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Tinnitus
I started a thread about this ages ago, with nothing... but after this thread here:
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2156616
it seems people DO have tinnitus on here.
I don't go anywhere (even a club these days) without my Elacin earplugs (they rule, you can still here every note: http://www.myatt.co.uk/viewitem.htm?item=GENAZZZEARPLUGS)
anyone else do this? I feel like a spazz wearing earplugs in a club.
I wear disposable ones at gigs
otherwise I always get bad tinnitus. But not in clubs, where it's just as loud. Which is a bit silly. It would feel kind of odd though.
Have you been to The Metro Club recently?
It's like SO loud.
Disposable earplugs cut out louds of the treble I find. Sometimes it's well difficult to hear the geeeeetars.
You know when you get a bit of playdough on your shirt or something
and you use a bigger bit to lift it out? That's the theory I'm currently working on with my tinnitus. It's not gone great so far. Also, thanks for reminding me that I have tinnitus.
So you're exposing yourself to more music?
Well, I don't think that's gonna work.
Bizarrely, I've had it since going to The Boogaloo pub - The music is WAY loud, but it was just the final straw in ears of audio abuse.
Also, I only have it in my right ear as that's the side my amp was always on at gigs / band practices.
I'm just trying to not let it affect my life
and hoping it will go away :(. I'm going to order some earplugs now.
Next month I should be buying some
moulded ones. It cost £100 but you can't see them when they're in and you can't put a price on living life without "bbbeeebeebebeeebebebebe" in your ears.
i have a lowish buzz
in my ears at night now, but only when things are really silent. doesnt stop me sleeping but is just slightly annoying and hopefully now i'm using er-20s it wont get any worse
Are you sure that's not your fridge?
You can hear a lot of high-pitched noises and such from many different electronics. PLUG your ears up very firmly and then 'see' what you can hear.
its not. trust me.
Disposables actually let through frequencies that can damage your ear because they attenuate the sou
The best solution is a pair of ER-15s or ER-25s, which are moulded to the shape of your ear.
I got some once for a cool £150. However, I lost them along with some other expensive stuff and never realised so didn't claim them on insurance.
They are the mutt's nuts when it comes to keeping your ears safe.
I suffer from ringing in my ears
have done for about 6 months. I feel like such an idiot to be honest, for years i told myself nothing would happen to me despite playing punk music every night for about 3 years.
i have those earplugs and they do work but i'm planning on getting some moulded ones.
Weird point- i find when i get stressed my tinnitus gets worse! anyone else?
yeh
thats very common.
I cannot stress enough
the importance of wearing earplugs. After 20 odd years of playing and watching gigs my right ear has reached Townsend like proportions of ringing. I'm surprised it's not worse to be honest. All my own fault I know but you lot can still save yourselves! Buy some!
I wear ER-20's whenever
I go to gigs. I probably don't go as many as the majority of London DiSers do, but I'm always in a worry about my ears. I went to a rock club back in March and I'm sure I picked up slight tinnitus, due to it being so loud. I'm thinking of getting some of the moulded ones.
i am going to get ER-20s
ASAP
I have had a low ringing in my ears ever since seeing Lightning Bolt last May, and it's not gone away :(
how quiet do those earplugs make the music?
is it a really noticable difference? or does it just take the edge of it?
I find it makes the music
actually "listenable" if that makes sense. The edge is taken off and I find it doesn't make you wince as much if it's just too loud. The sound becomes much clearer.
what I'm trying to say (but very badly!)
is that it's a bit like someone turning the volume down and making everything sound sharper.
it doesnt make it quiet as such
its more that it blocks out the frequencies that you cant hear properly anyway because they're just damaging your ears
ER-20s don't or shouldn't
ER-15s are a flat filter so you hear all frequencies but they are reduced.
I assumed ER-20s mimic this but are much cheaper since they are not manufacturered to be perfectly fitting.
Nope, no attenuation
Earplugs oh, what makes these so special? According to the blurb on the packaging ER20 is a precision instrument that uses a special patented tuned resonator with an acoustic resistor to filter sound without taking away its character.
And in English? ER20 are more than just earplugs, They're flat attenuators. Rather than muffling everything, ER20 keep everything clear by reducing the volume evenly across the sonic spectrum from bass to treble. If you're a musician playing in noisy environments, ER20 provide clarity while protecting your ears from excessive volume.
Do they work? They've been developed by Elacin, who makes the custom fitted earplugs sported by bands like Radiohead. They're not quite as accurate as the custom models, but for a tenner rather than £150, they're great value for money.
The Works tested them in a rehearsal room and in front of the PA stack at a Raging Speedhorn show. Music clear as day. Ears not ringing. Job Done."
ER-15s are like you just turned the volume down
in reality this is much better than you might think. Don't forget that everyone around you is similarly 'turned down' so you can still only hear the band.
Vocals that are often hard to pick out in a big loud mix are much clearer and the whole sound comes alive.
Essentially I wore them to pretty much every gig I went to when I got them and they were all better with them in.
I've got some funny shaped ones
that seem to do the trick, cost me about £15 or so. They filter out some higher frequencies and reduce the overall level, I can't hear when someone's speaking and I have them in though.
I have to wear them in practice, as the room we use is quite small and the sound's pretty intense. Tend not to wear them gigging.