Loosing my hearing at 15!

[ToeTag]

You want a ringing ear for two weeks. Fire a concrete fastner in a 2 foot by 3 foot closet when you have forgoten to put your ear protection back in.  That sucked!  My ears are fine BTW.

[Babalonian]

I used to work in production sound recording.  One day there was a loose connection in a return line i had running from the mixer and engineer station to my headset.  The mixer was a temp replacement for the guy I usually work with who was out that day.  In an attempt to fix the problem, they cranked the volume on the return astronomicaly high.  Myself, being of the more practical "was working fine yesterday" aproach started backtracing my run and connections.  Found it, replugged it, and bam, the feedback back so instantaneous and loud that my headset litteraly boomed itself off my head.  I don't even remember the sound.  I just remember finding the problem, replugging it, then the next second being on my bellybutton with my hands over my ears, deaf and ringing, and tears pouring down my face from either the pain or shock.  I was deaf for about half an hour, mostly deaf for a couple more, and my hearing returned but needless to say i had a headache for a week and very soar and ringing ears for a few days.  I finished working that day but without a clue as to the audio quality I was picking up (I was just watching levels and even switched to some epiupment that had more levels so i didn't have to use my hearing).  I'm pretty sure the pain and shock I was in was form having my eardrums blown out and ruptured.  I'm fine now, my hearing though has never really been the same and I always since have a problem with water in my ears and more frequent ear infections since.

See a doctor if it keeps up, but definetley take care of your good hearing and ears while you still got it.

[Vudu15]

yea rgr Jay Im aware Im aware how important ear protection is workin on and flying in helicopters all day will show ya that, silly me forgot em that day. 

[Jayhawk]

yea rgr Jay Im aware Im aware how important ear protection is workin on and flying in helicopters all day will show ya that, silly me forgot em that day. 

cc that, I've shot my handgun before without hearing protection.  I was outside and didn't think it would be too bad but I think the trees reflected the sound back and my ears rang for a day or so.  I'm actually glad I heard it though, 1) makes me appreciate the hearing protection and 2) I won't be surprised by the sound if I ever have to fire in self-defense.

[Dichotomy]

If any of you are not a long time member, and have a post count higher then me, please..for the love of god, get your ass's into a cartoon plane MORE!

gotta love the 2009 players that have a higher post count then me, for gods sake, shut up, you truely dont know jack about this game, but i bet you can tell us ALL about the forums.

Send me some work to do   Boss would take a very dim view of me being in a cartoon airplane at the moment.

[Belial]

Whaaad you say?????




Hahaha    I work in a metal shop and all I hear is noise...lathe squealing when parting off...co-worker hammering all day...lots of noise.

Makes watching tv with my family fun though...I have to crank the volume way up and they always complain.

[Tupac]

If any of you are not a long time member, and have a post count higher then me, please..for the love of god, get your ass's into a cartoon plane MORE!

gotta love the 2009 players that have a higher post count then me, for gods sake, shut up, you truely dont know jack about this game, but i bet you can tell us ALL about the forums.

What about people who have been playing for 5 years, but only recently made an account on the forums?

[F22RaptorDude]

Honestly? You guys who think i'm doing this for post count are such morons . I could care less about how many posts I have. If i did care i'd be hogging on every post

[Chilli]

I have my limiter on my volume on my ipod. When i'm listening to heavy metal i can still hear other peoples ipods on the other side of the classroom.

iPod in the classroom?  I'm done! 

[ebfd11]

Sound   Noise
Level
(dB)   Effect
      
Jet engine (near)    140    
Firecracker    140    
Gun firing    140    
Rock concert    110-140    
Boom box    120    Threshold of pain (125 db).
Thunderclap (near)    120    
Stereo (over 100 watts)    110-125    
Chainsaw    110    
Jackhammer    110    
Snowmobile    105    
Airplane (near)    103    
Garbage truck    100    Regular exposure of more than 1 minute risks permanent hearing loss (above 100 db).
Farm tractor    98    
Motorcycle (near)    90    No more than 15 minutes of unprotected exposure recommended.
Subway    88    
Lawnmower    85-90    Level at which hearing damage begins (85 db).
Television    70-90    
City traffic noise    80    Level at which constant exposure may cause hearing damage.
Alarm Clock    80    
Washing machine    78    
Dishwasher    75    Long exposure to sounds less than 75 db is unlikely to harm ears
Vacuum cleaner    70    
Hair dryer    70    
Laughter    60-65    
Normal conversation    50-65    
Refrigerator humming    40    
Quiet room    40    
Whisper    30    
Rustling leaves    20

OK those are some normal everyday sounds here are some airsoft pistols loudness

Springer - TM S&W PC356    84dB
Maruzen S&W M4506    88dB
Marushin Bren Ten 8mm    86dB
Tanaka S&W M29 6.5"    84dB
KSC H&K Mk23 SOCOM    94dB (86dB with silencer)
Western Arms SV Infinity Ltd 6"    96dB
Western Arms Beretta Cougar 8045    96dB
S&W Performance Center M945    94dB
KSC M93R II    94dB

So I personally dont think it was teh loudness of the pistol but when the gun was fired he was near the ports that release the air pressure. That in turn ruptured or tore his eardrum. I personally would go get checked out for that possibility. Check out this site it will explain what I mean.... http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001038.htm

Now I may not be a doctor but going by what you said I did a little investigation and my opinion is to go get checked out.

[68ZooM]

Honestly? You guys who think i'm doing this for post count are such morons . I could care less about how many posts I have. If i did care i'd be hogging on every post

So have you told your Parents so they can take you in to the Dr's ?  if so, what was the diagnostics?

[Xasthur]

iPod in the classroom?  I'm done! 

There wasn't a stage in my senior year that I wasn't listening to music in class.

That was one of the great advantages of long hair and a uniform.... I ran my headphones through my the inside of my blazer from the side pocket, up and around my shoulder, up to the collar and up to my ear from the back. Stealth.

I suppose that says a lot about the education system.... School is too easy, I finished in the top 7% of the state for half of my subjects. 

[Ardy123]

weird I have fired real guns without hearing protection and the ringing goes away in a few hours maybe it can last overnight.  Gas air-soft pistol is nothing.  Which leads me to believe you just like upping your post count.

get hearing protection... you wont notice it now... but in many years... it will be ringing all time.

I used to play in bands and play my guitar very loudly without ear plugs... I was stupid, now that I'm older, my hearing is not as good as it should be. If its very quiet, I still hear a persistent ring in my ears.

[olds442]

firing that rifle all the time may not have done your hearing in...but......

[BlueJ1]

Ive been working on helicopters for about 4 years now. Every year we have to go for a audio-gram to track our hearing loss. We are supposed to wear double hearing protection, ie earplugs and our cranial which has ear muffs. So far Ive steadily lost hearing and the ring in my ears continues to get more obvious. In four years Ive lost about 1/10th of my hearing. So I figure in another 16 years I will have lost about a 1/2 of my hearing by the time Im 38. Not including near and VERY close encounters with explosions and weapon fire during my tour.

Hearing is a gift. The ringing lets you know your still alive. But it gets annoying fast.