It gets worse as you age. I'm 54 and hear ringing all the time now. All of my loud band days were during my teens, 20's and 30's. Never really noticed the damage much then. It comes back to haunt you later, and it cannot be fixed. This is no joke. Take care of your ears.
@@levijessegonzalez3629 Hey bud. Hope your well. They are not very close at all to curing tinnitus through those methods. It could be another 10 years or another 40.
@@TachyBunker I'm sure phase cancellation has been attempted, and a lot of 'tinnitus calming' sound is designed mask what's in your brain. I've experienced it disappearing for a few moments before returning after listening to something at the same frequency.
@@frankturner3000 oh nice. I have subtle tinnitus but if i focus on something else i dont hear it. I'm trying to preserve my ears since a lil kid, was told about how it was irreversible.
I've had tinnitus for so long, I didn't even realize it wasn't normal until I started to read about it. But yeah, I have a permanent high frequency buzz 24/7, fortunately it doesn't bother me at all because I've had it for so long. I'd definitely try and avoid it if you can though folks. Take this guys advice.
I've seen parents bring their kids up to the stage at kids entertainment stuff at holiday resorts and it's so loud that I would not be able to get close to the stage without pain, and there you have half deaf parents damaging their kids ears
I've tried for most of my adult life to talk people into wearing ear protection. I pretty much gave up. After a few live shows as a teen, I couldn't handle the ringing ears. It sucks so bad to get home from a huge venue and try to lay down and get a little rest.....but you can't sleep because of that high-pitched never-ending whine. I just decided very early on to start wearing ear protection when going out to hear music. When I started playing in bands, I would often have my own bandmates ridicule me for wearing plugs during practice. Practicing in a small room with a live drum kit is unbelievably loud, and there's no way I was going to subject myself to that kind of torture. I'm so glad I held my stance and did the best I could to keep my hearing intact. So much of my actual job now revolves around working with sound and mixing for video production - and outside of age, I know I can still make good decisions during production because I can actually hear clearly. Take care of your ears guys. You'll be so glad you did as you get older. If you really LOVE music.....then don't rob yourself of the ability to enjoy it later in life. Just. Wear. Plugs.
This is a good point, that whole thing about "wearing earplugs is for wimps" is very dangerous to keep perpetuating, especially if you're working in music production
I wish I never let my mom raised the television volume to 67% while I was sitting 8 inches away from the TV screen. Five days ago, I sat too close to the television set for 15 minutes straight with really loud music from the TV blasting directly at my right ear, and I didn't know how loud it was until I immediately remembered that this could ultimately cause a permanent hearing loss. So I quickly lowered the volume 15 minutes after the loud exposure, and I instantly noticed a decrease in hearing in my right ear. An hour after the loud exposure, I experienced a tinnitus that is still going on today. I wish I was brave enough to tell my mom to not have raised the volume of the television set too high because now I think I made a huge mistake. I was already experiencing ear problems since a month ago, and this recent incident concerns me a lot. I've already went to many doctor appointments, and I was recently told to wait for my hearing to come back, but it hasn't returned. My parents don't take my ear problems seriously because I've been worrying about it for over a month now, which was the reason why I wasn't brave enough to tell my mom to lower the volume of the television set because I thought she was going to get angry in disbelief. I'm 19 years old, and I'm still very young. I definitely did not deserve to lose my hearing. I always loved my hearing. If I don't get my hearing back in my right ear, then what will I do now? Hearing aids are far too expensive, and I loved listening to music and watching TH-cam videos before I started to experience ear problems. I'm not sure if I'll ever enjoy these activities again.
@@BowserHype27 Don't be too hard on yourself. I also made the mistake of not taking care of my hearing as much as I should have. I was really down on myself when I got tinnitus and didn't know if I could ever enjoy music or sound the same way again. I learned to accept the tinnitus and after a good amount of time you get used to it. Maybe your hearing may come back after giving your hearing some rest. But even if it doesn't come back like it used to, everything will be ok. Just make sure to protect your hearing going forward.
@@icchorist it is super dangerous such as me I love to make and preform music but I also work into electrician work and its sad seeing many not take take of there body. Even such things as wearing a respirator from toxic dust. And especially hearing muffs around loud tools. Its sad to see such preventable things ignored. Because you seem as a "wimp" but only taken serious once something bad happens.
I've personally have had tinnitus I think since I was a child but didn't notice it till I started studying music production, as one of my teachers did a lesson about how important it is to take care of your hearing. 2 years on from having that lesson I've learnt to live with it, and to take as much care as you can while making music, e.g. not making heavy techno kicks for hours on end, and wearing custom ear protection when going to raves and clubs, even though it still makes my ears ring after. However, what helped me was thinking that many other producers and DJs from around the world are going through the same problem, and hopefully one day they will be a solution so we can all hear the sound of silence again.
I've had tinnitus/hyperacusis since childhood too, and it's slowly gotten worse. I play music quietly (compared to others around me), I just can't tolerate their loud music levels. Yet the ringing just gets louder. If a cure ever gets made, I'd pay my life savings for it!!
@@adamgreenhill110 I used to have moderate tinnitus because I played headphones very loud. Then a few months later, it gotten much better. Now at the moment (2 1/2 years later,) I hardly ever notice it at all. Call me crazy but it actually helps me sleep because I find it calming and relaxing.
There's nothing worse than the regret of not taking care of your hearing, as in most cases when it becomes apparent and noticeable it's already too late. Look after your ears people!! The most important tool every producer needs to protect.
As someone with Tinnitus and someone who loves the sound of silence, it's not great. Some days it's not so bad, like it's there but it's tolerable, then other days it really flares up to the point you can't drown it out. I can't remember when it first started happening, but I do miss the sound of silence...
@@justanothernarutofanbeliev9932 I personally use a Fan, as total silence isn't an option if I want to sleep. If I may make a suggestion as it's quite a popular option for people struggling to sleep with Tinnitus, is to play 10hr Sounds of a flowing River, it can almost entirely cover up the Tinnitus it's quite amazing.
I feel your pain. I mainly get flareups if I have been in a loud environment for more than a minute or two, but aside from that, the ringing is pretty much always there. I definitely did not take good care of my hearing as a kid since I often listened to music at loud voiumes while wearing earbuds, and that's probably one of the worst things you can do for your hearing outside of being in extremely loud environments without hearing protection. I have also been to a couple of extremely loud concerts that fucked my hearing up for like two weeks straight, and I'm sure that permanently damaged my hearing in both cases and probably made my tinnitus worse to a degree. There's a trick you can do that aids in relieving tinnitus symptoms temporarily. I recommend looking up a quick video on how to do it since it's kind of hard to explain with words, but basically you just cup your ears with your palms while your fingers are wrapped around the back of your head with the middle fingertips touching, and then you thump your index fingers against the back of your head at the base of the skull where it connects to your spine. You will both hear and feel the thumps inside your head and your ears, and for some reason that seems to reduce the ringing sensation, albeit temporarily. I know that sounds really weird, but it totally works for me and plenty of other people who try it. It comes in handy if you're having flareups or it's keeping you from falling asleep. I always do it just before I lay down in bed or after listening to music. It just helps make flareups more tolerable.
There was a mixing trick I learned called the -12db rule, It is stated that making the track's volume -12db before a drop makes it feel louder, and that is when I realized that is the exact same thing I learned on my own as a child, that taking off the music or turning it down for a bit appeared louder. I don't know how many people missed that and I am sorry. but that is how volume works, and plus. when I am not working on music it seems to me I like everything quieter as well, my video games, youtube or anime is turned down to microscopic levels, I still have my full hearing and I am 22. So a rule of thumb is to never blast your ears because it got quiet. that is your brain tricking you, and you just need a break
I'm 24 and I never had tinitus (except when i go to loud places and i get that high pitch sound) and i like to use IEMs but for some reason my right ear got infected and now i have that sound i'm getting a treatment and is getting quieter but still there and also i work in a call center but i always try to listen to music at night as everything is silent and i can control the volume better
I first experienced tinnitus when I was about 10-12 years old (I'm 19 now). My family took me to many concerts which was awesome, but looking back I wish it would have been some better bands to get tinnitus from. I played drums all my youth, sometimes without ear cups. It's not something people care about because they think it won't affect them and ignorance is bliss. It's Nice to see artists today like Frank Ocean wear ear cups while performing. He makes it look cool and keeps everyone else safe by doing so.
I’m 13 and obsessed with music and in the past 2 years sometimes when it’s quiet and I move my head a certain way or go into a certain room I hear it. At my old house it was so much worse, happening like every 30 minutes, but now it almost never happens. I only listen to music at half volume or lower so Idk how that happened but? Whenever I listen to music above half my ears hurt so I never do. How I (possibly) got tinnitus is a mystery 🤷♀️
@@helen4876 when I first discovered Tinnitus and realised it was a problem was one day in school when one of my friends offered to share ear buds with me. He played at full volume and with an extra add on called boom. The sound was like going to a concert where they moved sheets of metal on a microphone trying to saw the microphone in half while it's plugged in to the full volume speakers. I got shocked and almost fainted but he was listening without a problem. He always did that every day in school. I use sound systems and real headphones because I like low dec sounds so I think I will get what this guy in the video has. I'll save this video in my favorites to keep myself from forgetting.
Always had a slight high pitched ring in my ears since a child and never understood it. I thought it was something everyone hears when it was silent. I'm not sure how It started so young, but this video helped me realize I need to protect my ears to keep it from worsening as I age. Hearing is what gives me the ability to create the art of music and I dont want that art to take away what I need to create it.
Well, to be fair, I think that slight ringing in your ears will happen when it's silent regardless. It's your brain trying to "create" noise because of how silent it is. I would know because I've had that as a child up until now, and I didn't start wearing headphones until years later.
I've had it since very young too but doctors say my hearing is completely fine. So they think is a jaw problem. But I didn't go to check on that because 99% of the time there's no cause or solution for tinnitus. And that'd be more depressing to me...
