Satellite
11.20.17 | list = the bands i blame the most for the ringing in my ears |
DinosaurJones
11.20.17 | Sucks, man. I've always been paranoid about ear protection, as someone that both loves to listen to music and plays it, losing my hearing is fucking terrifying. I always wear earplugs at band practice and at most shows (I kind of see how I'm feeling that night).
I try to warn my bandmates about it, but for some reason they think it's cool and some sort of badge of honor to lose their hearing. |
LoLifant
11.20.17 | I wear ear plugs almost every time at shows. Those young kids don't know what they're risking yo |
Satellite
11.20.17 | my dad's got really bad hearing loss + tinnitus for the same reason. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, apparently. i just didn't give a shit about my future self when i was younger.
@lolifant i do now, too. and i used to always scoff at the older people i'd see wearing at shows. circle of life. |
Satellite
11.20.17 | @dino yeah, musicians who don't wear earplugs are fucking insane. this shit is irreversible and will only get worse. |
Groundking
11.20.17 | I have it in my right ear due to an ear infection, can confirm it sucks massively. |
Satellite
11.20.17 | ahh man i can't even imagine having it in only one ear. at least the ringing is balanced for me. |
Frivolous
11.20.17 | i've got and i believe it's the result of the meds i'm currently taking so thats nice |
Satellite
11.20.17 | i used to suspect that the antidepressants i used to take might have contributed to it because it began around the time i started taking them, but it's persisted in the year since i stopped and there isn't much info online to corroborate that theory.
one of the causes for a lot of people is a buildup of earwax, but i took care of that and the ringing is still there. my doc says it's from the noise and that basically i'm fucked.
i can attest that weed helps slightly. it helps everything slightly. |
Tyler.
11.20.17 | weed doesnt make my dad call me |
Sinternet
11.20.17 | ive had minor tinnitus since i was a kid, only really affects me when it's super quiet but it hasn't helped my sleeping problems |
Satellite
11.20.17 | yeah man i have to sleep with some form of white noise in the background, usually a fan. |
Spec
11.20.17 | I’m half deaf in my right ear. Earplugs are your friends. |
Groundking
11.20.17 | Yeah I struggle to sleep without some sort of background noise to drown out the ringing, and to make it worse I can't even sleep with my ear into the pillow like I used to do which helped as I have a shoulder problem that only flares up when I sleep on it :( |
Trebor.
11.20.17 | I wore earplugs all the time when I had long hair and could cover them |
Deez
11.20.17 | Ive had it for about 17 years. When i first got it id get friends to come over and see if they could hear it! thought it was the TV. Legit wanted to kill myself first year or so. It has blended it not the background but its always there. Ive got a friend going through a real bad time with it at the mo to (a roadie) Its no joke. Even wores in those 17 years ive been to hundreds of shows and still not worn any. It just doesnt sound right. I may aswell not be there.But my friend who like a soundguy for some huge bands/acts has shown me some that dont ruin teh sound, Theyre just hella expensive molds. |
Deez
11.20.17 | I also have 'tinnitus of the eyes' so its a fucking right laugh in my head! |
Satellite
11.20.17 | "It has blended it not the background but its always there."
man i definitely feel this 100%. if i keep myself busy i'm able to ignore it, but when i'm alone and things are quiet it's like this constant force. trying to not think about it is self-defeating. it's definitely made me depressed at times. i'd say i'm definitely better at living with it now but there are days where it drives me insane. not being able to experience pure silence is taxing. |
Satellite
11.20.17 | "I also have 'tinnitus of the eyes' so its a fucking right laugh in my head!"
what does that entail? i have slightly "snowy" vision that's often associated with tinnitus, but my eye doctor said it also could just be my already shitty vision gradually worsening. |
bloc
11.20.17 | I have this as well. I was able to make it less worse by listening to things much more quietly, particularly when using headphones. |
Deez
11.20.17 | Yeah its called Visual snow syndrome its still not recognised by mainstream docs so youre screwed basically but a couple of Neurologist have found hyperactivity in the brain and believe its that. Symptoms are usually tinnitus, Snowy,static like vision, Light sensitivity, After imaging/ghosting, Halos around lights, constant Blue field phenomena, Eye floaters. Any and all of these. My eye sight is better than 20/20 and have perfect eye health so they just think youre crazy cos they never heard of it. Its horrendous. |
Mesm277
11.20.17 | My dad has it pretty bad from doing sound tech work back in the day. I get a slight ring now and then myself and ever since it started I began to wear ear plugs when playing gigs but not so much going to them. But the way my dad suffers scared me into wearing plugs, he now wears hearing aids in the day to cancel out the offending frequencies |
Deez
11.20.17 | Thats what ive been rolling the dice with. A few shows a month in comparison to being solidly on tour. i mean back in the day i was sometimes at 4 shows a week stood right next to the stage at small hardcore shows so im not surprised.
