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[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years ago

Enjoy the tinnitus. I’m 47 and it’s constant.

[-] Golfnbrew@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

I'm right there with you! I'm 66 and I loved my loud music, power tools, concerts. Tinnitus sucks and it's permanent.

[-] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Hello fellow neverending ear screaming friends!

[-] Golfnbrew@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Funny story, first time I noticed it, I was on an acid trip and thought I could hear molecules colliding in the air... It was years later, as it got louder and more present that I realized...

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

You should never listen to music at high volume on headphones or earphones, you WILL damage your hearing over time (or sometimes in one sitting, both happened to me).

You can tell young people this until the cows come home but they'll ignore you and assume it won't happen to them...

and then once the damage accumulates and they're a little older with annoying tinnitus forever or more painful ear damage (like myself) they might finally start giving this advice out to younger people who still have a chance at a healthy, ear damage free life. But by then it's too late for themselves, and the younger people won't listen :-(

There are awesome earplugs you can get that you should wear if you're somewhere loud like a nightclub or a concert by the way. They start very cheap, and they're designed to "turn down the volume" of the world without affecting how it actually sounds.

(They're not electronic or anything, they're just cleverly made)

You can get more expensive ones that claim to be even better at this, but I find the cheap ones to be fantastic. I carry them with me all the time now, and if I end up somewhere loud, in they go. Heck, I even use them when I vacuum - those machines are loud as hell.

Oh and similarly, wear earplugs when you're using noisy powertools - table saw, grinder, etc.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

Prolonged exposure to 80db can cause hearing loss, and that's a lot quieter than people think.

[-] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

I spent three summers at a lumber camp. The weather was always hot and humid so I decided it wouldn't kill me to not use ear protection. Now I have tinnitus.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What made you disregard your own health like that? Seems like the is, as you say, a common thing. I am out of that loop, I do not like music so loud it hurts. Not sure why.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Are you the asshole on a motorcycle who came to the gas station last night blasting music at literally ear piecing volumes and didn't turn it down at all?

If so, I loathe you deeply.

[-] uienia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You will need some speakers with those amps though. The amps themselves won't say anything.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Y'all weren't around for boomboxes, I guess

[-] trigonated@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
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