@@Flashguy4826 yeah I’m only paying attention to it now, but there’s always a ringing for me. I don’t listen to music or anything super loud though, so I doubt I’m doing anything to make it bad
I had a tinnitus scare last year in 2020. I kept hearing a note thanks to hrs of listening to ambient noise with $400 headphones + poor diet. Luckily mine went away in 4-5 weeks of no coffee, zero caffeine & proper diet. I still get anxious everytime I hear those damn notes including in this video.
I've had a constant ringing in my ears ever since I remember existing. It sucks I'll never know what true silence is but since I've grown up with it my brain kinda just tunes it out. It's there always but my brain has learned to overwrite it I guess.
There is such a thing as normal tintutus. Due to blood and fluid rushing in your ears and clogging them sometimes, no one truly knows true silence. If your brain can easily overwrite it, it’s likely normal.
@@moonmoon2479 This isn't self diagnosed though. I went to an actual hearing doctor and they diagnosed me with tinnitus. The ringing is always there it's just that my brain has learned to tune it out unless I'm consciously aware of it. Sort of like when you become aware of your blinking or breathing and you start to manually control it until you forget and things go back to normal. Another similar example is how you can constantly see your nose but your brain erases it unless you're consciously aware of it. If I listen hard enough it gets louder and louder almost to the point where I can't hear anything. It's weird but sometimes it's comforting when I'm in a hectic situation or overwhelmed I can just completely cut out all noise and listen solely to the constant high pitch.
@@MrMisanthrope84 Tell that to the doctor who diagnosed me with tinnitus. Maybe I'm not explaining things clear enough for some people. The ringing is always there and it's not just a high pitch. If you've ever shot a gun without ear protection that basically explains my tinnitus.
I've had tinnitus ever since I can remember. I didn't know that it's abnormal until I got an audiometry done during a health checkup. I never worried about it because i thought everyone had it. I even remember writing the phrase "so silent that my ears started buzzing" in one of my school essays and my teacher was like wtf does that mean😂
Is your pfp from wake up by Kowloon? Or is it somewhere else I remember that pic being from his cover pic for that song , if so you have such good taste
i’m 16 and have been dealing with tinnitus as long as i can remember. i started playing guitar the past few years and for some reason thought it would be smart to play as loud as i could go cover my tinnitus. that definitely just made it endlessly worse. so yeah, definitely be as safe as you can around loud noises, tinnitus is torturous and endless. (i have the louder ringing that literally never stops, i’ve never experienced a second of silence in my conscious life)
Yo same, I hear like a constant white noise on my right ear and just barely on my left. It messes with me since I am a producer, I sometimes think its my audio.
@@Lg3-Snow yes. Avoid anything which is really loud. Despite what is said in the video about it being ok to listen to loud music for a short period of time, it's safer to just not listen to deafeningly loud music, or sound in gerneral
My tinnitus started when I made custom music for other people. I'm easily overwhelmed so I felt an immense amount of pressure, in addition I'm a perfectionist so I worked on those songs for hours and hours with headphones. To deal with the stress, I listened to loud music in my free time. I knew I should've rested my ears, but i just couldn't resist listening to music. That's when I heard this mechanical noise in my ears, I was so fucking scared. That noise disappeared, but I've had a tinnitus ever since. Sometimes it's better sometimes it's worse. I try to mix as little with headphones as possible, but i have to take more breaks now.
Also I’d like to say this. It’s a Damn shame that you younger party goers have to resort to wearing ear plugs ( I never have but can only imagine it dampens the experience of listening to loud music somewhat) as if the clubs had the speaker systems set up properly with quality gear you wouldn’t damage your ears. Case in point - the ministry of sound - when in its hay day (mid to late 90’s) the main room sound system was literally awesome. It was so good that you could stand in the middle of the room and feel the bass going through your body yet still be able to speak to the person next you without shouting their ear off. It was like having a warm cuddle of bass, the sound in there was astonishingly good, the system was one of the finest I have ever witnessed - props to the engineers at MoS back then. Quality. The pills were pretty good too.
I don't understand your comment yet. Does sound loudness damage hearing or improper tuning of sound? Did sound system back in your day not damage hearing due to them being set up properly, albeit still loud? Or were they at just the right loudness? Thanks for elaborating.
The point is, when you have your system/space set up properly, you don't need to push it so loud, because it sounds amazing and exhilarating even at lower volumes. No need to compensate for lack of quality with quantity. That doesn't mean that if pushed too loud, your ears won't get damaged. Too many decibels and your hearing will suffer no matter the "quality".
Actually recently I've been hearing a slight ringing in my ears when it's quiet... but only if I tilt my head a certain way. As someone who loves to listen to music on relatively loud volume, and who wants to pursue music production in the future, it's a little concerning😅😅
im 18, i've been to a few different doctors and my last visit they didn't see anything, sadly i think i have this, whenever i touch my ears mainly my left ear it feels very congested and plugged and when i talk it feels like i just yawned 24/7 so strange i finally came across a video about this it's very helpfull
I blast my music, or just generally anything through my headphones all day because school and I'm surrounded by noise a lot of the time (siblings/parents) and I'm 14. I know this is a sign but still 😔
Man I hate it when people make annoying noise like that too. Try find a library to go to or any quiet place you can find I guess :/ It's not too late for you at such a young age surely!
I’m 14 too. I’ve used headphones and headsets with loud volumes since 6th grade. God do I regret that now. I have the exact 7k ringing that this video referenced. The constant anxiety I get whenever I’m around loud noises is terrible. Not to mention the foreboding thought that it’s only going to get worse. Please take care of yourself.
@@mmklthn I’m in 6th grade and I got etd last week from my cold flu now I’m using my headphone to block noises The nearest library from my house is not that nice because it’s very noisy and it’s located in a building where they play badminton and some other stuffs:(
I’ve had tinnitus my whole life, with a consistent high pitched ringing in the background when it’s silent. The worst times however are when the ringing isn’t so obvious but when, what I can only describe as murmuring whispers, are present.
I've been into experimental stuff and harsh/rhythmic noise music for a long time and I even started my own project several years ago. Of course, it basically exists for loud listening. I didn't worry about my hearing much, I got either ringing or low-frequency noises after a gig or a loud listen, but they went away really quickly (and aren't much of a concern if they do). However after one gig it lasted pretty much for the whole day and that's when I decided to buy IEMs for playing gigs and cut down on the volume and/or durations. My hearing is still quite good and I can hear more frequencies than people at my age typically do, but maybe I just got lucky. Not going to risk anymore though.
I found out, and became aware, that I had tinnitus like... 4 years ago. It gave me constant panic and anxiety attacks because I was not in control of it, and that was my whole anxiety reason to be... anxious. To not have control. I suffered about 5 months like this and eventually I became used to it. It wasn't easy. In my case I believe it's something biological, not cause by loud sounds. My gf listen to really loud music and I'm hoping your testimony and mine may make her reflect on what she's doing. Thanks for sharing, very instering video
much needed 👏👏 i listen to my online lectures in loud voice. also loud music. ive alwyas been feeling like im losing my hearing. i would ask people to repeat themselves as it was hard to decipher what they're saying (even before covid). eh sucks. i should take care of my precious ears. like i think it was last week when my ears were hurting soo damn baddd!!
I've had tinnitus since a kid, it's in the higher frequencies though. maybe 14khz - 16khz area... it's not too loud though and it's not really annoying either. but I don't want to make it worse lol
It gets easier, as long as you continue to take care of your ears. Remember, these are the only ones we got! Stretching, massage, yoga, and mediation are all things that helped me. I’m sure that everyone has their own methods, but there is relief!
I can't remember for how long I've been sulfuring with tinnitus.. When I was young, I used to think that everybody has it lol. So whats the best part is that I really have learned to live with it. The saddest part is that I can't experience things like "listening to silence" and stuff while meditating or trying to relax. When I close my eyes and breathe it goes rinnnnnnngg. The more I pay attention to it the louder it gets... so I just have to play a song or murmur something to make it silent for some seconds and then again it comes...
I learned about tinnitus around a year ago and I’ve gotten so paranoid now of loud sounds. I’ve put a decibel limiter on my phone, started wearing good hearing protection when using power tools, noise canceling headphones, measure decibels when I feel like something is too loud, etc. I still however have the occasional loud demonic screeching/ bellowing noise in either my left or right ear and always have this static noise when it’s silent… I still don’t understand how I even managed to get tinnitus in the first place tbh I’m only 17 and haven’t ever gone to loud concerts or done anything damaging except maybe using power tools without hearing protection occasionally.
my entire life i have heard the odd ring every so often that fades out pretty quick, happened maybe once every few months. it was only until the past year since i have heard it up to 2-3 times a week and can last up to a minute is what has made me super cautious. i stopped listening to loud music or loud stuff in general years ago, but now im SUPER cautious.
@@RetroPlus Yes, I've learnt my lessons and always tell other producers to be careful with the volume. I've done some hearing test which shows around -6db dip at 7K.
I’ve always had that 😵💫 I thought the ringing was normal. I’ve had it so long, I only hear it when I concentrate on it. Then it’s maddening because I can’t unhear it for a while lol.
I played in a metal band for over 10 years and never wore ear plugs in rehearsals or live, after we ended I had ringing in my ears for 5 years. It has now relatively gone now though thankfully
Nice Nathan. Watch out for PowerTools- FireTrucks and Loud Harleys in traffic. It often does not take much for that shit to come back permanently and with a Vengence. Especially when you hit 50. That’s when most people seem to pay the price for the past. I’m hoping there is a cure by the time a lot of the younger crowd gets hit with it due to age. I don’t wish my living hell on anyone.
i was designing sound for a play back in the analog days. the play was Dracula and so i spent hours at home culling through all this romantic organ music on vinyl (Camille Saint-Saens, Cesar Franck, etc.) for bits to loot. several times during the night i raced downstairs from my bedroom to find out who snuck in my house and put one of the records on . . . because i ~heard~ it being played downstairs and would have sworn it was actually happening, so much that checking once was not enough. that incident taught me a LOT about ears and hearing. to this day i now carry earplugs everywhere. thanks for this public service announcement.