Also mine in in both ears but the left FAR worse. |
Satellite
11.20.17 | i'm no musician but i almost always ended up in the front row at shows. and i hardly ever gave my ears enough time to recover before the next one.
also i had a habit of blaring my music over the sound of the lawnmower when cutting grass. fucking dumb. |
Sinternet
11.20.17 | i wish there were plugs that were cheap, comfortable and discreet, every single ones i've tried tick like two of those |
Satellite
11.20.17 | it always takes forever for me to get the foam ones to fit right |
frozencarl
11.20.17 | I've got this ringing in my ears but none on my fingers : ( |
Sinternet
11.20.17 | yeah hard they need to shape to your ear
speakingof hearing problems i was once cleaning my ears because of wax buildup (which i used to get all the time) and i must have cleaned too deep because i hit something and I was deaf in both ears for about 4 hours, and i didn't recover the hearing in my right ear for a week, scary stuff |
GhandhiLion
11.20.17 | I have a (rational) fear of tinnitus. |
rodrigo90
11.20.17 | I hate people who thinks that using earplugs in concerts makes you a pussy. |
rodrigo90
11.20.17 | I have a (rational) fear of tinnitus.
Yeah me too. |
Satellite
11.20.17 | please tell me you weren't shoving q-tips in your ear sint.
"I have a (rational) fear of tinnitus."
i sorta wish i did when i was younger tbh |
ScuroFantasma
11.20.17 | I fear tinnitus a lot, I'm always turning shit down and wearing ear plugs at shows. I think I may have some really mild form of it, only noticeable in absolute silence, but I would hate to worsen it. |
Nomos
11.20.17 | HEARING PROTECTION GUYS
I went to metal shows for ~7 years before realizing that the average decibel level of a metal show in a small venue will do damage after just 15 minutes. Get yourself a pair of proper protection. Not ear plugs. Something that allows air and some treble to get through. In some venues, it can even help the balance the sound nicely. I take mine to every show now. If you can feel a bass drum kick deep in your lungs, there's a chance it's loud enough to warrant a pair.
I'm certain I've done damage. I get a temporary-tinnitus every time I leave a show, and sometimes it just comes to be and leaves after a few minutes. Maybe not worse than the average person. That's normal, right, for it to come and go in 10 second bursts once every few weeks?
And then day-to-day. My wife mumbles a lot, yes, but now there's other people I have trouble understanding often. Just hard to hear sometimes when nobody else seems to have an issue. Oh well. All you can do is wear protection and not make it worse. |
rodrigo90
11.20.17 | First time I was really scared about my ear health was when I had to listen sepultura before iron maiden in a concert and that time I used to hate that kind of metal style, so..it was worst. |
Satellite
11.20.17 | any specific recommendations, nomos? |
Nomos
11.20.17 | Check out Amazon for something called DownBeats. They're cheap. Same form factor as the ones I bought, but I went to a music store and got some plugs from the drumming section. Actually, that might be a good bet too, if there's a music shop nearby. Call and ask what they'd recommend. I'm sure most are very similar, though. Keychain carrier is a must. And I tightly tied white (mint!) dental floss on the roots of both, as they're fucking tiny, and so you can hang 'em around your neck easily during set changes and smoke breaks. My wife almost got one stuck in her ear. Dental floss is another huge plus. You want to bury these plugs deep sometimes, to hear something pop and have the air flow right and find the perfect spot for your ear canals to have the sound come in juuuust right. |
WatchItExplode
11.20.17 | I started wearing ear plugs about three years ago after I went to a Built To Spill show where Doug screwed with his looper for a half-hour to finish the show until it was just a painful almost visible wall of feedback and I felt like I was living under water for the next week. Volume alone is bad but this was like aural terrorism. It changed me. |
Satellite
11.20.17 | @nomos i live in hipster mecca so there are plenty of music shops. good call.
