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Originally posted by Tholius It's pretty common... the only reason why people don't cut off their ears is because the ringing is bearable...

Even then, that doesn't do anything. It's an inner-ear problem with no cure.

I've always had a very slight ringing in my ears, kinda a genetic condition in my family, but barely noticable with other sounds, kinda like phillip said. It did get a lot worse for a day or two after the junkie/oakey/armin set I went to last year. if that helps.

Like a dumbass I never wore ear protection when I was younger, and I would always stand next to the speakers. Sometimes it would last for 5 or 6 days until it was completely gone. Now I have it permanently and of course I'm kicking myself for it. Sometimes I wonder if I stopped listening to music for awhile if it would stop, but I don't think I could go that long without listening to music. I can only hear it when I'm in my room and it's silent though. Not that bad, but still kinda dumb. It doesn't seem to affect my hearing either.

Ringing? In my ears? It's more likely than you think.

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Originally posted by idoru Even then, that doesn't do anything. It's an inner-ear problem with no cure.

Well tinnitus is a broad term basically meaning ringing in the ear without any sensory input... but it's not limited to being an "inner ear" problem: this kind of categorisation implies it can't be fixed without surgery or medications. Granted some types of tinnitus are so severe that they need this type of treatment, but tinnitus also arises from loud music, buildup of wax, aspirin, and some antibiotics... etc. Remove these and commonly the tinnitus subsides.

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Originally posted by Coup hands up if you have tinnitus: *waves.

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Originally posted by Inconspicuous If it's the first time that's happened, I wouldn't worry too much about it (just take precautions next time). I've had them ringing for 3 days before & had them go back to normal (Damn you, Junkie! haha). I didn't really do anything to get them better. Just gave it time. Hope it works out, & yeah, ear plugs are a good idea.

I felt exactly the same when I went to a small punk gig last year. I thought that was me fucked, but all I did was not listen to too much music and remained patient. I've still to get ear plugs though.

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Originally posted by DasBrotBesser Like a dumbass I never wore ear protection when I was younger, and I would always stand next to the speakers. Sometimes it would last for 5 or 6 days until it was completely gone. Now I have it permanently and of course I'm kicking myself for it. Sometimes I wonder if I stopped listening to music for awhile if it would stop, but I don't think I could go that long without listening to music. I can only hear it when I'm in my room and it's silent though. Not that bad, but still kinda dumb. It doesn't seem to affect my hearing either.

thats me spot on. I can live with it how it is, but if it gets any worse it'll become hard to live with.

Sometimes it can affect you in the long run, when you're like alot older.

We don't want any Frankie Wilde situations either.

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this problem can arrive also from listening music with earphone at a too high volume. this is an use very popular in young people now, because everyone has an ipod or similar. we should listen the music at 60 % of maximum volume, not upper.

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Originally posted by Tholius Well tinnitus is a broad term basically meaning ringing in the ear without any sensory input... but it's not limited to being an "inner ear" problem: this kind of categorisation implies it can't be fixed without surgery or medications. Granted some types of tinnitus are so severe that they need this type of treatment, but tinnitus also arises from loud music, buildup of wax, aspirin, and some antibiotics... etc. Remove these and commonly the tinnitus subsides.

I've also seen people who were surgically made deaf, because the ringing became unbearable

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Het doel van een heel deel hier is niet over muziek te praten maar door zijn deelname aan discussies een zo groot mogelijk intellect proberen aan de dag te leggen en daarmee een rare vorm van zelfbevrediging in werking stellen. 'It's a strange world'

Ive heard this low/medium beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep all my life. what is it?

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