There's some random nights where I don't hear a buzzing, as people describe, but I hear more like a humming sound, something very similar to how a truck sounds in the distance. I got it when I was very young, and every now and then I hear it again.
due to living in a single hotel room with my parents i had to blast static as loud as possible every night for seven months. sometimes multiple days in a row when my dad slept all day snoring. ive had a lot of ear problems the past few months. infections. ringing worse than my usual tinnitus. aching. hearing loss. hearing cloggedness. now im trying not to have a breakdown at 4am lol now im sleeping on the bathroom floor so i dont wear earbuds to bed anymore at least. i hope my hair follicles heal. ive had trouble hearing lower frequencies :( this video made me realize i only hear ringing in my right ear. that ear also has worse hearing than my left in seemingly all frequencies. my left ear was the infected one funnily enough. i hear the super high pitched 7kz or whatever one. it sucks. even more now that ive realized its only in one ear.
I've had tinnitus my whole life, it has never bothered me and I forget I have it unless I think about it. The only thing I wish is to know what complete silence sounds like (or what it doesnt sound like) I'll never know I guess.
I got a tinnitus on my right ear when I was in army. My right ear hear less high frequency than my left ear and it sounds dull and the 24/7 buzz makes me crazy especially in the night. It makes me less creative because I always fear my hearing loss whenever I sit in-front of my monitor speakers. I always tell my dj friends to wear ear plug whenever they are in the club but they don’t take this seriously until they experience. Yeah take this guy’s advice fellas and please happy mixing
I am born with hearing problems and my hearing is different than how normal people hear. I wear hearing aids to hear sounds that i cant hear (low & high pitch). Honestly i was embarrassed wearing hearing aids when i was young because I was the only student in elementary class who had difficulty in hearing and students would stare at my ears. Imagine students touch your hearing aids and some asked what is that “things” in your ears. I realize that we are always curious so i told them the things in my ear are hearing aids to hear better. Then students stopped bugging me and started respecting me. As i grew older i started to get hang of reading lips when people talks.
I have a -15dB dim on my phone MP3 player and I never monitor full-blast (or even more than half-blast) for more than a solid sixty seconds at a time for exactly these reasons. I actually think it's easier to produce and hear the transients more accurately if you monitor at low settings.
I used to constantly listen to music on the highest volume possible for years and didn’t realise it was a problem until I noticed this static sort of sound in my ears, I was hoping it will go away since I’m still relatively young but I’m not so sure since it’s considered incurable. So I might just have to live with it for the rest of my life, which is especially sad since I really like complete silence
A good excersize to help it is to keep your mouth closef while your jaw is also closed, then put your fingers un your ears and then without moving your mouth or jaw at all try to do some "mmm" sounds for sustained periodo like 20- 30 sec (it Will Be like a Mongolia chantic) it will vibe and kinda estimulante the little bones inside your ears. Also put some hot-warm wáter inside your ears once a week. This helped overcome a tinnitus generated by music production for long periods of time. The key is the time exposure, never over do It for more than 20 min without giving a short rest to the ears, and never more than 2 hours un day. You can always try to produce music without exact loudness.
I have tinnitus that I hear all the time and as a double whammy I have something called visual snow which is like a light static over my vision. I live my life through a CRT tv. The static can get really annoying on surfaces that are more uniform. All in all, pretty annoying.
Dang that really sucks. I hate things like that, that are just slight and constant annoyances. I looked at the sun during an eclipse once and now I've got a really small eclipse shaped black spot in vision that isn't always noticeable, but can sometimes get really annoying.
0:44 , i have that for almost 12 years 24/7 due to a car accident , thankfully it didn’t actually bothered me , i got used to it . the human body will be able to adapt quickly . and almost i don’t notice it until i focus on it .
I have pulsatile tinnitus. Different from common tinnitus, such as low or high constant noises caused by direct damage to the earlobe, mine is caused by a defect on the venous pathways near my left ear. it's like someone is making a woosh sound on your ear, which is synchronous with your heartbeat, as what you're hearing is your heart pumping blood. my heart goes out to everyone out there that suffers from this and any other kind of tinnitus, may we all find relief and get accustomed to it, since in most cases, there's no magic pill to fix it all.
I have tinnitus ever since a child and for me, it's good especially when I'm bored. Even catalog different sound of it. Doesn't even think of it in a bad way
It's really challenging because I work in a high traffic zone with constant constuction. It's on my mind all of the time and I wonder what the long term effects will be for entire communities. I'm hoping that one day there will be laws set for noise pollution.
I’ve realized that the more I think about tinnitus the more I hear it. If I actively choose not to pay attention to it then it gets drowned out. Took me time. It’s weird. Won’t work for everyone. Works for me so far.
I hear that high pitch noise…. I been thinking that maybe I’m starting to go deaf or something…. Idky this popped in the recommended but I’m kinda glad it did
I used to blast my headphones so loud you could perfectly make out the lyrics from across the room and I’m sure I’m slowly going deaf on my right ear. Why that one specifically? Because I play the piano and I only used one earphone when playing by ear. I only noticed it recently at 25 and it’s honestly scary. I love music and I don’t wanna grow up old without my hearing, so I’ve finally decided to take care of it.
I'm 21 and have tinnitus. I believe ive had it since I was 17 I wanna say, possibly before. It's really loud honestly, in both ears all the time. 24/7. Just a constant high-pitch ringing.
hey I mean Will I am gave me the best advice on how to deal with tinnitus. "You can't fix it but you can ignore without making it worse, just turn the TV up". To this day I sleep with a fan on full blast at night and my headphones on no higher than 70%, If I'm watching something it'll more that likely be through Speakers.
I started it this year. A part of it comes from ranging my teeth. Part if from listening sopranos screaming at my ears. From a time, I was crazy. But you eventually get used to it. But do not overuse you ears, they deserve better
Thanks for reminding me to buy new ear plugs! had a couple but they were really uncomfortable and I only where them a couple of times. When i was in the netherlands on some Rawstyle events and I experienced a bass face the first time I remembered that I wanted new ones.
Exactly what happened to me as well everything you said about raving, headphones. Using headphones, I can't even wear headphones anymore. Ears got better with a huge break but then lot of high sounds became irritating. Quiet sounds became loud, And my resistance to sound isn't as good. Much better now though but the damage has been done... When its quiet I DO sometimes hear what you point out in the video in the top range. Have to see an audiologist. Even know I think what I've done has cured it or made it much better. Like one point when traffic sound would irritate me, Only thing I could associate it with? Why Hyperacusis that is what I was feeling like on a day to day basis for about 3 years... Even music I listen to now isn't as bright anyway. Drum N Bass styles aren't like say bright piercing FM sounds.. I can't handle it...
Cramming in small rooms. Sitting at the drunkit in front of multiple stacks from the age 16-23 without earplugs....my ringing is slightly lower than the ring you put in your video. Before you mentioned it, I thought mine was flairing up like it does every once in a while. Glad it wasn't me 😉
Well, I thought it was normal and everyone was hearing that sound. But I don't really notice it if I don't think about staying in silence or just listening in silence. I'm that kind of person that listen to music while doing homework and at some point I'm so focused that I don't hear the music anymore, so I'm not surprised I don't notice that sound. I hope this video doesn't make me think about this too much.
I damaged my hearing in March with an HDMI audio extractor. I turned it on and the sound that blasted out of my headphones was the loudest thing I've ever heard. I now have a constant hiss in both my ears and a quiet whistle in one, my high frequency hearing is ruined, music sounds like crap, and I'll never hear silence again. My worst ear has a 45 decibel loss. Anyone who sees this: NEVER test new audio equipment with your headphones on. Take care of yourselves.
Time is very important in this case, you can enjoy music loud, but not for a long period of time. I worked as sound/light tech for some years and played in bands for some more. I'm so glad it didnt affect my hearing (got it tested this spring, still 100%, much to my suprise), but there were days when I heard that 4-7khz noise after rehearsal or concerts because i was so stupid to not wear protection.
I got tinnitus when i was 12 or a bit older, after having a cold. Now i'm 24 and i still hear it, i think it's gotten a bit worse since then. I am so scared that it will get so bad to the point I can't lead a normal life.
This video came into my recommended a few weeks ago. I watched a few minutes and then said to myself ''I don't care I cant stop listening to music loud with my earphones on'' literally a few days later the ringing started. Now I'm struggling to sleep because of it. Kind of feels like god warned me and I made my choice.
I have Tinnitus since more than half a year. But I am also convinced that I dont hear some high frequencies For a week I have noticed a small loss of hearing in the right ear And it's not for listening to loud music I have inflamed my ears and my doctors are useless They are unable to treat my ears Hearing medicine is extremely stuck, progress is practically nil Hearing problems will only get worse and worse It's very frustrating 😔
I’ve had Tinnitus my entire waking life. Even in my earliest memories. It’s high pitched, a lot like that 7kHz example. I wish it was the low frequency one you have. I wish so badly there was a cure.
I don't have tinnitus but when my son was a baby and screamed in the night i heard waves and ringing in my ear whenever he screamed. That was terrible and I thought I was going to lose my hearing
I have a fear of losing any of my senses so I tried to the best of my ability to listen to the warnings that said it was too loud but my hearing is still a bit jacked up.
I first found out I had tinnitus 6 years ago, honestly at a certain point your brain starts to compensate for it and factor it out of you consciousness. I can go months now without noticing it, it's just constant background noise for me. Make sure to avoid it getting worse, but there is hope
@@nihilitys I want to say about 3 years in, i had a few relapses where it really bothered me after that point too, they stopped about 2 years ago (so i'd completely adjusted 4 years after having it). I don't remember what complete silence feels like anymore, but that doesn't bother me.
Don't blast music on headphones/earphones. Just increase volume until you can somewhat enjoy the music. Especially if listening for extended periods of time. You'll even get used to the lower volume. Also be sure to have good isolating headphones/earbuds when in noisy environments (such as on the train/bus). This mays sound patronizing but it's actually what I've been doing all my life until now. Almost 30 and no problems (yet).
Thanks for making this video, man. It wasn't until I developed tinnitus a couple years ago that I realized how prevalent it is. Earplugs are definitely important!
The fact that through depression I used to heal myself with loud music, but now that I have almost complete hearing loss in my left ear, really makes me emotional. Whenever there's complete silence, or even when I'm listening to something and paying attention to the noise, it hits me. When you played the ringing sound I just laughed as I knew that I was hopeless, cause my ringing noise is even louder. And to those who are young, I'm only 18y old. It's unreal how it can happen fast.
