Does anyone here have it? I do. Had for about 6 or 7 years. I blame my obsession with really good headphones and ear buds. I used to stick em in my ears, and pushed them in real far and hold them there when I was listening on max volume. Now I noticed that I've lost high pitch sounds in my left ear. Its sort of convenient as during the summer when the crickets are going wild, I just turn to that side at night as I can't hear them then. I just ignored it until I met a coworker this week who had hearing aids. He had the same damn story, with the listening behaviour and tinnitus. He made me think.
I carry earplugs in handbag at all times, this is for when I find myself unexpectedly in social situations where decibel levels are beyond what is even OSHA permissible. Which is basically most clubs, which I avoid as much as possible anyway. And the vast majority of concerts. I love music, but I want to be able to enjoy it into old age, so I try to wear ear plugs at loud concerts, because I can hear the music perfectly well through them, and feel it vibrating in my torso as well. There is a lot of ignorance and lack of education about sound pollution in the environment. Your story of hearing loss is very common. I have a tiny bit of altered hearing in my left ear, also from a headphone, on the job, many years ago. You don't realize there is damage until it is too late. A good rule of thumb for earbuds is that if someone standing three feet away from you can hear what you are listening to, it is too loud.
Yeah, I stopped listing to my iPod years ago due to the tinnitus. I have earplugs with me in my travels just in case, don't want to incur more damage. I miss my music through ear buds etc.
keep us updated. i too need to be careful with those buds. im kinda shocked noone has tried to sue due to: 1. litigous country 2. design of piece. u HAVE to put it down in ur ear. not good not saying they would win...just saying
I do too. But for me it's part of the syndrome that made me deaf. It's never constant, just comes on at really odd times... and catches me completely off guard because typically it comes on when I *don't* have my hearing aids on (I can't hear anything under 90-95 decibels in my better ear without em...). So i can be just chilling, not hearing a peep all day, then it starts and I get confused for a second
Is your tinnitus loud? Does it interfere w your sleep at times? Do you have it on both ears?ndoesbitbsound tgecsame on both ears, or is it different? Sorry for all the questions
It is loud, yes. But I'm not sure in comparison... is it loud to me, because at the time it's ALL I hear? Perhaps since I don't get any white noise or anything like that without my hearing aids, it's "pure tinnitus" I guess... lucky me Most times it is fairly loud, sometimes rather faint. So then I put my hearing aids in and create some other noise of some sort, it goes away then. Typically it's only in my right ear, sometimes very faint in the left ear, where it switches back and forth every 30 seconds or so lol. Never interferes with my sleep since it typically comes on for about 10-20 minutes then it goes away again for weeks. The same way some people's ears ring after a loud concert... my ears ring after I visit the audiologist lol. They have to make the sounds so loud even if I can barely hear them in the booth, my ears ring for hours
Thanks nikkers. This is very informative and very interesting Indeed. I wonder how loud they have to have it in the booth? Sorry for being nosey.
I don't mind, it's not nosey The most "quiet" sound I can hear is a deeper pitch... at about 95 decibels. For someone that can hear, exposure to a sound this loud can do hearing damage in an hour. It's equivalent to basically... a farm tractor or cement mixer about 10 feet away. That's the quietest I can hear without my hearing aids. The "worst" pitches for me, are way down at the bottom of the chart, 120 decibels... can cause hearing loss in someone that can hear with only 30 seconds of exposure. A train passing by, a rock concert, a chainsaw, etc. The audiologists tests stop at 120 dB, there's some pitches at that level I don't hear at all... but it's as far as they test. Funny because for me the tinnitus is so high pitched and mainly on the right side... my right side is supposed to hear high pitches the worst :lol:
I try to never use headphones/earplugs/buds unless I'm in an area where it has to be private (airplane, library, etc). I had ringing once after a really loud concert and my mother has experienced profound hearing loss in one ear. She had the C.I. and hears much better now, but hates to wear it, unless she's at work.
