[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by girlgun

i get tinnitus after a show, but it goes away. that said, i think i have some hearing loss. i really blame ac/dc.

ringing after a show= temporary
tinnitus = quasi-to-fully-permanent hearing damage

[Toilet & Bowels]

if you have trouble hearing what people are saying in loud places try putting your finger in your ear, not right in the hole like you were picking out wax, but just so the tip covers the hole

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

if you have trouble hearing what people are saying in loud places try putting your finger in your ear, not right in the hole like you were picking out wax, but just so the tip covers the hole

what?!?! **loud music playing**

[screamingskull]

Originally Posted by Glice

Musical ear test

I got 88.9%, thats not bad

[screamingskull]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

is yr tinitus a ringing? cuz if it is props to you for not even mentioning how suicidal that ringing can make you, it is not just being "deaf" it is much much worse, I had the worst tinnitus from 2003-2005 because I refused to play my guitar under the volume of way to fucking loud, and I was learing a lot of new things so I would spend four hours at a time doing this, until one day,, rinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

perpetually, every second of every second of every second, tick tock tick tock, ringggggggggggggggg, tick tock tick tock, rinnggggggggggggggggggg

I honestly dont know how mine went away, but it has been replaced with a solid sound of "deafness" in my left hear where it now feels like there is always a little water in there, but it was a miraculous trade of for the ringing. just thinking about it gives me the worst anxiety. I hope it works out better for you!

of course, the hearing that I do have is fucking perfect, triangular like a bat, that is why I can't stand surround sound in peoples living rooms cuz they never never know how to set it up right and I can hear it like the sound board guy. I can also hear a little dog bark from three blocks away with crystal clear precision can point out its absolute direction with little difficulty. I can also hear even the most faint whisper, so it is impossible to keep secrets within 300 ft of me.

Yeah mine is ringing, but sometimes it can sound like squeeling. It has never made me suicidal! it has made me irritated more than a few times when it has kept me awake, but to be honest i am kind of used to it now. I have had it for almost four years.

[sobriquet]

Originally Posted by screamingskull

How good is your hearing?

I have tinnitus, which i have had since around 2004, after standing too close to the speakers at a Dandy Warhols show and an Interpol show in the same month. Oh and at a SY show that summer.

People tell me that i talk quite loudly, which i have always put down to my hearing.

I now wear ear plugs at every show i go to, it doesn't muffle the sound at all, just cuts out the distortion. Does anyone here do the same?

I am kind of puzzled as to how my friends ( who have attended all the same shows as me) have managed to avoid getting tinnitus. If i don't wear ear plugs at a show, then the ringing turns into buzzing and that white noise TV's make when they are not tuned it, like a Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound.
It's kind of sad, i am only 19.

Everyone has tinnitus, to some degree. What I find more fascinating, is when you hear a high-frequency tone, sound in your ears for a minute or two ; it's the last time you'll hear that frequency again.

[jon boy]

i have definatley sufered from hearing loss from a mixture of going to gigs and playing loud music. i do wish that i had used earplugs for some of it but then i would not have looked so godamn cool would i?

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by screamingskull

Yeah mine is ringing, but sometimes it can sound like squeeling. It has never made me suicidal! it has made me irritated more than a few times when it has kept me awake, but to be honest i am kind of used to it now. I have had it for almost four years.

yes, you get used to it to a degree. does the ringing change pitch or is it the same monotone ring infinitim? mine used to shift between four pitches and play a kind of music sometimes.. annoying but musical.

[screamingskull]

At the moment it's going up and down between two notes.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by screamingskull

At the moment it's going up and down between two notes.

you know smoking herbs really does help make the condition more manageable?

[Rob Instigator]

Originally Posted by sobriquet

Everyone has tinnitus, to some degree. What I find more fascinating, is when you hear a high-frequency tone, sound in your ears for a minute or two ; it's the last time you'll hear that frequency again.

everyone most definitely DOES NOT have tinnitus.

tinnitus is the breaking or bending of the tiny "hairs" in your inner ear that help sense vibrations along with your ear drum. People who really have damage have tinnitus.

[screamingskull]

You said it Rob.

There is a huge difference between getting ringing in your ears occasionally after a loud show. And having it there constantly, for the rest of your life.

My uncle, who is in a ska band, is completely deaf in one ear and has really loud buzzing in the other. I really don't want to end up like that.

[EMMAh]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

tinnitus is degenerative. If you have ever experienced over a few hours of "ringing" after a show then you shold be very careful about exposing your eras to anything very loud. You do not want to have that "ringing/buzzing" get louder and louder until that is all you hear.

I had two days of ringing one time
Next show I go to I'm going to get some ear plugs if time allows. The ringing drives me mad.

[LittlePuppetBoy]

I have great hearing. I always wear earplugs to shows now, because my family has a history of hearing impairment, and also I used to have ear infections as a child.

I think that it's very sharp but I have problems hearing people sometimes and they often have a problem hearing me. I'm sure damage of some kind has been done to it, or maybe it just shuts down when there's something that it doesn't want to hear.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by jon boy

i have definatley sufered from hearing loss from a mixture of going to gigs and playing loud music. i do wish that i had used earplugs for some of it but then i would not have looked so godamn cool would i?

The fact that earplugs aren't cool is one of the few reasons I can think of for growing my hair again.

[pokkeherrie]

Originally Posted by Glice

Regarding the above though - if you go to a gig with a socially inclined person (let's say, a girlfriend who isn't into the music) you'll probably notice that their threshold for sound, or their listening concentration, will be inclined towards what people are saying - 'she' may not be able to hear much in the music, but will probably be able to pick out conversations that you can't.

that could well be true, which reminds me of another thing, though not really related:

i've experienced several times - when going to live shows with exactly the same people standing right next to each other - that sometimes i found the volume to be unbearable while friends thought it was "ok" and other times they would walk out of the room while i wasn't having any problems at all. and neither of us would have ear plugs. in other words there must be some subjective factor in experiencing loud sounds, next to the objective amount of decibels. it's crossed my mind of course that enjoying the show or not is probably a big factor in all of this (the more you like it the higher your pain level) but i did really enjoy that show where i was numbed afterwards and a friend said "well that wasn't that loud, was it?".

you're right about ear plugs though and i keep saying i should wear them more often. maybe this weekend.

[PAULYBEE2656]

i got 80.6% with 2 hyper playing kids in the background.....

point tho, tonedeaf is different to being deaf as a post tho!

[PAULYBEE2656]

try the pitch perception test. iyts fucking hard.. seemingly i have fuck all pitch perception.... 6.6..... oh well, im looking forward to the magik markers gig!

[Danny Himself]

Originally Posted by screamingskull

yeah, i remember not hearing a word you were saying, sorry about that.

I would also like to apologise to Bertrand for any post-roundhouse-gig rudeness, I was mostly deafened too.