Sorry to hear that. You're young but know there's lot of research on going for a cure so you might not experience it for ever. Research FX-322 for example
Sorry to hear. I am not as bad as you, I just have a slight ring in my right ear that I've had all my life, but when I feel like shit about it I remember that Brian Wilson made Pet Sounds while 96% deaf in one ear. Beautiful album.
@@Suba932 @Suba @Suba Thanks for your help, I love the energy, sometimes I just don't notice I'm almost deaf until it's shocking, I got used to it. For example, when hearing enemies footsteps on videogames or trying to figure out irl where the hell is the sound coming from, I get confused too easily. And what's really concerning is that my right ear is slowly becoming the same as the left one. As I'm in love with music and I myself try to make music, it makes me very sad. I'll research on FX-322 after. Thank you.
I used to listen to loud music too, but not so much for depression but instead for when I was frustrated and angry, and I had no other means of channeling it. When I was 17 (I'm 20), I eventually noticed that I had recently lost a significant amount of hearing capability in the sub-bass area. You don't realize it, but those frequencies are used so much in music and provide so much color to the listening experience - it gives it this certain warmth to it. Before that, I'd always hum the bass line while listening to music, whereas most people do the melody. All music since has been, maybe, roughly 20% less enjoyable to listen to, but I've expanded what music I listen to and have focused on other aspects of the music to sort of adapt. Now I'm more interested in vocal music, and try and use my mild theory knowledge to try and analyze stuff and it's provided a deeper appreciation for music, and I've somewhat rekindled my enjoyment. Sometimes, I get a slight glimpse at that deep bass, but it's gotten slightly worse since. My left ear is also about 5% less sensitive than my right, which is quite a bother. I don't have any tinnitus, but I do get the brief ~10 second long bit of it now and then. Wish I could hug you - it's a sad thing.
I usually set my volume at around half volume (using earphones) becuz I'm used to that being my default volume settings. And when its night time, the silence makes the normal default setting sound like its loud. So I lower it even more during the silence of night
Wait... For real? Same? My work place now is kinda, well, yeah, not that great, and I don't get along with most of them. I'd wear earpiece and made those unseen bcs it would be rude for the others if they knew I'd mute them. But, i can't help it. I listen to music for aprox five hours. I feel scared now bcs I knew that my left ear isn't as good as before... Perhaps we should stop our habits. But, what do I do if I get fed up with people around me? (I can't quit, it's complicated). Anyone have some advice?
Thanks for sharing, I'm 19 as of now and I'v been listening to Music way to loud for way to long - I love music so much, but I'll keep this in mind from now on. I appreciate you saving me from your / that kind of fate.
That’s good. My brother got a tinnitus scare but it ended up being a ear infection that lasted a month. During that time I research tinnitus and ever sense I’ve been being carful with the volume of things
You might have saved me. I'm currently 16 and i love to listen to loud music. I listen to music 24/7 and most of the time it's loud. So thank you for saving my hearing. :))
im 16 and ive been listening to loud music with my earphones for at least 3 years now (most times i go out basically), i have frequent ear pain which doesnt seem to be going away. sometimes the pressure in my ears is really messed up too. DONT MESS UP LIKE I DID, TURN THAT MUSIC DOWN!
Important message: you NEED to get a hearing test if you have tinnitus, especially unilateral tinnitus. Even if there’s a 90% likelihood it’s from noise exposure, there’s a chance it’s from a brain tumor.
@@528hrtz tinnitus isn’t a known a side effect of the vaccine. However I’ve had many of my patients reporting tinnitus after having COVID, but nobody has reported onset of tinnitus after the vaccine. In fact, any virus has the possibility of causing tinnitus/hearing loss.
@@vh3914 I’m assuming that means you have a slight or mild hearing loss. The tinnitus could be secondary to the hearing loss (which is extremely common). If you want to investigate it further, schedule an appointment with an ENT Physician. They will be able to order an MRI if needed.
About 70% of my patients have tinnitus, so I’ll share what I typically tell them during counseling. We don’t know exactly why tinnitus exists, but this is the main theory behind tinnitus induced by noise exposure: in our inner ears, we have little hair cells that are responsible for picking up different frequencies. Some for lows, some for mids, and some for highs. The hair cells responsible for picking up the highest pitches are the closest to the outside world, and therefore are the most vulnerable. Similar to phantom limb syndrome, in that when a person loses a limb, they might still feel like it’s there - the theory is that when those hair cells are exposed to noise and start to die, the brain still feels like there needs to be stimulation, so it creates it’s own in the form of tinnitus. If the damage is to the hair cells responsible for high pitches, tinnitus is typically high pitched sounding. Same for mids and lows. A few things: •Both “tin-i-tus” and “tin-eye-tus” are acceptable pronunciations •You can have tinnitus without having hearing loss, but the majority of people with tinnitus do have some degree of hearing loss •Get your hearing tested. Even if it’s normal, it’s good to get a baseline, so if something changes, any hearing loss can be tracked over time. •Invest in some good custom earplugs. $300 can help save your hearing. •99% of the time everything’s okay, but unilateral (one sided) tinnitus is a red flag for something possibly more serious, so really, please get your hearing tested. •There’s no “cure” for tinnitus, but so many things can reduce the amount of stress is causes (avoid silence, get a sound machine/sound apps, CBT, hearing aids if necessary, and reduce alcohol/caffeine/sugar intake) Source: I’m about 6 months out from completing my doctorate in audiology (the study of hearing and balance), and I am currently doing my clinical fellowship. For legal purposes this isn’t medical advice etc etc
I had no idea one sided tinnitus could be anything other than annoying. I guess I'll have to get that checked sometime in the future when I have money and health insurance.
It gets worse as you age. I'm 54 and hear ringing all the time now. All of my loud band days were during my teens, 20's and 30's. Never really noticed the damage much then. It comes back to haunt you later, and it cannot be fixed. This is no joke. Take care of your ears.
They're getting very close to hearing implants and stem cell regeneration for hearing. There's hope
Wow. At first I thought it was me who wrote this comment.
Yeah- perfectly said.
Everyone’s a savage until they hit 50- Then its all about payback.
@@levijessegonzalez3629 Hey bud. Hope your well.
They are not very close at all to curing tinnitus through those methods.
It could be another 10 years or another 40.
@@billyarsenault1970 interesting. sources?
@@levijessegonzalez3629 Yeah: "they're getting close," so don't worry about it.
that 7k felt wonderful! completely cancelled out my tinnitus for a moment!
Is that real? It could be revolutionary?
@@TachyBunker I'm sure phase cancellation has been attempted, and a lot of 'tinnitus calming' sound is designed mask what's in your brain. I've experienced it disappearing for a few moments before returning after listening to something at the same frequency.
@@frankturner3000 oh nice. I have subtle tinnitus but if i focus on something else i dont hear it. I'm trying to preserve my ears since a lil kid, was told about how it was irreversible.
@@frankturner3000 There's a technique of stimulating the back of the skull, by tapping, and it stops it for a little bit. Search it up and try it.
Aw
I've had tinnitus for so long, I didn't even realize it wasn't normal until I started to read about it. But yeah, I have a permanent high frequency buzz 24/7, fortunately it doesn't bother me at all because I've had it for so long. I'd definitely try and avoid it if you can though folks. Take this guys advice.
Same! Had it since I was a young child and I thought everyone did and it was just the sound of silence lmaoo
I literally only now found out I have Tinnitus?
I mean well, I doesn't bother me so I will probably forget in 10min lmao
Same
@@jdmmi yeah ive had this since childhood, really high pitched. I used to notice is when getting into the car on a quiet day.
@@maxderholzrusse7301 litterally the exact same here
I don't think I've ever heard real silence? When I was little I thought hearing a soft hum was normal when it's quiet.
Same! And i still hope for someone tell me that is normal to hear that when is total silence lol
@@DestroyerOfWeebs if it’s in your house it could just be aircon. But naw. But if it’s actually completely silent you will hear your own body.
I've seen parents bring their kids up to the stage at kids entertainment stuff at holiday resorts and it's so loud that I would not be able to get close to the stage without pain, and there you have half deaf parents damaging their kids ears
I'm 23 I thought this was normal
yknow when you put a shell on your ear and you can hear the sea? its just you hearing your blood
I've tried for most of my adult life to talk people into wearing ear protection. I pretty much gave up. After a few live shows as a teen, I couldn't handle the ringing ears. It sucks so bad to get home from a huge venue and try to lay down and get a little rest.....but you can't sleep because of that high-pitched never-ending whine. I just decided very early on to start wearing ear protection when going out to hear music. When I started playing in bands, I would often have my own bandmates ridicule me for wearing plugs during practice. Practicing in a small room with a live drum kit is unbelievably loud, and there's no way I was going to subject myself to that kind of torture. I'm so glad I held my stance and did the best I could to keep my hearing intact. So much of my actual job now revolves around working with sound and mixing for video production - and outside of age, I know I can still make good decisions during production because I can actually hear clearly. Take care of your ears guys. You'll be so glad you did as you get older. If you really LOVE music.....then don't rob yourself of the ability to enjoy it later in life. Just. Wear. Plugs.
This is a good point, that whole thing about "wearing earplugs is for wimps" is very dangerous to keep perpetuating, especially if you're working in music production
I wish I never let my mom raised the television volume to 67% while I was sitting 8 inches away from the TV screen. Five days ago, I sat too close to the television set for 15 minutes straight with really loud music from the TV blasting directly at my right ear, and I didn't know how loud it was until I immediately remembered that this could ultimately cause a permanent hearing loss. So I quickly lowered the volume 15 minutes after the loud exposure, and I instantly noticed a decrease in hearing in my right ear. An hour after the loud exposure, I experienced a tinnitus that is still going on today. I wish I was brave enough to tell my mom to not have raised the volume of the television set too high because now I think I made a huge mistake. I was already experiencing ear problems since a month ago, and this recent incident concerns me a lot. I've already went to many doctor appointments, and I was recently told to wait for my hearing to come back, but it hasn't returned. My parents don't take my ear problems seriously because I've been worrying about it for over a month now, which was the reason why I wasn't brave enough to tell my mom to lower the volume of the television set because I thought she was going to get angry in disbelief. I'm 19 years old, and I'm still very young. I definitely did not deserve to lose my hearing. I always loved my hearing. If I don't get my hearing back in my right ear, then what will I do now? Hearing aids are far too expensive, and I loved listening to music and watching TH-cam videos before I started to experience ear problems. I'm not sure if I'll ever enjoy these activities again.