@watch that's fucked. i guess i no longer regret never seeing bts live. |
schoonda
11.20.17 | just turned down the volume on my phone two notches...this thread has scared the shit out of me |
Nomos
11.20.17 | Sick, you'll have no problem then. Truthfully I think all brands are the same damned thing, as long as it's got that diminishing ribbed shape and a canal through the center. Makes loud concerts listenable! Love my pair. |
smaugman
11.20.17 | i have had tinnitus since 2016, and got it after i got earwax removed. it's pretty annoying but i cope. it's mostly annoying when having a headset on. strangely enough i am more annoyed with headset on rather when sleeping. i still sleep like a rock |
WatchItExplode
11.20.17 | BTS are pretty amazing live, especially when they have multiple guitarists at the show. Just remember if that feedback starts swelling and nothing else is going on to go have a smoke or something. Shows over. |
Agonba
11.21.17 | I took Ginkgo-Pills after i had a tinnitus for a few days and it went away after 2-3 more days. Since then i take ear protection with me. |
BigBlob
11.21.17 | I've had it for 6 years now. Noticed ringing/hissing in my ears after a KMFDM concert, and it never went away. My left ear has a sort of low down hissing but my right ear is very high pitch. its a fking bastard as now I cant sleep with my right side of the head of a pillow as the noise gets too intense most nights. sux : ( |
Davil667
11.21.17 | "Also, I implore you all to wear earplugs to shows, regardless of how much like a dildo it makes you look."
Totally agreed here. Considering the amount of shows I've been to I'd be deaf by now without earplugs. Btw I really think people WITHOUT earplugs are the true dildos here... |
BigBlob
11.21.17 | I have done a few hearing tests and the doctors have said my results are so "good" that its in the top 2% of people. and they think thats why I have developed tinnitus as my hearing is too sensitive that it has picked up noises in my ears that most people have but cant hear. my friend the other day tried selling me a pc screen but I couldnt use it because there was a white noise coming from it. it was doing me head in, yet my friend (same age as me) couldnt hear a thing... its crazy |
MO
11.21.17 | damn satty that sucks man. I've been to many shows and festivals and luckily have never gotten it before. haven't been to nearly as many in the last few years cause of life I think that's helped |
bloc
11.21.17 | Why does it feel orgasmic to stick q-tips in ones ears though is the real question |
DinosaurJones
11.21.17 | Not for me |
bloc
11.21.17 | Really? It feels amazing. I think it has to do with the numerous nerve endings in the ear canal. |
Sinternet
11.21.17 | 'please tell me you weren't shoving q-tips in your ear sint.'
i, um, uh, was young and dumb
'I have done a few hearing tests and the doctors have said my results are so "good" that its in the top 2% of people. and they think thats why I have developed tinnitus as my hearing is too sensitive that it has picked up noises in my ears that most people have but cant hear.'
yeah i have exactly the same thing, the upper range of frequencies i can hear are a lot higher than most people
side note anyone ever get it where you feel super lightheaded and faint and your vision goes blurry when you look up when your tinnitus is pretty bad? i might just have bad eyesight but if i'm looking up to see something detailed like small writing i feel faint, my eyes go blurry and my tinnitus gets super bad for a few minutes |
BigBlob
11.21.17 | might have something to do with blood flow from your head? I've found that when I stand up quickly after sitting for a while I sometimes get dizzy and the tinnitus gets worse for a few seconds. but its never been connected to my vision |
Sinternet
11.21.17 | yeah thats prob it, should get that checked out maybe |
BigBlob
11.21.17 | haha dont take my word for it. Im just guessing. get yourself checked out. your ears have a lot to do with your balance and stuff like that so they affect you more than you'd think |
ExecutiveExecuterexe
11.21.17 | I have minor tinnitus |
AsleepInTheBack
11.21.17 | [2]
for years now. bit of a bummer. |
theNateman
11.21.17 | I didn’t have it so bad until I became a drummer and now it’s really bad. I played drums in earbuds loud enough to drown out my kit for years now and i’m Sure it’s done irreversible damage.
I’m just glad i’ve Got an electric kit so I can play at a much quieter volume. But I have to have something going even at a low volume because my tinnitus is always present |
ZippaThaRippa
11.21.17 | I have mild tinnitus. I get like "flashes" where it feels like something exploded nearby and all I can hear is a sharp ringing for a couple seconds. I wear earplugs at shows and try to listen to my music low. |
ZippaThaRippa
11.21.17 | I was a sound tech in my school's jazz band at 14, and then the bassist after that until I graduated high school. I played loud as fuck and my cab was always cranked. It done did me good. |
Deathconscious
11.21.17 | I have mild tinnitus. I get like "flashes" where it feels like something exploded nearby and all I can hear is a sharp ringing for a couple seconds. I wear earplugs at shows and try to listen to my music low.
