Thread: Hearing

I wear earmuffs over 80hrs a week while at work in 145+db
Tinnitus, yes - very much so, however hearing tests come back at 95% as its not a major frequency.
At a pub, some peoples voices I cant understand at all - and I dont mean when Phils pissed and slurring
Sounds like they are under water.
What I do find, is those that work in the same environment, I can hear clearly as their speech/tone avoids the tones that are an issue also.

Your brain can turn your ears off so to speak, when you're wearing muffs all the time, your ears arnt needed and your mind will ignore them - takes a week to come back properly when I get home.

There is a herbal brew from Europe which works and Ginseng apparently helps.
The brew was used by a friend that developed VERY bad Tinnitus from a side effect of some chemo drugs - reacons it worked very well, however maybe a different type of damage.

Things that will give you Tinnitus without you even knowing it are fans, AC units etc - basically anything thats runnings at a constant frequency even though the amplitude isnt high will also damage your hearing.
Engines for eg wear your ears out, loud noises like guns hammer them - 2 slightly different damages.

Originally Posted by Spanners

I wear earmuffs over 80hrs a week while at work in 145+db
Tinnitus, yes - very much so, however hearing tests come back at 95% as its not a major frequency.
At a pub, some peoples voices I cant understand at all - and I dont mean when Phils pissed and slurring
Sounds like they are under water.
What I do find, is those that work in the same environment, I can hear clearly as their speech/tone avoids the tones that are an issue also.

Your brain can turn your ears off so to speak, when you're wearing muffs all the time, your ears arnt needed and your mind will ignore them - takes a week to come back properly when I get home.

There is a herbal brew from Europe which works and Ginseng apparently helps.
The brew was used by a friend that developed VERY bad Tinnitus from a side effect of some chemo drugs - reacons it worked very well, however maybe a different type of damage.

Things that will give you Tinnitus without you even knowing it are fans, AC units etc - basically anything thats runnings at a constant frequency even though the amplitude isnt high will also damage your hearing.
Engines for eg wear your ears out, loud noises like guns hammer them - 2 slightly different damages.

+1 Iv been in a noisy environment all my working life (very simmilar to yours for a lot of it spanners) plus messing with explosives as a kid(what else do you do on a farm) motorcross bikes, v8s with straight exhausts, at least ten years of extreme party boy and 20k plus of sounds in a small flat.
My hearing tests as good for my age.
I cant hear a fuckin word with any sort of background noise. The pub, the kids the tv etc I need to see lips moving.
A couple of days of quiet(IE bush) its like someone turned on a switch and I can hear again. Like hearing the click of a deers ankles as it gets up out of its bed.(how many of you have heard that and recognized it?)

"and even tonight not even hearing something my partner has heard quite clearly."

My partner calls that selective hearing. The reality is after 10 hours of noise and coming home to more noise unless there is eye contact its automatically shut out.