@@BowserHype27 Don't be too hard on yourself. I also made the mistake of not taking care of my hearing as much as I should have. I was really down on myself when I got tinnitus and didn't know if I could ever enjoy music or sound the same way again. I learned to accept the tinnitus and after a good amount of time you get used to it. Maybe your hearing may come back after giving your hearing some rest. But even if it doesn't come back like it used to, everything will be ok. Just make sure to protect your hearing going forward.
@@icchorist it is super dangerous such as me I love to make and preform music but I also work into electrician work and its sad seeing many not take take of there body. Even such things as wearing a respirator from toxic dust. And especially hearing muffs around loud tools. Its sad to see such preventable things ignored. Because you seem as a "wimp" but only taken serious once something bad happens.
When would you wear ear plugs in a day? Only when there are loud noises or more often than that?
I've personally have had tinnitus I think since I was a child but didn't notice it till I started studying music production, as one of my teachers did a lesson about how important it is to take care of your hearing. 2 years on from having that lesson I've learnt to live with it, and to take as much care as you can while making music, e.g. not making heavy techno kicks for hours on end, and wearing custom ear protection when going to raves and clubs, even though it still makes my ears ring after. However, what helped me was thinking that many other producers and DJs from around the world are going through the same problem, and hopefully one day they will be a solution so we can all hear the sound of silence again.
One day, my man, one day...
I felt that making techno kicks for hours in my soul
Too long bro
I've had tinnitus/hyperacusis since childhood too, and it's slowly gotten worse. I play music quietly (compared to others around me), I just can't tolerate their loud music levels. Yet the ringing just gets louder.
If a cure ever gets made, I'd pay my life savings for it!!
@@adamgreenhill110 I used to have moderate tinnitus because I played headphones very loud. Then a few months later, it gotten much better. Now at the moment (2 1/2 years later,) I hardly ever notice it at all. Call me crazy but it actually helps me sleep because I find it calming and relaxing.
There's nothing worse than the regret of not taking care of your hearing, as in most cases when it becomes apparent and noticeable it's already too late. Look after your ears people!! The most important tool every producer needs to protect.
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I’m thankful that I always got irritated by loud noise since I was a child. I’ve avoiding so much unnecessary ear damage because of it.
@@bigsmall2842 Yeah I’m 13 and I hate very loud noises
I think we need to protect our vision more. Vision is way more important than hearing.
Same goes for teeth.
Clean your teeth kids!!!
As someone with Tinnitus and someone who loves the sound of silence, it's not great. Some days it's not so bad, like it's there but it's tolerable, then other days it really flares up to the point you can't drown it out.
I can't remember when it first started happening, but I do miss the sound of silence...
Sometimes the ringing sound is so fucking loud that I can't sleep
@@justanothernarutofanbeliev9932 I personally use a Fan, as total silence isn't an option if I want to sleep. If I may make a suggestion as it's quite a popular option for people struggling to sleep with Tinnitus, is to play 10hr Sounds of a flowing River, it can almost entirely cover up the Tinnitus it's quite amazing.
I feel your pain. I mainly get flareups if I have been in a loud environment for more than a minute or two, but aside from that, the ringing is pretty much always there. I definitely did not take good care of my hearing as a kid since I often listened to music at loud voiumes while wearing earbuds, and that's probably one of the worst things you can do for your hearing outside of being in extremely loud environments without hearing protection. I have also been to a couple of extremely loud concerts that fucked my hearing up for like two weeks straight, and I'm sure that permanently damaged my hearing in both cases and probably made my tinnitus worse to a degree.
There's a trick you can do that aids in relieving tinnitus symptoms temporarily. I recommend looking up a quick video on how to do it since it's kind of hard to explain with words, but basically you just cup your ears with your palms while your fingers are wrapped around the back of your head with the middle fingertips touching, and then you thump your index fingers against the back of your head at the base of the skull where it connects to your spine. You will both hear and feel the thumps inside your head and your ears, and for some reason that seems to reduce the ringing sensation, albeit temporarily.
I know that sounds really weird, but it totally works for me and plenty of other people who try it. It comes in handy if you're having flareups or it's keeping you from falling asleep. I always do it just before I lay down in bed or after listening to music. It just helps make flareups more tolerable.
There was a mixing trick I learned called the -12db rule, It is stated that making the track's volume -12db before a drop makes it feel louder, and that is when I realized that is the exact same thing I learned on my own as a child, that taking off the music or turning it down for a bit appeared louder. I don't know how many people missed that and I am sorry. but that is how volume works, and plus. when I am not working on music it seems to me I like everything quieter as well, my video games, youtube or anime is turned down to microscopic levels, I still have my full hearing and I am 22.
So a rule of thumb is to never blast your ears because it got quiet. that is your brain tricking you, and you just need a break
Thank you
Mad, Thanks mate
I'm 24 and I never had tinitus (except when i go to loud places and i get that high pitch sound) and i like to use IEMs but for some reason my right ear got infected and now i have that sound i'm getting a treatment and is getting quieter but still there and also i work in a call center but i always try to listen to music at night as everything is silent and i can control the volume better
Same for me! I often go below 10% volume when everyone else I know pretty much always goes straight to 100%
yoo thats genius
I first experienced tinnitus when I was about 10-12 years old (I'm 19 now). My family took me to many concerts which was awesome, but looking back I wish it would have been some better bands to get tinnitus from. I played drums all my youth, sometimes without ear cups. It's not something people care about because they think it won't affect them and ignorance is bliss.
It's Nice to see artists today like Frank Ocean wear ear cups while performing. He makes it look cool and keeps everyone else safe by doing so.
I’m 13 and obsessed with music and in the past 2 years sometimes when it’s quiet and I move my head a certain way or go into a certain room I hear it. At my old house it was so much worse, happening like every 30 minutes, but now it almost never happens. I only listen to music at half volume or lower so Idk how that happened but? Whenever I listen to music above half my ears hurt so I never do. How I (possibly) got tinnitus is a mystery 🤷♀️
@@helen4876 when I first discovered Tinnitus and realised it was a problem was one day in school when one of my friends offered to share ear buds with me. He played at full volume and with an extra add on called boom. The sound was like going to a concert where they moved sheets of metal on a microphone trying to saw the microphone in half while it's plugged in to the full volume speakers.
I got shocked and almost fainted but he was listening without a problem. He always did that every day in school. I use sound systems and real headphones because I like low dec sounds so I think I will get what this guy in the video has. I'll save this video in my favorites to keep myself from forgetting.
@@tobiasa9071 interesting, I just randomly started getting ringing one day. But yeah, it’s crazy how many people aren’t aware of it
a band like TOOL
Always had a slight high pitched ring in my ears since a child and never understood it. I thought it was something everyone hears when it was silent. I'm not sure how It started so young, but this video helped me realize I need to protect my ears to keep it from worsening as I age. Hearing is what gives me the ability to create the art of music and I dont want that art to take away what I need to create it.
Well, to be fair, I think that slight ringing in your ears will happen when it's silent regardless. It's your brain trying to "create" noise because of how silent it is. I would know because I've had that as a child up until now, and I didn't start wearing headphones until years later.
same
Tinnitus isn't always caused by ear damage
I've had it since very young too but doctors say my hearing is completely fine. So they think is a jaw problem. But I didn't go to check on that because 99% of the time there's no cause or solution for tinnitus. And that'd be more depressing to me...
@@Flashguy4826 yeah I’m only paying attention to it now, but there’s always a ringing for me. I don’t listen to music or anything super loud though, so I doubt I’m doing anything to make it bad
I had a tinnitus scare last year in 2020. I kept hearing a note thanks to hrs of listening to ambient noise with $400 headphones + poor diet. Luckily mine went away in 4-5 weeks of no coffee, zero caffeine & proper diet. I still get anxious everytime I hear those damn notes including in this video.
I've had a constant ringing in my ears ever since I remember existing. It sucks I'll never know what true silence is but since I've grown up with it my brain kinda just tunes it out. It's there always but my brain has learned to overwrite it I guess.
There is such a thing as normal tintutus. Due to blood and fluid rushing in your ears and clogging them sometimes, no one truly knows true silence. If your brain can easily overwrite it, it’s likely normal.
@@moonmoon2479 This isn't self diagnosed though. I went to an actual hearing doctor and they diagnosed me with tinnitus. The ringing is always there it's just that my brain has learned to tune it out unless I'm consciously aware of it. Sort of like when you become aware of your blinking or breathing and you start to manually control it until you forget and things go back to normal. Another similar example is how you can constantly see your nose but your brain erases it unless you're consciously aware of it. If I listen hard enough it gets louder and louder almost to the point where I can't hear anything. It's weird but sometimes it's comforting when I'm in a hectic situation or overwhelmed I can just completely cut out all noise and listen solely to the constant high pitch.
@@ArtemisiaDS3 and now I’m blinking and breathing manually nice
I've had 'normal tinnitus' since I was a kid. If it's the type you can tune out then it's just that. Everyone has a tiny little bit of tinnitus.
@@MrMisanthrope84 Tell that to the doctor who diagnosed me with tinnitus. Maybe I'm not explaining things clear enough for some people. The ringing is always there and it's not just a high pitch. If you've ever shot a gun without ear protection that basically explains my tinnitus.
I've had tinnitus ever since I can remember. I didn't know that it's abnormal until I got an audiometry done during a health checkup. I never worried about it because i thought everyone had it. I even remember writing the phrase "so silent that my ears started buzzing" in one of my school essays and my teacher was like wtf does that mean😂
That's funny, when i said to my siblings that i have constant ringing in my ears they thought i was messing with them and then they got scared lol 😂
Same, I thought it was normal hear that when is silence
I just don’t like loud for this reason in general. Even not as a musician, I could never give up silence
Same. Love music but I also need silence.
