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.

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

Originally Posted by Glice

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.

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.

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.

Originally Posted by screamingskull

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

Originally Posted by screamingskull

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