Can SPL damage my ears?

[SimonLTZ]

I have about 145-6 DB SPL in my car, and i'm listening in that volume daily. lately i've notice that i my hearing of two things producing sound at the same time is poor.

I mean that if i'm near noisy machine, and someone speaks to me, i can't understand what his telling me.

I can hear him only if he gets realy near me.

What are you say???

Anyone has that problem or expirianced somthing like it?

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[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Obviously...I bet 90% of the people on this forum have lost the hearing atleast a little

 

[jalverson 10+ year member]

i have experianced some hearing loss, just enough to be annoying. But the answer is yes SPL can damage ears //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif really any really loud noise can.

 

[jalverson 10+ year member]

^x2

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

what??!!

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

yep... common sense...

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

English please?

But yes you can, and if you're doing 146 playing music daily you're doing pretty **** good.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

and if you're doing 146 playing music daily

I'm gonna be a hater (Hey, I'm being honest) and say he's not doing that with music... I even doubt he's doing that with a tone... unless he paid a shop ALOT of money... the knowledge just doesn't seem to be there.

No offense to you man (the poster) but I just doubt that you can put together a 146, ESP daily, without knowing that loud noises hurt your ears..

 

[jalverson 10+ year member]

^x2

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

I'm gonna be a hater (Hey, I'm being honest) and say he's not doing that with music... I even doubt he's doing that with a tone... unless he paid a shop ALOT of money... the knowledge just doesn't seem to be there.
No ofense to you man (the poster) but I just doubt that you can put together a 146, ESP daily, without knowing that loud noises hurt your ears..

very true... i bet this is a just a way to let everyone know he hit 146 db's, or atleest thought he did

 

[dejo 10+ year member]

is this like the hair trick, I would like to see a video of someones ears flopping around wildly. but seriously it can definitely damage your hearing, ears Im not sure.

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

yup i cant hear very well sometimes..

 

[SimonLTZ]

What are you talking about...?

It's not so difficult to get that SPL level, and to the funny guy who thinks i wrote it "just to let you know", it's ssoooo not me...

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

What are you talking about...?It's not so difficult to get that SPL level, and to the funny guy who thinks i wrote it "just to let you know", it's ssoooo not me...

Ok, what's your setup, including specifics on your box, what meter, what song/tone did you use?

I know it's not particularly 'hard' to get to that level.... but seriously... how the hell could you not know that's going to effect your hearing?

 

[SimonLTZ]

I knew that it's gonna effecet my hearing, but i didn't realy care about it, not until i started to suffer from it as i mentioned in the First post...

Setup - Old (1995 Production, to be more specific) Infinity 202a Which is the most under-rated amp i know. Rated: 600 Watts bridged into 2 ohms load. I modified it a little by some internal changes (wiring only, not replacing PWM or any other power supply...), 3 12" Subs. 1 L7, 2 CVR's. the CVR's are in a sealed 2 CU/FT , and the L7 is in a sealed 1.7 CU/FT. the Hardest tone of the system is between 35-40 Hz. In the last measurment i hit 147.5 Db, and in a daily song -

" HeartBreaker - Offer Nissim" i got to 144.8 Db.

the cables are 3 sets of 8 and 2 1Farad capacitors. VW Golf, GTI.

Ok, what's your setup, including specifics on your box, what meter, what song/tone did you use?
I know it's not particularly 'hard' to get to that level.... but seriously... how the hell could you not know that's going to effect your hearing?