Is your pfp from wake up by Kowloon? Or is it somewhere else I remember that pic being from his cover pic for that song , if so you have such good taste
@@user-s3ts8my2x it is thank you!
Treasure it for us, whom will only listen to silence again in our deathbeds.
i’m 16 and have been dealing with tinnitus as long as i can remember. i started playing guitar the past few years and for some reason thought it would be smart to play as loud as i could go cover my tinnitus. that definitely just made it endlessly worse. so yeah, definitely be as safe as you can around loud noises, tinnitus is torturous and endless. (i have the louder ringing that literally never stops, i’ve never experienced a second of silence in my conscious life)
Yo same, I hear like a constant white noise on my right ear and just barely on my left. It messes with me since I am a producer, I sometimes think its my audio.
🙏🙏🙏
I’m about to start playing electric guitar 🎸.. is it bad to play the guitar loud?? Will that damage my ears in the future?
@@Lg3-Snow yes. Avoid anything which is really loud. Despite what is said in the video about it being ok to listen to loud music for a short period of time, it's safer to just not listen to deafeningly loud music, or sound in gerneral
Play music as loud as possible to cover up tinnitus. 5000iq massive brain thinking
My tinnitus started when I made custom music for other people. I'm easily overwhelmed so I felt an immense amount of pressure, in addition I'm a perfectionist so I worked on those songs for hours and hours with headphones. To deal with the stress, I listened to loud music in my free time. I knew I should've rested my ears, but i just couldn't resist listening to music. That's when I heard this mechanical noise in my ears, I was so fucking scared. That noise disappeared, but I've had a tinnitus ever since.
Sometimes it's better sometimes it's worse. I try to mix as little with headphones as possible, but i have to take more breaks now.
Also I’d like to say this. It’s a Damn shame that you younger party goers have to resort to wearing ear plugs ( I never have but can only imagine it dampens the experience of listening to loud music somewhat) as if the clubs had the speaker systems set up properly with quality gear you wouldn’t damage your ears. Case in point - the ministry of sound - when in its hay day (mid to late 90’s) the main room sound system was literally awesome. It was so good that you could stand in the middle of the room and feel the bass going through your body yet still be able to speak to the person next you without shouting their ear off. It was like having a warm cuddle of bass, the sound in there was astonishingly good, the system was one of the finest I have ever witnessed - props to the engineers at MoS back then. Quality. The pills were pretty good too.
I don't understand your comment yet. Does sound loudness damage hearing or improper tuning of sound?
Did sound system back in your day not damage hearing due to them being set up properly, albeit still loud? Or were they at just the right loudness?
Thanks for elaborating.
The point is, when you have your system/space set up properly, you don't need to push it so loud, because it sounds amazing and exhilarating even at lower volumes. No need to compensate for lack of quality with quantity.
That doesn't mean that if pushed too loud, your ears won't get damaged.
Too many decibels and your hearing will suffer no matter the "quality".
Actually recently I've been hearing a slight ringing in my ears when it's quiet... but only if I tilt my head a certain way. As someone who loves to listen to music on relatively loud volume, and who wants to pursue music production in the future, it's a little concerning😅😅
Go to the doctor, also a build up of wax and other gunk in your ear can cause the ringing as well.
Get over ear head phones for this same reason.
im 18, i've been to a few different doctors and my last visit they didn't see anything, sadly i think i have this, whenever i touch my ears mainly my left ear it feels very congested and plugged and when i talk it feels like i just yawned 24/7 so strange i finally came across a video about this it's very helpfull
I blast my music, or just generally anything through my headphones all day because school and I'm surrounded by noise a lot of the time (siblings/parents) and I'm 14. I know this is a sign but still 😔
Man I hate it when people make annoying noise like that too. Try find a library to go to or any quiet place you can find I guess :/
It's not too late for you at such a young age surely!
Just try lowering the volume or something or try to find a library or a park , somewhere where u can relax
I’m 14 too. I’ve used headphones and headsets with loud volumes since 6th grade. God do I regret that now. I have the exact 7k ringing that this video referenced. The constant anxiety I get whenever I’m around loud noises is terrible. Not to mention the foreboding thought that it’s only going to get worse.
Please take care of yourself.
just please realize that ur hearing is more important than what you wanna listen to now
@@mmklthn I’m in 6th grade and I got etd last week from my cold flu now I’m using my headphone to block noises
The nearest library from my house is not that nice because it’s very noisy and it’s located in a building where they play badminton and some other stuffs:(
I’ve had tinnitus my whole life, with a consistent high pitched ringing in the background when it’s silent. The worst times however are when the ringing isn’t so obvious but when, what I can only describe as murmuring whispers, are present.
I thought i was alone, thabk you for this
I've been into experimental stuff and harsh/rhythmic noise music for a long time and I even started my own project several years ago. Of course, it basically exists for loud listening. I didn't worry about my hearing much, I got either ringing or low-frequency noises after a gig or a loud listen, but they went away really quickly (and aren't much of a concern if they do). However after one gig it lasted pretty much for the whole day and that's when I decided to buy IEMs for playing gigs and cut down on the volume and/or durations. My hearing is still quite good and I can hear more frequencies than people at my age typically do, but maybe I just got lucky. Not going to risk anymore though.
Im glad your good
i love listening loud music, but not blasting ear loud. i've been avoiding this and im glad. im 20 an im glad i have no problem with anything
I don't give a fuck, but I appreciate you're trying to help people, I'm always glad to see such consideration in people, you're a good man.
I found out, and became aware, that I had tinnitus like... 4 years ago. It gave me constant panic and anxiety attacks because I was not in control of it, and that was my whole anxiety reason to be... anxious. To not have control. I suffered about 5 months like this and eventually I became used to it. It wasn't easy.
In my case I believe it's something biological, not cause by loud sounds.
My gf listen to really loud music and I'm hoping your testimony and mine may make her reflect on what she's doing.
Thanks for sharing,
very instering video
Me: Trying not to overthink about how I could actually be damaging my hearing
TH-cam Algorithm:
i have severe tinnitus (2 years ongoing) it practically ruined my life and i'm not ashamed to say it
I'm 2 minutes into this and it's already doing my head in.
much needed 👏👏 i listen to my online lectures in loud voice. also loud music. ive alwyas been feeling like im losing my hearing. i would ask people to repeat themselves as it was hard to decipher what they're saying (even before covid). eh sucks.
i should take care of my precious ears. like i think it was last week when my ears were hurting soo damn baddd!!
I've had tinnitus since a kid, it's in the higher frequencies though. maybe 14khz - 16khz area... it's not too loud though and it's not really annoying either. but I don't want to make it worse lol
same. it’s been there as long as i can remember
Yup, same, 15khz for me. It's pretty quiet but noticeable, and I've had it for as long as I can remember.
It gets easier, as long as you continue to take care of your ears. Remember, these are the only ones we got! Stretching, massage, yoga, and mediation are all things that helped me. I’m sure that everyone has their own methods, but there is relief!
i tend to listen to loud music ALOT and not care but after this video i tested my hearing and it degraded slightly
I can't remember for how long I've been sulfuring with tinnitus.. When I was young, I used to think that everybody has it lol. So whats the best part is that I really have learned to live with it. The saddest part is that I can't experience things like "listening to silence" and stuff while meditating or trying to relax. When I close my eyes and breathe it goes rinnnnnnngg. The more I pay attention to it the louder it gets... so I just have to play a song or murmur something to make it silent for some seconds and then again it comes...
I have the 7khz permanent welcome to the tinnitus gang bro enjoy your stay
Wow.. hearing is something I’ve taken for granted until now
I learned about tinnitus around a year ago and I’ve gotten so paranoid now of loud sounds. I’ve put a decibel limiter on my phone, started wearing good hearing protection when using power tools, noise canceling headphones, measure decibels when I feel like something is too loud, etc. I still however have the occasional loud demonic screeching/ bellowing noise in either my left or right ear and always have this static noise when it’s silent… I still don’t understand how I even managed to get tinnitus in the first place tbh I’m only 17 and haven’t ever gone to loud concerts or done anything damaging except maybe using power tools without hearing protection occasionally.
having tinnitus for seemingly no reason is so frustrating even if its not that loud like in my case
my entire life i have heard the odd ring every so often that fades out pretty quick, happened maybe once every few months. it was only until the past year since i have heard it up to 2-3 times a week and can last up to a minute is what has made me super cautious. i stopped listening to loud music or loud stuff in general years ago, but now im SUPER cautious.
I used to mix at 100% volume when i first started. Now I got this.
Mixing at low volume is actually better because when your ears are relaxed they are more sensitive which means you can pick up on more detail
@@RetroPlus Yes, I've learnt my lessons and always tell other producers to be careful with the volume. I've done some hearing test which shows around -6db dip at 7K.
I’ve always had that 😵💫 I thought the ringing was normal. I’ve had it so long, I only hear it when I concentrate on it. Then it’s maddening because I can’t unhear it for a while lol.
You're not alone
I played in a metal band for over 10 years and never wore ear plugs in rehearsals or live, after we ended I had ringing in my ears for 5 years. It has now relatively gone now though thankfully
Nice Nathan. Watch out for PowerTools- FireTrucks and Loud Harleys in traffic.
It often does not take much for that shit to come back permanently and with a Vengence.
Especially when you hit 50. That’s when most people seem to pay the price for the past.
I’m hoping there is a cure by the time a lot of the younger crowd gets hit with it due to age.
I don’t wish my living hell on anyone.
i was designing sound for a play back in the analog days. the play was Dracula and so i spent hours at home culling through all this romantic organ music on vinyl (Camille Saint-Saens, Cesar Franck, etc.) for bits to loot. several times during the night i raced downstairs from my bedroom to find out who snuck in my house and put one of the records on . . . because i ~heard~ it being played downstairs and would have sworn it was actually happening, so much that checking once was not enough. that incident taught me a LOT about ears and hearing. to this day i now carry earplugs everywhere. thanks for this public service announcement.
I wear earplugs at work when it's to loud.
