NIHL - Noise Induced Hearing Loss
How do you deal with it?
I used to listen to classic symphonies exclusively and recently started getting into a few rock bands. I was listening to Definitely Maybe for a few days, and I did this in a noisy environment.
BAM! A week later, and I can't hear my classical the way I used to, a few sounds are missing are are audible only at high volumes. I've been listening to music from my 5.1 media system now, because headphones are useless.
Also I have constant tinnitus in near-silent environments, and everything sounds washed out.
HOW THE FUCK DO I DEAL WITH THIS SHIT MU
MUSIC IS RUINED FOR ME
IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET MY EARS BACK?
I'M FREAKING OUT HERE
A few days wont damage your hearing.
>>63250245
A few seconds can damage your ears. But this thread looks like bait so I won't argue with you.
That's what you get for listening to rock music, op. You anti intellectual retard
>>63250120
stop listening music. for a while. for however it takes
It took me months for my hearing to go back to normal after something similar happened to me
>>63250330
It's not bait, I'm just freaked out.
>>63250370
How many months did it take? How severe was the damage?
pls answer ;_;
Noise Induced Hearing Loss would be a pretty cool band name
especially if it was like some soft and simpering ambient-influenced slowcore or something, just to throw people completely off
>>63252353
Always go to a professional to get a proper diagnosis. I have been dealing with muffled ears after music listening and intermittent tinnitus problem for months, and I still don't know exactly what's wrong except that allergies are involved. Audiology test results indicated I did not have hearing loss. Go to a professional to be sure, and make sure and tell them everything about your listening habits. Usually if you're not listening to something uncomfortably loud, you're not going to have any problems.
>>63250120
It's probably got something to do with damage to the ciliae in the cochlea. It might be irreversible, no telling really.
>>63250330
>A few seconds
At like 150 dB, maybe
>>63255160
No, he's correct. A few second or one or two minuted can be enough to cause permanent damage. I've seen that happen many times over the years working at a large venue.
>>63255263
How would you know it was objective and permanent? Did you do a randomized double blind trial on the participants afterwards? No?
go see a doc, it may be free if you live in the first world.
>>63255354
No, but I've come across several cases despite being an anesthesiologist, not an ear specialist. I have no idea how many people fully recover and how many suffer permanent, even full hearing loss, but there are some at least.
>>63255452
In that case how isn't it just anecdotic evidence of somebody who went to a concert for a "few seconds" and definitely wasn't exposed to loud sounds prior to that?
>>63255425
>in the first world
tfw in America
>>63255520
Yes, it is anecdotic, that's right, but I'm just trying to add my two cents, not prove a point about anything. It's also not real medical advice, I'm not a specialist and I haven't examined OP.
