol can help damage your hearing because the muscle in your ear becomes relaxed and doesn't retract fast enough to block out harmful volumes.

according to that list, my average 4 hours a day playing the piano is between 80-105 decibels which is actually not doing me much good atall. i tend to favour heavy as shit piano music aswell.

those skull candy headphones r sooo amazing. especially if you listen to alot of rap.