I want to be able to hear when I'm old, possibly bypass hearing aids, so I was wondering a few things...

What type of volume damages your ears the most? I read somewhere that surprisingly bass doesn't hurt damage ears(Is that true?) one bit, however at extreme levels it can give you a headache or make you pass out. I heard tremble is what really does the damage. Which would be worse, high pitch or low? Also any comparison examples of how loud you have to go to cause permanent damage? Any info like that.

When it's dead silent I here a high pitch noise(isn't that normal, I hope?), that's why I started this thread

Thanks.

 

any sustained noise over 90-95 db iirc, can cause/start irreversible hearing damage..

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as smith stated high low doesn't matter. the ringing in your ears isn't "normal" but it probably will not go away any time soon so start getting use to it. i have it sometimes as well but mine comes and goes

 

Constant ringing noise in the ears is nothing to mess with. That combined (but not necessarily) with headaches, fuzz floaters in your vision, etc can mean much bigger things like brain tumors (lost my father-in-law to this in 2000), blood pressure problems, etc. If you have good health care insurance (even if you don't), I would consider calling your primary care physician and getting their advice-since you have the where-with-all to look that far into the future already!

 

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.

 

I hear ringing all the time, have since I was like 15. happened after I got electrocuted by an ac outlet.

Not really worried though. When its my time, its my time.

Do you hear the whine of a CRT TV or monitor? You might not have tinnitus but simply have sensitivity to high frequencies. I have sensitivity to the far ends of each spectrum, only things doctors tell me is to wear earplugs and that I will probably go deaf prematurely.

130db at 200 hz isnt going to cause as much damage as 130db at 3,000hz (it WILL still cause damage, but not as much), unfortunately its much easier to produce 130db at 3khz(stock stereos can get close) than at 200hz which means you have got to be very careful in your car.

If I had to lose ne sense, deafness is #2 on my list. As long as I can see so I can surf the internet and feel the warmth of my wife laying next to me im fine.

 

I am hard of hearing (not because of sound systems)....i was born from it. I had two 2 12inch CVRS in a 'teg hatch which hit pretty hard. i ask my doctor if this could effect my hearing and he said NO but have some common sense such as knowing too loud is too loud....this probably wont help you but just to let you know

 

This explains a lot

Actually, you can use this in your audio resume.

'to better understand audio theory, I decided to become the speaker, and play 60hz through myself'

Toby

 

lol^^^, how ya been toby

 

I can imagine the weird looks I would get when my interviewer reads that line on my resume...

Broken DVM ftl.