Ringing in ears.

kaffe · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:01

Okay, so just got home from a friend's gig and I've got that blasted ringing. I was wondering what the science behind it is? I get that it's from loud sounds and will probably be gone in the morning. But what's actually happening?

I heard it's ear cells dying (?), and tha I'll no longer be able to hear that frequency anymore. Is this true?

Ta.

R

[FnG]magnolia · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:02

http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=ri...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

DJ_Martin · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:03

kaffe said:
R

But U R Kaffe

godinman · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:04

Well it shouldn't cause any permanent damage as long as you don't do it all the time. Other than that I know nothing.

Although, what the hell are you doing able to type after a gig? You should be comatose by now. :/

Nitefly · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:04

It'll go away in max a few days.

spleenharvester · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:05

It'll go away in a few days, as the others have said.

kaffe · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:10

godinman said:
Well it shouldn't cause any permanent damage as long as you don't do it all the time. Other than that I know nothing.

Although, what the hell are you doing able to type after a gig? You should be comatose by now. :/

Couldn't drink a lot as I've got work early in the morning. Had one pint but that's it

OH and sorry. Been singing texts with 'R' recently.

K

Ahleckz · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:10

Cut your head off, obviously.

What is it with noobs nowadays? Don't know how to do anything for themselves!

Dr. Pain · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:22

kaffe said:
Okay, so just got home from a friend's gig and I've got that blasted ringing. I was wondering what the science behind it is? I get that it's from loud sounds and will probably be gone in the morning. But what's actually happening?

I heard it's ear cells dying (?), and tha I'll no longer be able to hear that frequency anymore. Is this true?

Ta.

R

Stop being stupid and acting hard by pretending the tunes are not too loud!!

Its so silly seeing people at gigs and things who stand right by the speakers when you know that every second is damaging their hearing.

Be sensible from now on and avoid the loud noises, you DO NOT EVER want tinnitus (google it) as it can be torture for some people.

Christ, take care of your ears dude, you only have two... well you may only have one after some sort of farming accident, but im assuming you have two!

Raymond Lin · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:23

Tinnitus.

Repeat exposure to loud sounds will result in tinnitus, the ringing then becomes permanent.

spleenharvester · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:23

Yeah, tinnitus sucks, I have it. Not to a great extent fortunately, used to it now.

Dr. Pain said:
well you may only have one after some sort of farming accident, but im assuming you have two!

Azza · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:24

DJmartin said:
But U R Kaffe

Roseanna.

godinman · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:46

I really need to go see some live music, it's been ages:/

Tephnos · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:49

Isn't it something to do with the vibrations given off by loud sounds damaging the tiny hairs in your ears that pick up the sound? If they break off because of that, you get tinnitus.

Zhokel · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:49

kaffe said:
I heard it's ear cells dying (?), and tha I'll no longer be able to hear that frequency anymore. Is this true?
R

I can't say about after hearing loud noises, but I do remember reading that when you randomly get the ringing noise in your ear, it's actually just your brain trying to fix the ability to hear a frequency or something, but you're not supposed to hear it, just that your brain is failing at making you not hear it while it's doing it's business

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Dr. Pain · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:51

There are new methods that involve training the brain to tune it out by sort of doing a brain reboot, but its early early stages.

Whats the point in all that when you can protect your hearing right now?

Once those hairs are damaged, thats it. Irrepairable currently.

jaybee · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:53

Dr. Pain said:
Stop being stupid and acting hard by pretending the tunes are not too loud!!

Its so silly seeing people at gigs and things who stand right by the speakers when you know that every second is damaging their hearing.

Be sensible from now on and avoid the loud noises, you DO NOT EVER want tinnitus (google it) as it can be torture for some people.

Christ, take care of your ears dude, you only have two... well you may only have one after some sort of farming accident, but im assuming you have two!

Torture? I'm scared. I have it a bit. What do you mean?

godinman · 22 Jul 2011 at 23:55

Dr. Pain said:
Stop being stupid and acting hard by pretending the tunes are not too loud!!

Its so silly seeing people at gigs and things who stand right by the speakers when you know that every second is damaging their hearing.

Be sensible from now on and avoid the loud noises, you DO NOT EVER want tinnitus (google it) as it can be torture for some people.

Christ, take care of your ears dude, you only have two... well you may only have one after some sort of farming accident, but im assuming you have two!

Well, she didn't really say she was standing right next to the speakers did she?

You can easily get ringing ears even standing at the back of some places...

spleenharvester · 23 Jul 2011 at 00:07

jaybee said:
Torture? I'm scared. I have it a bit. What do you mean?

It isn't usually. It can be a bit of a pain in the ass though, depending on what sound/frequency it's at. Luckily I'm used to mine and am now able to filter it out in everyday life, except for when concentrating on it.

jaybee · 23 Jul 2011 at 00:07

I'm concerned I play music in the car too loud for long periods of commuting to drown out road noise and that it's caused my tinitus. It has to be that as that's my main music exposure day to day.

My Dad has it bad and I think mine will get worse. It can drive me a bit mad at night trying to get to sleep sometimes.

Hmm.