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Always wear protection, folks
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I upvoted this. But I'm not happy about it.
IS THIS FUCKING HEARING
WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS MUTTERING ABOUT?!
HE SAID HIS DUCK NEEDS NEW BEARINGS!
No, HE SAID HE HAS A BUCKET OF HERRING!
DAFUQ DID YOU DO TO LARRY‽
THEY'RE DOING IT BEFORE THEY MARRY??
NO, I DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE FOR BEING HAIRY!
THATS GROSS THEY SHOULD REALLY SHAVE THOSE BERRIES OFF
Jokes aside, I'm gonna ruin the fun here.
This is real. I had a buddy temporarily loose partial hearing in one ear when scaffolding shifted next to him, the crack was so loud it hurt. He left work to get it checked out, extremely anxious because he was only 25 and a musician - and good thing he did.
My dad, who worked on airplanes his whole life —one of those man's men who doesn't need things like gloves and goggles, well, he's mostly deaf now and it took three years for the military to clear his doctor's appointments and get him hearing aids. We can't talk on the phone anymore.
You can get custom fitted earplugs for specific decibel ranges now, which is what my construction buddy got. I have a pair myself for raves and concerts, and I can hear people next to me just fine.
Protect your hearing, you won't get it back.
I'm a lefty in a very red state. Everytime I go to the gun range, there is some idiot without ear pro. Now I took care of my hearing, even going so far as to wear earplugs at concerts(which invited a ton of teasing). Even then I have had short bouts of tinnitus and it fucking sucks!
The one pleasure I draw from this is knowing their unpleasant future.
My Bloody Valentine was on tour this year and they continue to require everyone to wear earplugs.
Holy crap that's a name I haven't heard in a long time!
And good for them! Those Irish bands tend to be on the ball it seems.
I bet they don't wear ear pro at the range because they're already deaf. Even at the most red-necking shooting parties, hurling skeets in the quarry, we're stringent on safety and covering our damn ears. One friend of a friend refused and I was like "You either put on the ears or I will lovingly hold your head while you shoot, you pick."
It did not even occur to me that reacting to the real hearing loss part was ruining the fun, because it isn’t.
I work is a loud environment, and didn’t take it as seriously as I should've, and just wore regular earbuds because I wanted to be able to listen to music over the noise of the machinery. I don't have it as bad as either of those cases you mentioned, but definitely noticed that I couldn't hear as well by my mid 20s, and it takes very little background noise to prevent me from being able to following a conversation.
Now I am pretty good about wearing earplugs, and have bone conduction headphones that I can use with them, and the sound comes through clear even at low volume with the ear pro in. I would highly recommend them if that is part of anyones hangup around wearing ear pro.
You can get custom fitted earplugs for specific decibel ranges now, which is what my construction buddy got. I have a pair myself for raves and concerts
Not just that, but giants of acoustics, like Sennheiser and AKG — don't remember exactly who — make earplugs for musicians or concert-goers. With which one gets good sound, but quieter.
What kind of treatment did your buddy get after that sudden exposure?
I go to a metal workplace to work on projects. There's a guy there, he's so "cool", he doesn't wear ear protection even when hitting metal with a hammer or while grinding, and he doesn't wear a welding helmet. "I'm not a pussy". He's actively blinding and deafening himself, because he thinks it's cool. What a dumb idiot.
Sounds like a real loss.
I bought my wife noise cancelling ear plugs for sleeping because I (in her words) snore like a pig. She has several recordings to back that up. So I bought her these noise cancelling earplugs (Soundcore A20 in case anyone is interested) in the hopes it will allow her to sleep. I will eventually get surgery done for it, because I also have apnea. She hasn't put them to the test yet because it's not always that she can't sleep, but I hope they will serve her well.
Get a CPAP for yourself. If you have apnea then it'll improve your quality of sleep immensely.
Hear, hear! It's amazing how much a CPAP helps with apnea.
...one of the better ones
Get out.
Group fitness classes also play their music way too loud. Had to get some ear plugs when going to them. I am concerned for the trainers and regulars.
Yes! For 10 years I was addicted to those fitness classes and YES I eventually started wearing ear plugs because the music volume was ridiculous.
Is this Garfield Breast Reduction?
noooo....
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Here, this will help stop seeing loss
this is wonderful 🥺
WHAT?
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
No idea how this relates to the Loss meme.
The ear cups are in the position of the characters in the comic.
Thanks. I thought maybe it was something like that but couldn't visualize it before for some reason. I still don't know why the Loss meme was such a big hit.
I'm always careful with loud noises, and yet... I've had tinnitus ever since I can remember. There's always been this high pitched whine whenever I'm in dead silence, and it's always been the case. I used to think I could hear the electricity running through the walls or something.
I’ve had T for the better part of 3 decades. It’s really fucking loud.
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