There's some random nights where I don't hear a buzzing, as people describe, but I hear more like a humming sound, something very similar to how a truck sounds in the distance. I got it when I was very young, and every now and then I hear it again.
due to living in a single hotel room with my parents i had to blast static as loud as possible every night for seven months. sometimes multiple days in a row when my dad slept all day snoring. ive had a lot of ear problems the past few months. infections. ringing worse than my usual tinnitus. aching. hearing loss. hearing cloggedness. now im trying not to have a breakdown at 4am lol
now im sleeping on the bathroom floor so i dont wear earbuds to bed anymore at least.
i hope my hair follicles heal. ive had trouble hearing lower frequencies :(
this video made me realize i only hear ringing in my right ear. that ear also has worse hearing than my left in seemingly all frequencies.
my left ear was the infected one funnily enough.
i hear the super high pitched 7kz or whatever one. it sucks. even more now that ive realized its only in one ear.
Try to start playing a loud C#1, big dissonance might get your earbones out of this resonant mode. Or you might get a constant tritone in your ears.
oof wouldn't want to risk that nasty tritone
I had 15 years of death metal band practises in small rooms with cymbals in my ear holes, it's a bugger
I was using a saw at school today, my ears won't stop ringing
I've had tinnitus my whole life, it has never bothered me and I forget I have it unless I think about it. The only thing I wish is to know what complete silence sounds like (or what it doesnt sound like) I'll never know I guess.
Thanks you for warning us. I wish the best for you ❤️
I got a tinnitus on my right ear when I was in army. My right ear hear less high frequency than my left ear and it sounds dull and the 24/7 buzz makes me crazy especially in the night. It makes me less creative because I always fear my hearing loss whenever I sit in-front of my monitor speakers. I always tell my dj friends to wear ear plug whenever they are in the club but they don’t take this seriously until they experience. Yeah take this guy’s advice fellas and please happy mixing
I am born with hearing problems and my hearing is different than how normal people hear. I wear hearing aids to hear sounds that i cant hear (low & high pitch). Honestly i was embarrassed wearing hearing aids when i was young because I was the only student in elementary class who had difficulty in hearing and students would stare at my ears. Imagine students touch your hearing aids and some asked what is that “things” in your ears. I realize that we are always curious so i told them the things in my ear are hearing aids to hear better. Then students stopped bugging me and started respecting me. As i grew older i started to get hang of reading lips when people talks.
I have a -15dB dim on my phone MP3 player and I never monitor full-blast (or even more than half-blast) for more than a solid sixty seconds at a time for exactly these reasons. I actually think it's easier to produce and hear the transients more accurately if you monitor at low settings.
I agree, would rather mix low for 98 percent of the time.
I used to constantly listen to music on the highest volume possible for years and didn’t realise it was a problem until I noticed this static sort of sound in my ears, I was hoping it will go away since I’m still relatively young but I’m not so sure since it’s considered incurable. So I might just have to live with it for the rest of my life, which is especially sad since I really like complete silence
A good excersize to help it is to keep your mouth closef while your jaw is also closed, then put your fingers un your ears and then without moving your mouth or jaw at all try to do some "mmm" sounds for sustained periodo like 20- 30 sec (it Will Be like a Mongolia chantic) it will vibe and kinda estimulante the little bones inside your ears. Also put some hot-warm wáter inside your ears once a week. This helped overcome a tinnitus generated by music production for long periods of time. The key is the time exposure, never over do It for more than 20 min without giving a short rest to the ears, and never more than 2 hours un day. You can always try to produce music without exact loudness.
Oh wow. I’m so so sorry. Thanks for sharing this though. We take a WHOLE LOT for granted. Hopefully you get some release soon.
I have tinnitus that I hear all the time and as a double whammy I have something called visual snow which is like a light static over my vision. I live my life through a CRT tv. The static can get really annoying on surfaces that are more uniform.
All in all, pretty annoying.
Dang that really sucks. I hate things like that, that are just slight and constant annoyances. I looked at the sun during an eclipse once and now I've got a really small eclipse shaped black spot in vision that isn't always noticeable, but can sometimes get really annoying.
@@schmecklin377 rip. Atleast you can say you got it from losing a staring contest with God.
0:44 , i have that for almost 12 years 24/7 due to a car accident , thankfully it didn’t actually bothered me , i got used to it . the human body will be able to adapt quickly . and almost i don’t notice it until i focus on it .
Mine is more similar to the 7 Hz sounds and is at its peak during bedtime 🥺😭 my childhood with a dad who loved rock to max volume left me this 😢
I have pulsatile tinnitus. Different from common tinnitus, such as low or high constant noises caused by direct damage to the earlobe, mine is caused by a defect on the venous pathways near my left ear. it's like someone is making a woosh sound on your ear, which is synchronous with your heartbeat, as what you're hearing is your heart pumping blood.
my heart goes out to everyone out there that suffers from this and any other kind of tinnitus, may we all find relief and get accustomed to it, since in most cases, there's no magic pill to fix it all.
I have tinnitus ever since a child and for me, it's good especially when I'm bored.
Even catalog different sound of it.
Doesn't even think of it in a bad way
It's really challenging because I work in a high traffic zone with constant constuction. It's on my mind all of the time and I wonder what the long term effects will be for entire communities. I'm hoping that one day there will be laws set for noise pollution.
I’ve realized that the more I think about tinnitus the more I hear it. If I actively choose not to pay attention to it then it gets drowned out. Took me time. It’s weird. Won’t work for everyone. Works for me so far.
I hear that high pitch noise…. I been thinking that maybe I’m starting to go deaf or something…. Idky this popped in the recommended but I’m kinda glad it did
Mine is constant. But I’ve learned to live with it.
I used to blast my headphones so loud you could perfectly make out the lyrics from across the room and I’m sure I’m slowly going deaf on my right ear. Why that one specifically? Because I play the piano and I only used one earphone when playing by ear. I only noticed it recently at 25 and it’s honestly scary. I love music and I don’t wanna grow up old without my hearing, so I’ve finally decided to take care of it.
I'm 21 and have tinnitus. I believe ive had it since I was 17 I wanna say, possibly before. It's really loud honestly, in both ears all the time. 24/7. Just a constant high-pitch ringing.
hey I mean Will I am gave me the best advice on how to deal with tinnitus. "You can't fix it but you can ignore without making it worse, just turn the TV up". To this day I sleep with a fan on full blast at night and my headphones on no higher than 70%, If I'm watching something it'll more that likely be through Speakers.
I started it this year. A part of it comes from ranging my teeth. Part if from listening sopranos screaming at my ears. From a time, I was crazy. But you eventually get used to it. But do not overuse you ears, they deserve better
Thanks for reminding me to buy new ear plugs! had a couple but they were really uncomfortable and I only where them a couple of times.
When i was in the netherlands on some Rawstyle events and I experienced a bass face the first time I remembered that I wanted new ones.
Exactly what happened to me as well everything you said about raving, headphones. Using headphones, I can't even wear headphones anymore. Ears got better with a huge break but then lot of high sounds became irritating. Quiet sounds became loud, And my resistance to sound isn't as good. Much better now though but the damage has been done...
When its quiet I DO sometimes hear what you point out in the video in the top range. Have to see an audiologist. Even know I think what I've done has cured it or made it much better. Like one point when traffic sound would irritate me, Only thing I could associate it with? Why Hyperacusis that is what I was feeling like on a day to day basis for about 3 years...
Even music I listen to now isn't as bright anyway. Drum N Bass styles aren't like say bright piercing FM sounds.. I can't handle it...
Cramming in small rooms. Sitting at the drunkit in front of multiple stacks from the age 16-23 without earplugs....my ringing is slightly lower than the ring you put in your video. Before you mentioned it, I thought mine was flairing up like it does every once in a while. Glad it wasn't me 😉
Well, I thought it was normal and everyone was hearing that sound. But I don't really notice it if I don't think about staying in silence or just listening in silence.
I'm that kind of person that listen to music while doing homework and at some point I'm so focused that I don't hear the music anymore, so I'm not surprised I don't notice that sound.
I hope this video doesn't make me think about this too much.
I like to wear airpods without playing music. It makes things so much more quiet.
I forgot that I had tinnatus, but seeing this video reminded me. Just go on with your life. Dont pay attention to it and you'll be fine.
I damaged my hearing in March with an HDMI audio extractor. I turned it on and the sound that blasted out of my headphones was the loudest thing I've ever heard.
I now have a constant hiss in both my ears and a quiet whistle in one, my high frequency hearing is ruined, music sounds like crap, and I'll never hear silence again. My worst ear has a 45 decibel loss.
Anyone who sees this: NEVER test new audio equipment with your headphones on. Take care of yourselves.
yes I have that high piitch sound all the time but I never notice it unless it's really silent
Same
Time is very important in this case, you can enjoy music loud, but not for a long period of time. I worked as sound/light tech for some years and played in bands for some more. I'm so glad it didnt affect my hearing (got it tested this spring, still 100%, much to my suprise), but there were days when I heard that 4-7khz noise after rehearsal or concerts because i was so stupid to not wear protection.
I got tinnitus when i was 12 or a bit older, after having a cold. Now i'm 24 and i still hear it, i think it's gotten a bit worse since then. I am so scared that it will get so bad to the point I can't lead a normal life.
Crazy. I’m very glad I turn it down often
This video came into my recommended a few weeks ago. I watched a few minutes and then said to myself ''I don't care I cant stop listening to music loud with my earphones on'' literally a few days later the ringing started. Now I'm struggling to sleep because of it. Kind of feels like god warned me and I made my choice.
I've started hearing a loud noise almost 20years ago, it's a taste of hell, 24/7 non-stop.
I forgot to turn down my volume when using the mass relay in Mass Effect 3 legendary edition and now it sounds like I've been flash banged.
Why do you look like Athelstan from The Vikings?
I have Tinnitus since more than half a year.
But I am also convinced that I dont hear some high frequencies
For a week I have noticed a small loss of hearing in the right ear
And it's not for listening to loud music
I have inflamed my ears and my doctors are useless
They are unable to treat my ears
Hearing medicine is extremely stuck, progress is practically nil
Hearing problems will only get worse and worse
It's very frustrating 😔
NOT VOICES IN YOUR HEAD. lmao You have the best mannerisms on TH-cam. I could listen to you talk all day.
