"Edi Zubovic" edi.zubovic[rem wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:06:12 GMT, "**bg**"
wrote:


There seem to be a lot of variables here.

For three nights a week for four years, I was exposed to horrendously
loud,
up-close guitars from two Vox Super Beatles back in the 60s.

Me thinks compared to some todays levels, that has still been
"moderate-to-loud". Even distorsion has been keener.

We practised in a 12' by 12' room, with a drummer.

The bassist played thru and Ampeg amp with four Lancing 16" 420s in two
Ampeg cabinets...

Followed by lotsa very loud headphone work over ensuing decades.

Hmm... now this hasn't been nice. The brain adapts and asks for louder
still, that's a culprit.
Had a minor ear ache for years, went through a period of Tennitis for a
decade until I had a some molars pulled.
No more tinnitus? --But this is good!
Ongoing hearing tests have always shown my hearing to be exceptional,
still
is.

You should pop into a stereo store and check out yer fave CD on some
quality
headphones.

And of course, as suggested elsewhere herein, go for regular hearing
tests.
Ask for a printout, keep them on file.

Wax build-up is something to check out also, it can occur in one ear to a
greater degree than the other.

Also, problems with clogged Eustachian tubes can be directly
responsible for temporary hearing loss. I had such a problem for
years. Recently, I have been attending to a evening of a "Kid's
Festival" on at a local hotel's open dancing patio where children
would perform various and sometimes quite OK modern tunes. I was
standing near to the mixing console, some 20 meters away of RCF
loudspeaker cabinets. I asked the friend engineer to lower the darn
levels a bit -- there were all the kids near the loudspeakers, age
some 3 to 14 years and the sound level hasn't been set to their
hearing for sure. He said "but they would ask for more". OK, me said.
Given the frequency of kid's voices at that 90 dB+ levels, the poor
children must have brought their ears on a chain in their pockets.

And yes, the day after, I had hearing problems and I have been angry
at myself for letting me exposed to that attacks. I visited a doctor
who said, that my hearing hasn't been impaired permanently, but due to
lack of pressure compensation, the eardrums responded by kind of
cramps; until the pressure can be compensated, I was to avoid extreme
loud places. It took some time for the hearing to recuperate and I am
now visiting a inhalation cure at local health center and the things
get better. As soon as I finish my cure, I'll visit the hearing
specialist and I expect the audiogram to be within normals for my age.

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Hey E,

We should point out that high volumes at some frequencies could be more
damaging than others, specifically I suspect 2k to 5k being most dangerous,
highs generally being more damaging than lows.

I do find a strong reaction to super-high volumes at about 3500 Hz. Feels
like something is resonating in the right ear at that frequency.

The molar I had pulled was on that side...

POEIOT

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