Same, its annoying. |
Satellite
06.17.20 | shameful self-bump. i still have the t, but it doesn't really bother me anymore. anyone else dealing with this shit now? |
Ryus
06.17.20 | mild tinnitus here, worse in my right ear. ive definitely gotten more used to it over the past couple years so it doesnt really bother me anymore |
Minushuman24
06.17.20 | I think I have a bit of it, also from going to far too many shows without protection. Biggest ones that did it for me were some punk bands in a brick storage room in a record store, Closet Witch at an art gallery, also brick, and Boris
I don't really notice it too much, so it's not bad, but my hearing is a bit shot. |
Jasdevi087
06.17.20 | I've had tinnitus in my left ear for fucking years now, but i have no idea if it was from abuse or if it's hereditary since my grandmother also had it in the same ear |
Jasdevi087
06.17.20 | it's really annoying cause it affects my balance and it's awful at night |
Satellite
06.17.20 | i used to think tinnitus contributed to making me more depressed, but i think in retrospect depression made the ringing worse. i'm generally happier now and while the ringing's still there it doesn't seem as foreboding.
i definitely will never go to another show without earplugs. my dad's 56 and wears hearing aids mostly due to rock-induced hearing loss. i want to do everything i can to avoid that. |
Jasdevi087
06.17.20 | i kinda get that and I wonder if that's because you get so in your head that you focus on it more by default |
Minushuman24
06.17.20 | I've got a problem with earplugs and my ear, it makes everything less enjoyable and they kinda hurt. I bring some for shows that I think are a bit too loud, but I should probably get used to them for my future's sake. I dunno about my depression/tinnitus correlation, never thought about that. |
Satellite
06.17.20 | @jas do you use a fan or anything to drown it out? i usually don't even really notice it until night tbh. |
Satellite
06.17.20 | "I wonder if that's because you get so in your head that you focus on it more by default"
100% this. also i used to smoke a ton more weed than i do now and i'd get paranoid sometimes and fixate on it. |
Jasdevi087
06.17.20 | i usually fall asleep with music on in the background so that gives me something else to focus on and most nights I forget it's there so it doesn't bother me. the key for me almost always just ends up being distracted by something else
if i had a fan on i'd be sneezing all night lol |
Ryus
06.17.20 | i think weed legit makes it worse at least for me lol |
Satellite
06.17.20 | for sure. and i know correlation =/= causation but i don't remember having tinnitus before going on SSRIs. there doesn't seem to be much evidence to support them causing it, though. |
Jasdevi087
06.17.20 | alcohol makes it louder at night but i would chalk that up probably to the setting of drinking being louder in general |
Ryus
06.17.20 | anecdotally the connection between serotonin and tinnitus makes sense. my tinnitus is always worse post-orgasm too lol |
Jasdevi087
06.17.20 | i was only on SSRIs very briefly, don't remember if it made my tinnitus worse or not but they just made my head feel like shit in general
have not noticed a difference post-orgasm either tbh but maybe my tinnitus is less severe in general than y'alls |
Minushuman24
06.17.20 | Weed will legit make me go deaf with tinnitus sometimes, like I can't hear anyone except for the ringing and a muffled sound |
Jasdevi087
06.17.20 | there seems to be a fair amount of research on the tinnitus/serotonin link just on a quick google scholar search |
FR33L0RD
06.17.20 | 54 years old
Metal listener since 1985
Heavy bars, a few concerts, many thousands of hours of various headphone on various vol. settings.
Tinnitus, left ear, around 2005, with small progression
Stable since 2015.
Adaptation is one of the trick when you have it.
Sleep is good because i have learn to live with it.
My earring capacity is still pretty good, i ear little sound that my spouse do not and she doesn't have tinnitus.
Stable hissing on a few sound frequencies, annoying only when i focus on it.
Of course, very heavy volume sound of high frequency is very dangerous for the earring system. Protection is the key.
|
bloc
06.17.20 | Update from 2017: It's almost gone, comes back very very rarely now and if so, it's just for a moment. |
Dissonant
06.17.20 | God damn people just wear fucking earplugs when you go to shows. Not that hard. |
Dissonant
06.17.20 | yeah bro I took some weed and I could hear music again and I finally sucked my own cock. So good. |
Snake.
06.17.20 | not going to shows all the time anymore has really saved my ears the trouble |
