How many people have hearing problems?

[The Camry]

If you're ears are ringing when you turn down your music. You're losing hearing slowly. It will show in later years

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[Kai Winters 10+ year member]

Some high frequency hearing loss in both ears. My hearing is tested annually because I work in a paper mill so I get a nice graph showing how my hearing is working in a variety of frequencies starting from the baseline when I started in '05.

I think most of my hearing loss came from all the rock concerts I went to in the early 70's...went at least once a week for several years and I was very close to the stage for most of them...I remember my ears ringing for hours after the Deep Purple/Machine Head concert...stood at the stage in front of Blackmore's tower of amps...it was so loud and so awesome.

 

[JonM]

I've lost hearing in the upper frequency range and had ringing in my ears since I was 21. I've listened to really loud music in the gym for 20 plus years and the ringing has gotten a little louder, but my brain tunes most of it out. I don't notice it a whole lot unless its dead silent or I remember that I have it or I get out of my 145db car after playing it full blast. I work on airplane parts and it's fairly loud in the shop. It's hard for me to understand anyone unless there talking loud or standing next to me.

 

[ultimateherts]

So the general consensus is that lower (subwoofer frequencies) do not affect your hearing as much? I would still like to see a longer term studios like say 25 years from now... I know home audio and meditation has all kinds of snake oils geared towards certain frequencies (Synergistic Research).

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[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

15 years of working in the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. That can be painful. Full range noise at 140db plus. I always had the comms so I couldn't use all the ear pro. I got some loss around 2000hz. Not to bad.

Stereo audio should not be painful. Distortion is painful which can come from many things. Even panels flapping.

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Ran **** loud back in my youth. Noticed some hearing loss after a few years so I backed off. Now, 20some years later, I am noticing a pretty steep decline in hearing, plus light ringing. Being older aint helping either. Oh well, **** it. Thats what hearing aids are for.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

Virtually everyone has hearing loss by the age of 30.

 

[shredder1 10+ year member]

Army then IASCA then 15 years running a 25 foot long, 6 bladed component saw... 150 ain't what it used to be!

 

[ultimateherts]

Virtually everyone has hearing loss by the age of 30.

Elaborate please...

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[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

Elaborate please...
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Unless you work in a quiet atomsphere there is a really good chance you have hearing loss..

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

I get hearing test every year at work. No hearing loss out of the normal.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

I get hearing test every year at work. No hearing loss out of the normal.

At one time i looked into it and mine was fine as well. Iirc they have a rate at which the common losses occur over time..

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

I was born with a hearing loss. From about 500hz my hearing slowly slopes at a rate of about -3db till 20Khz. I do have ringing in my ear occasionally.

 

[ultimateherts]

Unless you work in a quiet atomsphere there is a really good chance you have hearing loss..

I still don't follow...30yrs old by many doctors is considered to be in our prime given different factors. Now 20yrs ago not so much. I just don't see how that can be?

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[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

I still don't follow...30yrs old by many doctors is considered to be in our prime given different factors. Now 20yrs ago not so much. I just don't see how that can be?
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Ill find an article. Its more so about exposure limits and output. If you use a grinder almost everyday and don't use hearing protection its going to damage your hearing..

https://www.google.com/search?q=average+hearing+loss+over+time&client=ms-android-att-us&source=android-browser&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjo6ZTy9P_UAhUP5WMKHeL1BOMQ_AUICSgB&biw=360&bih=512#imgrc=0FCHm4PVAevU9M: