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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.
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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.