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Old 10-05-2008 | 08:13 PM
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Notladstyle, "Do you hear the whine of a CRT TV or monitor? You might not have tinnitus but simply have sensitivity to high frequencies." It's so hard to to tell. I've done some small tests, going outside lowers the faint ring some, and covering my ears makes it louder. But since it's high pitch it's hard to judge whether the sound is coming from an outside source or not, where it's coming from etc.

"I hear ringing all the time, have since I was like 15. happened after I got electrocuted by an ac outlet." I think you're being serious? How did that damage your ears?
Old 10-05-2008 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by koolaid man
Notladstyle, "Do you hear the whine of a CRT TV or monitor? You might not have tinnitus but simply have sensitivity to high frequencies." It's so hard to to tell. I've done some small tests, going outside lowers the faint ring some, and covering my ears makes it louder. But since it's high pitch it's hard to judge whether the sound is coming from an outside source or not, where it's coming from etc.

"I hear ringing all the time, have since I was like 15. happened after I got electrocuted by an ac outlet." I think you're being serious? How did that damage your ears?
Yeah I only notice the ringing in my ears when its dead quiet, but when I do notice it, its annoying as hell.

I would say go to a hearing specialist and at minimum have them perform a frequency perception test. From that they can give you a preliminary as to whether its a problem or not.

I figure, as my hearing goes, I'll have a good excuse to buy more and more powerful equipment. When I get tickets for it I can sue and argue I'm deaf and I have the right to enjoy music just like every other citizen. I'm going to be rich off the lawsuits.

as for the electrocution causing it - I couldn't say for sure since I'm not a doctor; but that's when it started... or maybe that's when I noticed it
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Old 10-05-2008 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by koolaid man
After reading some of these posts and googleing, this ringing is really starting to freak me out. I'm gonna get on it tomorrow.

I only hear it, or should I say, "notice it" late at night but never during the day starting with when I get up. It's got to be close to silent. It's definitely present when I try to sleep, I hear ringing. I think I have tinnitus.
Your fine. That ringing is normal, but only if it is while dead silent or close to it. Like when your trying to sleep. In fact my ears are doing it right now because im wearing headphones with no music playing. It when you hear it in normal environments you should worry.
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Old 10-05-2008 | 10:58 PM
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Old 10-06-2008 | 05:24 AM
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dalton, you've been electrocuted more than once, and I saw one of those times you have been. Granted it wasn't severe, but I can imagine how often you do get it.


Anyways. I wouldn't worry about it too much. I used to have that problem a LOT even before i got into car stereos/loudness/whatnot. The thing is most people get it. Extremely common, because we just live in very noisy environments. The only time you should worry is when it's "loud" enough to really irritate you or it's "audible" during the day through normal activities. At that point a good amount of hearing damage has been done.


Just be careful. Go to a specialist just in case anyways to be on the safe side, and report back with results.
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I can imagine the weird looks I would get when my interviewer reads that line on my resume...

Broken DVM ftl.
Having been one of those high up types that reads through a jillion resumes, I can tell you for a fact, that standing out has its advantages.

To those of you that asked, I'm doing great. Managing the business end of a professional race team, and selling high end race parts / cars is a big step from peddling crap Chinese audio gear to the interwebz generation.

Its already starting to get 'cool' up here. Saturday morning, it was 38. It is nice having a change of seasons, though, and I'm looking forward to winter sports like snowmobiling...at least for this first winter. And considering I think we had a total of 5 days this summer where it got above 90, so far its a fair trade.

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Sorry to re-post this question... but I'm still wondering...
Can too much bass damage your hearing? From what I googled it doesn't but I wanted to double check. Thanks.
Old 10-06-2008 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by koolaid man
Sorry to re-post this question... but I'm still wondering...
Can too much bass damage your hearing? From what I googled it doesn't but I wanted to double check. Thanks.
There's no difference in bass or treble....it's the decibel/spl level that damages your hearing. Generally bass produces the highest decibel/spl levels in a system, so it's contributing the most to your hearing damage. Even a stock system can cause hearing damage though, so you can only imagine what a high output aftermarket system is doing to you. Permenantly.
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Originally Posted by TJElite
Having been one of those high up types that reads through a jillion resumes, I can tell you for a fact, that standing out has its advantages.

To those of you that asked, I'm doing great. Managing the business end of a professional race team, and selling high end race parts / cars is a big step from peddling crap Chinese audio gear to the interwebz generation.

Its already starting to get 'cool' up here. Saturday morning, it was 38. It is nice having a change of seasons, though, and I'm looking forward to winter sports like snowmobiling...at least for this first winter. And considering I think we had a total of 5 days this summer where it got above 90, so far its a fair trade.

Toby
I'm going to try it just to see what happens... probably on a job app I don't care about though like Geek squad.

good god, 38 that's too friggin cold for me. I best those quality racers cant argue how superglue and masking tape alter the Fs of a subwoofer making it more efficient.
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