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My Tinnitus
Posted by Macca99 on 22 July 2009 - 10:02am.
is playing up today - big shout out to Neil Young, Spiritualized and Acid Mothers Temple for helping it along. My own daft fault I know, and I do love Neil and Jason's music, but couldn't venues give out a warning sign and free earplugs on arrival, like the strobe warnings? I know it's not very rock n' roll but hey, what is these days?
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Aren't there supposed to be db limits at venues these days?
I sympathise, years of playing in bands, going to gigs and headphone use have also taken their toll.
Thanks
I believe that's more the case now, but couldn't have been on for Spiritualized at Birmingham academy last year, felt like my ears were going to explode, had to walk out. In Digbeth in birmingham, it's looking like some pub venues will go out of business cos local newbuild residents are claiming they're exceeding the noise limits, even with noise shut-off systems installed. Shame, the pubs were there first
Db levels....
I'm sure decibel limits can't be enforced everywhere. I went to see Therapy? at the ABC in Glasgow recently, and despite wearing earplugs I was almost deaf for the following 24hrs!
I always wear plugs now as a matter of course. Even if I'm going to a gig that's probably going to be relatively quiet, I'll take them just in case. It's simply not worth risking the potential hearing damage, in my opinion - even if it isn't very rock & roll!
Plus, if you fork out for decent earplugs, you don't lose any sound quality - just the volume.
Do people wear earplugs at gigs over here?
I've never noticed that although in Sweden at gigs loads of people wear those bright orange/yellow ones like they give out free on airlines.
I always thought, what's the point of going to a gig and sticking things in your ears so you can't hear the music!
Mind you I do think volume at gigs is generally much lower than it was in my youth, I remember going to gigs and spending at least two days afterwards being completely deaf and bunged up.
Could have been something to do with the fact I used to go see Ramones, Black Flag and Discharge a lot!
When MBV were at The Roundhouse
I think people were trying to stick more than one pair in their ears at once.
Any tinnitus advice?
I'm a newcomer to the condition and, although loud gigs can't have helped, my doctor and dentist agree that it is mainly down to a disorder of the jaw joint. Any advice from fellow sufferers on aleviating the symptoms?
Worth a look
at this site. My doctor says I just have to live with it, but I'm sure that's not the same for everyone...
http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/
Earplugs
At the Southampton Guildhall, there's always a box of the things at the entrance. I use a set of proper custom-made ones. The musicians on stage at any gig all wear them - most gigs sound way better with all the top-end clatter and reverberations taken out. Mind you, this could well be because Soton Guildhall has the worst acoustics of anywhere I've been. Most sound techs exit the place weeping.
Sorry, can you write a bit louder please?
Y'wot?
eh?
he said
CAN YOU SPEAK UP
whoo whoo - today i learned the 'big' tag!
It's half...
...past four.
I went to a hearing specialist
the hearing chart was pootling along fine until it hit the high frequency whereupon the line seemed to fall off a cliff.
He reckons tinnitus occurs becuase your hearing is damaged and you cant hear the general environmental extraneous noise.
If you have a hearing aid ,you hear more and while hearing stuff the tinnitus switches off. Funky hearing aids even have wireless connections for your phone and ipod- so you can really crank it up and go deafer!!
I didn't buy one though - option 2 avoid silence
Neil Young to release remastered CDs at last?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everybody-Knows-This-Nowhere-Remastered/dp/B001V...
Great but
grooaann, I have to fork out again, and the beatles remasters coming up.. would love to see Rust never sleeps remastered though, so disappointed with the cd compared to the lp, it was the album that got me into neil
Also See.......
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/are-you-hearing-what-i-hear
Best Earplugs
Can anyone recommend the best type of ear plugs for musicians to wear? I had found that normal earplugs tend to block out the sound and I can't hear what I'm playing, I think you can get more expensive ones which have a hole, so you can hear more, but still protect your ears. I sympathise with all who suffer from tinnitus.
Any information would be gratefully received.
The best type...
are those that attenuate the overall volume without impacting on the spectrum of sound that reaches your ears, i.e. you can still hear ALL the music, just more quietly.
Ideally these are bespoke-made to your ear shape
Here's an example of the sort of thing you might want to consider:
http://www.hearingprotection.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=vie...
Good hearing protection isn't cheap but you only have one pair of ears.
(Sermon over)