[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

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.

thank you. unless you have had it, then you dont know what the fuck you are talking about. people literally kill themselves over this problem.

[screamingskull]

Originally Posted by Danny Himself

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

yeah, same here. we were kind of "blown away" and i think we might have been a little bit rude.

[Sonic Youth 37]

66.7 on that test thing.

After a Dino Jr show I had a constant ringing/tone in my ears that prevented me from hearing normal conversation or sleeping soundly for 3 full days afterward and I get strange popping sensations in my ears from time to time. So, earplugs from here out.

[Danny Himself]

Originally Posted by screamingskull

yeah, same here. we were kind of "blown away" and i think we might have been a little bit rude.

I suppose, being from the north, that I can get away with it-- HOWEVER, you're a proper southern person and your behaviour was unacceptable.

[screamingskull]

Sorry . It's the effect living in birmingham for the past 9 years has had!

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

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.

you should invest in a pair of these

 

when you go to shows, everything sounds super clear, just turned down a couple of notches. distortion is still there and what not.

i have a pair but i've only worn them once.
i get drunk and forget to wear them.

but yeah, my ears are all fucked up from standing infront of speakers at raves for 4 years.
I used to go to them every weekend (sometimes twice a week).

I'll probably need surgery in 10-20 years.
Whatever.

[!@#$%!]

surgery dont cure that shit man

unless you mean a cochlear implant wich sucks nads

so guard those waxy canals

[screamingskull]

Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue

you should invest in a pair of these

 

when you go to shows, everything sounds super clear, just turned down a couple of notches. distortion is still there and what not.

i have a pair but i've only worn them once.
i get drunk and forget to wear them.

but yeah, my ears are all fucked up from standing infront of speakers at raves for 4 years.
I used to go to them every weekend (sometimes twice a week).

I'll probably need surgery in 10-20 years.
Whatever.

wow, i have never heard of them! they must be american!

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

surgery dont cure that shit man

unless you mean a cochlear implant wich sucks nads

so guard those waxy canals

you never know with medical advances

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

Originally Posted by screamingskull

wow, i have never heard of them! they must be american!

"

The solution
A couple of years ago, my good friend and fellow guitarist Phil Montoya told me about High Fidelity HEAROS. I picked up a couple of pairs right away and was completely amazed. I was so used to the muffling effect of normal ear plugs that it seemed like the HiFi HEAROS were doing nothing at all, until I pulled them out. Then it sounded just like somebody had cranked up the volume with no EQ change at all. In fact, HEAROS cut the volume level by up to 20 decibels with almost no change in the frequency balance of the music. It's as if you suddenly have the power to tell everyone in the band and everyone in the audience to TURN IT DOWN! Much of my musical inspiration comes from the quality of the tones I'm getting from my rig. Until HiFi HEAROS, I was losing that extra musical boost because the sparkling overtones and high harmonics were completely blocked out by my foam ear plugs. The HEAROS Ear Filters let through all that musical beauty without all that potentially damaging volume. They are easier to use than the foam plugs, they're more comfortable, and they last longer—with care you can get a year or more out of a single pair. "

"There is nothing more precious to a musician than his hearing. Even the most outrageous, loudest-playing guitar players I know always protect their ears. Besides being a loud guitar player, I am also a connoisseur of fine earplugs and the only ones that work for me are the HEAROS. Even if you don't like my music, take this precious advice and protect your ears when you're wailing away."
— Steve Vai

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue

you never know with medical advances

oh you bet. i'm all for suppatechnology.

but as insurance, just wear your plugs.

[screamingskull]

Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue

"

The solution
A couple of years ago, my good friend and fellow guitarist Phil Montoya told me about High Fidelity HEAROS. I picked up a couple of pairs right away and was completely amazed. I was so used to the muffling effect of normal ear plugs that it seemed like the HiFi HEAROS were doing nothing at all, until I pulled them out. Then it sounded just like somebody had cranked up the volume with no EQ change at all. In fact, HEAROS cut the volume level by up to 20 decibels with almost no change in the frequency balance of the music. It's as if you suddenly have the power to tell everyone in the band and everyone in the audience to TURN IT DOWN! Much of my musical inspiration comes from the quality of the tones I'm getting from my rig. Until HiFi HEAROS, I was losing that extra musical boost because the sparkling overtones and high harmonics were completely blocked out by my foam ear plugs. The HEAROS Ear Filters let through all that musical beauty without all that potentially damaging volume. They are easier to use than the foam plugs, they're more comfortable, and they last longer—with care you can get a year or more out of a single pair. "

"There is nothing more precious to a musician than his hearing. Even the most outrageous, loudest-playing guitar players I know always protect their ears. Besides being a loud guitar player, I am also a connoisseur of fine earplugs and the only ones that work for me are the HEAROS. Even if you don't like my music, take this precious advice and protect your ears when you're wailing away."
— Steve Vai

man, thanks for that crypto, i am about to order a pair now.

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

no problem!!!

[drrrtyboots]

My hearing, in my left ear mostly, deafened a bit after, ironically enough a Mission of Burma show. The irony being that Roger Miller of MoB has tinnitus pretty badly.

[Lurker]

Originally Posted by Glice

Musical ear test

I got 80.6% on this.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Lurker

I got 80.6% on this.

i got exactly 75% after 2 interruptions, one of which i had to guess cos i was in the phone with a fed for 5 minutes discussing paperworks, and i have no musical training whatsoever so i guess i'm doing ok, considering.

[Phlegmscope]

My hearing's okay I think. I've been through some loud rock shows without plugs, and had ringing in my ears for a couple days, but luckily I don't have tinnitus. for the last couple of years earplugs have been a mandatory precaution for concerts.

As a child I suffered from ear infections constantly so that might've left its mark in my ears. I know some frequency ranges are inaudible for me, and I'm completely deaf to 18khz and above or so.

[✌➬]

I got 50 on that damn test. I feel sadden. But I knew it was coming.

[terminal pharmacy]

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.

i have been wearing earplugs since i was seven. my parents wisely made me when i first started playing drums. i wear them to nearly every show (except) for the ones i mix but i don't do rock shows much. nothing pisses me off more than seeing people take babies and very young children to loud gigs and not give them ear plugs not understanding that their hearing is far more susceptible.

edit: my ear plugs were veru expensive though (cough... au$250) and have a flat frequency response unlike foam ones and most of the rubber ones.

[nicfit]

Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

nothing pisses me off more than seeing people take babies and very young children to loud gigs and not give them ear plugs not understanding that their hearing is far more susceptible.

Same here. I almost cried when right after the end of the set, I turned and saw a couple with a, like, 1 year old baby.. at a fu*kin' SEPULTURA gig.