Since i bought my first set-up half a year ago...i think my hearing has screwed up a little. Now everytime i go to bed at night (or if its really really quiet) i can hear a constant faint beeping noise - i thought this only happend to you when you are 40/50 years old but im only 18

Ive not been out clubbin for a couple of weeks and dont go that much anyway so i dont think its that. Anyway, when im beatmatching i find it a lot easier to do if i put the headphone volume really loud - so maybe it could be that...it also probably doesnt help that i just bought a 420Watt stereo.

So i was wondering if anyone else suffers from this, and if anyone can give me some tips on how not to become deaf by the time im 20. Is there certain frequencies which hurt yours ears more than others? cos i can change stuff like that on my stereo, if it helps...

The only thing i can think of just now is to buy earpligs, so im probably gonna do that - but this might make beatmatching hard for me.

Cheers

The amount of times you stress your ears doesn't matter - if they're fucked up once then they're fucked up for life. Age doesn't have anything to do with it either, although it's easier to damage your ears when older.

I've been around music all my life and I can remember hearing that faint beeping when going to bed for forever... and as long as it only stays to that level I can live with it, really.

I think it would be easiest just to not put the volume so high - I've tried mixing with as little volume as possible and it works just the same - even if the feel isn't quite the same

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Originally posted by Wildfir3 Do we really have to tell you to turn down the volume? Couldn't u have figured this out by yourself? :/

meh...but i dont enjoy my sets as much with low volume - actually, i sometimes just get bored and turn everything off. i was lookin for other ways around this.

If you really like it loud, then wear earplugs

But yeah seriously there is no way around it. You must be careful with your hearing.

I wear ear plugs a lot , to the point that some people think I'm crazy ( like ear plugs in a small bar/club setting just because the music feels a little loud ). I don't care. I'll be happy years from now when you're deaf and I hear fine

But on a side note I've been developing massive headaches/ear aches in my right ear ..... might be due to stress; but it gets so bad it literally knocks me out.

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Originally posted by jdat But on a side note I've been developing massive headaches/ear aches in my right ear ..... might be due to stress; but it gets so bad it literally knocks me out.

omg...i get this as well, in the right ear. Not as bad that it knocks me out but still bad. Wonder wtf it is

That could easily be a bad ear infection. They can cause headaches, pain in the ears, dizziness and in extreme cases unconsciousness. You might want to get that checked....

As an edit: the infection might have been caused from wearing earplugs

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Last edited by D Dubya on Jun-14-2004 at 15:41

Congratulations, you have tinnitus.

Loud volumes damage your ear, there is no cure for tinnitus and it will not go away although over time, symptoms may eleviate (over years). I have this quite bad so all I can offer in advice is to stop using headphones unless necessary as this is the most likely cause.

The best trick I have learned is to just stop thinking about it. If you don't concentrate on the ringing, it will go away, so just try and think about something to distract your mind.

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Hi

I saw a site that have these ear protection devices that look just like hearing aids, Apparently they still enable you to hear but they remove certain frequencies and they keep sound below certain dB levels. They advertise them to musicians and dj's and construction guys. I can't find the link though.

I think turntableing is not to good for them ears huh?
huh?
I said I THINK TURNTABLEING IS NOT TO GOOD FOR THEM EARS?


btw I'm new, Hi everyone

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ER15s- get some....

That's it!
Those things are freaken expensive though.

Btw what are the average decibel levels at an event or club, assuming that these places have better that average sound systems.

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Originally posted by Gunyouken That's it! Those things are freaken expensive though. Btw what are the average decibel levels at an event or club, assuming that these places have better that average sound systems.

115-120 decibels maximum @ a club in belgium normally ...