I’ve had Tinnitus my entire waking life. Even in my earliest memories. It’s high pitched, a lot like that 7kHz example. I wish it was the low frequency one you have.
I wish so badly there was a cure.
I don't have tinnitus but when my son was a baby and screamed in the night i heard waves and ringing in my ear whenever he screamed. That was terrible and I thought I was going to lose my hearing
I have a fear of losing any of my senses so I tried to the best of my ability to listen to the warnings that said it was too loud but my hearing is still a bit jacked up.
I first found out I had tinnitus 6 years ago, honestly at a certain point your brain starts to compensate for it and factor it out of you consciousness. I can go months now without noticing it, it's just constant background noise for me. Make sure to avoid it getting worse, but there is hope
when was that certain point for you?
@@nihilitys I want to say about 3 years in, i had a few relapses where it really bothered me after that point too, they stopped about 2 years ago (so i'd completely adjusted 4 years after having it). I don't remember what complete silence feels like anymore, but that doesn't bother me.
I’ve been blasting music in my ears for years and I play the drums and I’m only 16. I think this is a sign
It is...
Wear protection when practicing drums, spare yourself of the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
wear SERIOUS protection while playing the drums, i know an old man, about 60, who used to be a drummer and now he cannot hear FOR SHIT
Don't blast music on headphones/earphones. Just increase volume until you can somewhat enjoy the music. Especially if listening for extended periods of time. You'll even get used to the lower volume.
Also be sure to have good isolating headphones/earbuds when in noisy environments (such as on the train/bus).
This mays sound patronizing but it's actually what I've been doing all my life until now. Almost 30 and no problems (yet).
Please look after your ears, I wish I had done the same at 16
Thanks for making this video, man. It wasn't until I developed tinnitus a couple years ago that I realized how prevalent it is. Earplugs are definitely important!
Ok
o hey frank, didn't expect to see you here. hope you're doing well 👍
Hi FJ 😃
Oh hey frank.
Hello frank james, if that is your real name.
Actually come to think of it i just realised that its FJ like infj, never mind
They need to do more research on chickens for this because apparently chickens can regenerate their inner ear hairs
😮🤔
That's a million dollar business, go for it
Ok but please be nice to the chickens 😭 I wouldn’t want to hurt them
Very interesting tho
Go thesis go
Had around a 1khz tone since 2008. I use it to tune my equipment
Interesting.
I love it how you have turned it into asset.
When live gives you lemons... 😁👍
@@murrrr8288 It isn't an asset. And the comment thtat it is is by an ass.
@@jnagarya519 Maybe not an asset, but I think they're just saying he made the best out of a bad situation
I can't wait for the Stem Cell regeneration booths for $30 at dubstep festivals in 10 years
@TH-cam Account I think in the future we will have designer breed mini t-rex but I might be too optimistic about it.
🙏
Considering we don't destroy the planet before that
@TH-cam Account That's not optimistic. At the rate science is going, that will be absolutely dwarfed.
@@jq7323 yea the word you're looking for is chicken mate
The fact that through depression I used to heal myself with loud music, but now that I have almost complete hearing loss in my left ear, really makes me emotional. Whenever there's complete silence, or even when I'm listening to something and paying attention to the noise, it hits me. When you played the ringing sound I just laughed as I knew that I was hopeless, cause my ringing noise is even louder. And to those who are young, I'm only 18y old. It's unreal how it can happen fast.
Sorry to hear that. You're young but know there's lot of research on going for a cure so you might not experience it for ever. Research FX-322 for example
Sorry to hear. I am not as bad as you, I just have a slight ring in my right ear that I've had all my life, but when I feel like shit about it I remember that Brian Wilson made Pet Sounds while 96% deaf in one ear. Beautiful album.
@@Suba932 @Suba @Suba Thanks for your help, I love the energy, sometimes I just don't notice I'm almost deaf until it's shocking, I got used to it. For example, when hearing enemies footsteps on videogames or trying to figure out irl where the hell is the sound coming from, I get confused too easily. And what's really concerning is that my right ear is slowly becoming the same as the left one. As I'm in love with music and I myself try to make music, it makes me very sad. I'll research on FX-322 after. Thank you.
@@lordoftherats I'm wishing well for you man.
I used to listen to loud music too, but not so much for depression but instead for when I was frustrated and angry, and I had no other means of channeling it. When I was 17 (I'm 20), I eventually noticed that I had recently lost a significant amount of hearing capability in the sub-bass area. You don't realize it, but those frequencies are used so much in music and provide so much color to the listening experience - it gives it this certain warmth to it. Before that, I'd always hum the bass line while listening to music, whereas most people do the melody. All music since has been, maybe, roughly 20% less enjoyable to listen to, but I've expanded what music I listen to and have focused on other aspects of the music to sort of adapt. Now I'm more interested in vocal music, and try and use my mild theory knowledge to try and analyze stuff and it's provided a deeper appreciation for music, and I've somewhat rekindled my enjoyment. Sometimes, I get a slight glimpse at that deep bass, but it's gotten slightly worse since. My left ear is also about 5% less sensitive than my right, which is quite a bother. I don't have any tinnitus, but I do get the brief ~10 second long bit of it now and then. Wish I could hug you - it's a sad thing.
I’m happy this was recommended to me after I’ve been listening to music on the highest volume level for hours on end for about a year. Lovely
I usually set my volume at around half volume (using earphones) becuz I'm used to that being my default volume settings. And when its night time, the silence makes the normal default setting sound like its loud. So I lower it even more during the silence of night
Same🧍♀️
Same I was just listening to a new album on half volume
watch sound of metal and you'll be more happier that you didn't experience tinnitus yet its so terrifying
Wait... For real? Same? My work place now is kinda, well, yeah, not that great, and I don't get along with most of them. I'd wear earpiece and made those unseen bcs it would be rude for the others if they knew I'd mute them. But, i can't help it. I listen to music for aprox five hours. I feel scared now bcs I knew that my left ear isn't as good as before... Perhaps we should stop our habits. But, what do I do if I get fed up with people around me? (I can't quit, it's complicated). Anyone have some advice?
Thanks for sharing, I'm 19 as of now and I'v been listening to Music way to loud for way to long - I love music so much, but I'll keep this in mind from now on. I appreciate you saving me from your / that kind of fate.
fr i can't imagine having to go through this and I'm glad i'm made aware of this right now. Sounds like torture
That’s good. My brother got a tinnitus scare but it ended up being a ear infection that lasted a month. During that time I research tinnitus and ever sense I’ve been being carful with the volume of things
You might have saved me. I'm currently 16 and i love to listen to loud music. I listen to music 24/7 and most of the time it's loud. So thank you for saving my hearing. :))
Its probably a bit fucked now anyway lol
@@Isaac-ho8gh probably not to the point of tinnitus
@@__yeri3719 you sure? I feel that listening to loud music everyday for a long time would hurt your ears quite a lot.
@@Isaac-ho8gh i mean, yeah, but the guy never said he had ringing in his ears of anything so not tinnitus. maybe just a bit fucked up lol.
im 16 and ive been listening to loud music with my earphones for at least 3 years now (most times i go out basically), i have frequent ear pain which doesnt seem to be going away. sometimes the pressure in my ears is really messed up too. DONT MESS UP LIKE I DID, TURN THAT MUSIC DOWN!
Important message: you NEED to get a hearing test if you have tinnitus, especially unilateral tinnitus. Even if there’s a 90% likelihood it’s from noise exposure, there’s a chance it’s from a brain tumor.
people are reporting tinnitus from the 💉
@@528hrtz tinnitus isn’t a known a side effect of the vaccine. However I’ve had many of my patients reporting tinnitus after having COVID, but nobody has reported onset of tinnitus after the vaccine. In fact, any virus has the possibility of causing tinnitus/hearing loss.
Audiogram showed that I almost didn’t lose hearing. What do I do now?
@@vh3914 I’m assuming that means you have a slight or mild hearing loss. The tinnitus could be secondary to the hearing loss (which is extremely common). If you want to investigate it further, schedule an appointment with an ENT Physician. They will be able to order an MRI if needed.
@@elouise1079 bro is just trying to defend being an anti vaxxer
About 70% of my patients have tinnitus, so I’ll share what I typically tell them during counseling.
We don’t know exactly why tinnitus exists, but this is the main theory behind tinnitus induced by noise exposure: in our inner ears, we have little hair cells that are responsible for picking up different frequencies. Some for lows, some for mids, and some for highs. The hair cells responsible for picking up the highest pitches are the closest to the outside world, and therefore are the most vulnerable. Similar to phantom limb syndrome, in that when a person loses a limb, they might still feel like it’s there - the theory is that when those hair cells are exposed to noise and start to die, the brain still feels like there needs to be stimulation, so it creates it’s own in the form of tinnitus. If the damage is to the hair cells responsible for high pitches, tinnitus is typically high pitched sounding. Same for mids and lows.
A few things:
•Both “tin-i-tus” and “tin-eye-tus” are acceptable pronunciations
•You can have tinnitus without having hearing loss, but the majority of people with tinnitus do have some degree of hearing loss
•Get your hearing tested. Even if it’s normal, it’s good to get a baseline, so if something changes, any hearing loss can be tracked over time.
•Invest in some good custom earplugs. $300 can help save your hearing.
•99% of the time everything’s okay, but unilateral (one sided) tinnitus is a red flag for something possibly more serious, so really, please get your hearing tested.
•There’s no “cure” for tinnitus, but so many things can reduce the amount of stress is causes (avoid silence, get a sound machine/sound apps, CBT, hearing aids if necessary, and reduce alcohol/caffeine/sugar intake)
Source: I’m about 6 months out from completing my doctorate in audiology (the study of hearing and balance), and I am currently doing my clinical fellowship.
For legal purposes this isn’t medical advice etc etc
I had no idea one sided tinnitus could be anything other than annoying. I guess I'll have to get that checked sometime in the future when I have money and health insurance.
you mean that cock and ball torture (cbt) can help with my tinitus? that's great to hear
$300 for earplugs? My guy are you in Venezuela?
You over paid clow ns better find a cure or else I will make sure you get tinnitus too.