SSS 18734
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Because any frequency has the potential to cause damage.
4 years of 150+db bass, Hearing loss tests in...
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SSS 18734
Mr. Opportunist
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If it's the setup in your sig it's really not that loud...
skittlesRgood
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA:rotflol: I knew that was coming.
the727kid - so then if you were to play a 20k hz tone, that you cant even hear, at 150db do you think that would hurt your hearing?
snoopdan
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I dont know if I have hearing damage, but as of late I rarely turn up my setup because the low notes make my ears hurt. I dont know if they're just irritated or what, but....meh
sad shit eh?
sad shit eh?
Banana Balls
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SO FUCKING WRONG THAT YOU SHOULD SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE NUT SACK.
Buck
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little alien on campus
loud bass isn't. loud bass is good for the soul //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
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you constantly listen to 150-160 dbs? Do you just play test tones?
here's what the doctors say....
What are the effects of noise?
Aging, some drugs, head injuries and too much noise can all cause lasting damage to hearing. This handout discusses the most common type of permanent hearing loss--the loss that results from too much noise.
Frequent exposure to loud or moderately loud noise over a long period of time can damage the soft tissue of the inner ear. Cells and nerves in the inner ear are destroyed by continuous or repeated exposure to loud sounds. If enough cells and nerves are destroyed, hearing is permanently damaged.
Whether noise harms your hearing depends on the loudness, the pitch and the length of time you are exposed to the noise. The loudness of a sound (measured in decibels, or dB) and the length of exposure are related. The louder the sound, the shorter the exposure can be before damage occurs. For example, 8 hours of exposure to 85-dB noise on a daily basis can begin to damage a person's ears over time. Using power tools (at about 100 dB), listening to loud stereo headsets (at about 110 dB), attending a rock concert (at about l20 dB) or hearing a gunshot (at 140 to 170 dB) may damage the hearing of some people after only a few times.
What are the symptoms of noise-induced hearing loss?
One reason people fail to notice the danger of noise is that too much exposure to noise causes few symptoms. Hearing loss is rarely painful. The symptoms are usually vague feelings of pressure or fullness in the ears, speech that seems to be muffled or far away, and a ringing sound in the ears that you notice when you are in quiet places. These symptoms may go away minutes, hours or days after the exposure to noise ends.
People assume that if the symptoms go away, their ears have "bounced back" to normal. This is not really true. Even if there are no more symptoms, some of the cells in the inner ear may have been destroyed by the noise. Your hearing returns to normal if enough healthy cells are left in your inner ear. But you will develop a lasting hearing loss if the noise exposure is repeated and more cells are destroyed.
The first sign of a noise-induced hearing loss is not hearing high-pitched sounds, like the singing of birds, or not understanding speech when in a crowd or an area with a lot of background noise. If the damage goes on, hearing declines further, and lower pitched sounds become hard to understand.
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How can you decide which noises are too loud?
The following signs should be a red flag that the noise around you is too loud:
If you have to shout to be heard above the noise.
If you can't understand someone who is speaking to you from less than 2 feet away.
If a person standing near you can hear sounds from your stereo headset while it is on your head.
What are the effects of noise?
Aging, some drugs, head injuries and too much noise can all cause lasting damage to hearing. This handout discusses the most common type of permanent hearing loss--the loss that results from too much noise.
Frequent exposure to loud or moderately loud noise over a long period of time can damage the soft tissue of the inner ear. Cells and nerves in the inner ear are destroyed by continuous or repeated exposure to loud sounds. If enough cells and nerves are destroyed, hearing is permanently damaged.
Whether noise harms your hearing depends on the loudness, the pitch and the length of time you are exposed to the noise. The loudness of a sound (measured in decibels, or dB) and the length of exposure are related. The louder the sound, the shorter the exposure can be before damage occurs. For example, 8 hours of exposure to 85-dB noise on a daily basis can begin to damage a person's ears over time. Using power tools (at about 100 dB), listening to loud stereo headsets (at about 110 dB), attending a rock concert (at about l20 dB) or hearing a gunshot (at 140 to 170 dB) may damage the hearing of some people after only a few times.
What are the symptoms of noise-induced hearing loss?
One reason people fail to notice the danger of noise is that too much exposure to noise causes few symptoms. Hearing loss is rarely painful. The symptoms are usually vague feelings of pressure or fullness in the ears, speech that seems to be muffled or far away, and a ringing sound in the ears that you notice when you are in quiet places. These symptoms may go away minutes, hours or days after the exposure to noise ends.
People assume that if the symptoms go away, their ears have "bounced back" to normal. This is not really true. Even if there are no more symptoms, some of the cells in the inner ear may have been destroyed by the noise. Your hearing returns to normal if enough healthy cells are left in your inner ear. But you will develop a lasting hearing loss if the noise exposure is repeated and more cells are destroyed.
The first sign of a noise-induced hearing loss is not hearing high-pitched sounds, like the singing of birds, or not understanding speech when in a crowd or an area with a lot of background noise. If the damage goes on, hearing declines further, and lower pitched sounds become hard to understand.
Return to top
How can you decide which noises are too loud?
The following signs should be a red flag that the noise around you is too loud:
If you have to shout to be heard above the noise.
If you can't understand someone who is speaking to you from less than 2 feet away.
If a person standing near you can hear sounds from your stereo headset while it is on your head.
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