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| Domesticated |
Lately, a few people in the office have been telling me that I'm overly sensitive to outside noise, and I've realised that they're right.
I HATE it when people hold conversations near my desk, especially when I'm on the phone, and I can't stand loud or piercing ring tones on mobiles. The vacuum cleaner drives me insane too. Even small sounds like creaky chairs or someone typing vigorously can annoy me, unfortunately.
I think this might be due DJing and producing; I would say my ears are more finely tuned than the average person's and tend to pick up details or be distracted by things others might not. Can anyone confirm whether there is any truth to this?
Also, I watch every television show with subtitles these days, regardless of volume, accents or anything else. I hate having to listen. It's almost like my ears have become so used to music that they don't want to perform for other tasks. |
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| n3lly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Lately, a few people in the office have been telling me that I'm overly sensitive to outside noise, and I've realised that they're right.
I HATE it when people hold conversations near my desk, especially when I'm on the phone, and I can't stand loud or piercing ring tones on mobiles. The vacuum cleaner drives me insane too. Even small sounds like creaky chairs or someone typing vigorously can annoy me, unfortunately.
I think this might be due DJing and producing; I would say my ears are more finely tuned than the average person's and tend to pick up details or be distracted by things others might not. Can anyone confirm whether there is any truth to this?
Also, I watch every television show with subtitles these days, regardless of volume, accents or anything else. I hate having to listen. It's almost like my ears have become so used to music that they don't want to perform for other tasks. |
Your last comment worries me a bit to be honest with you. I completely understand the other statements you made about sensitive hearing but watching television with subtitles is taking it a bit far in my opinion.
Sensitive hearing is an obvious sign of hearing damage but still you should b able t cope. Otherwise get yourself some ear plugs pronto..
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| Adam420 |
| You listen to too much electronic music:p |
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| palm |
| ive been this myself. i dont think its your ears but that u are in a stressfull situation in your life and about to blow anytime. are u working alot? or is it something that u feel u never finish of? watch out for a meltdown :D im there too, i just cant wait till i have enough boiled water in me to just lift my desk up and tip it over while shouting "now its ing enough!" its all about getting a release. |
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| jdat |
Your overly sensitive hearing may be just that sensitive, or just more aware. It's either a passive or active act to listen.
This sensitive hearing may be a "side effect" of something else, high blood pressure, stress etc.
I went from sensitive, to regular to now extremely aware of my surroundings hearing.
For over a year and a half I have progressively started working more and more with field recordings. Now it feels as if I am always on the lookout, always paying attention even when I don't have something to record with. |
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| djimmersion |
| I belive you, but caffine does this too me too, and makes me irritated, could it just be that? |
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| jpgrdnr |
assburger? :P aka being a geek? j/k
I work in an office too and most noises, cells, vacuums, people talking
are annoying. Its like a library and you are so set on work and then...
bummertime. I just deal with it personally. Or put on some fones and git some of that hardstylee. |
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| enydo |
I have a theory that listening to a lot of electronic music has conditioned me to "search" through sounds / environments for sounds. That's just my opinion though... :p
I'm the same way btw, I can't stand little things like that. |
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| Waterproofpaper |
I used to be like this.. but with both my eyes and my ears. My ears can tune in on things that are wrong and it makes me want to fix it. Over time, i got used to it. I block out the things that are constant. I work retail and we have the same ty songs loop all day. It drives everyone insane. But for me, it is just another set of sounds that i dont bother listening to. When the sound changes though, its extremely prominent to my ears and thats what drives me insane.
I point it all to DJing. |
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| djimmersion |
| hey no offence but you all act like you have some superpower, your ears are just trained to pick up stuff others wouldnt catch on to beacuuse of beatmixing experiance. |
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| Jarvmeister |
A few years ago I developed tinnitus. I wasn't sure what caused it, but I was very upset at the time, and thought it would lead to a worse symptoms.
Looking back, I was almost constantly listening to EDM and drinking a lot of filter coffee. All of a sudden, one day the tinnitus kicked in, it was almost all I could hear. Over the course of a few weeks it became better and worse, sometimes my hearing would become muffled - to say I was concerned would be a massive understatement. Eventually the erratic symptoms wore off, and the tinnitus became more constant and therefore I could get used to it, but I couldn't be in the same building as a CRT television, because of the high pitched sound that added to my tinnitus, most people can't hear it. I can also hear those rodent/cat deterrents and high pitched dog whistles - I remember walking past a cat deterrent once and it almost brought me to my feet.
I ended up going to hospital, to get thoroughly checked out. The tinnitus I'd pretty much learned to block out, but I was concerned about the future. My hearing test showed that I have ridiculously sensitive hearing, far better than what you'd consider average - and they concluded that there was no way my tinnitus was the result of hearing damage. The likelihood was that my tinnitus was just something I'd tuned into since my hearing had started to become more sensitive.
My own conclusion? During my summer of consistent EDM listening and copious amounts of coffee my hearing developed into a more finely tuned sense, and now that I'm used to it I wouldn't have it any other way - I can hear things that most others can't.
To the OP: basically, don't worry, once you get used to it it's actually quite a cool thing to have an overly developed sense of hearing. |
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| ultimate7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jarvmeister
A few years ago I developed tinnitus. I wasn't sure what caused it, but I was very upset at the time, and thought it would lead to a worse symptoms.
Looking back, I was almost constantly listening to EDM and drinking a lot of filter coffee. All of a sudden, one day the tinnitus kicked in, it was almost all I could hear. Over the course of a few weeks it became better and worse, sometimes my hearing would become muffled - to say I was concerned would be a massive understatement. Eventually the erratic symptoms wore off, and the tinnitus became more constant and therefore I could get used to it, but I couldn't be in the same building as a CRT television, because of the high pitched sound that added to my tinnitus, most people can't hear it. I can also hear those rodent/cat deterrents and high pitched dog whistles - I remember walking past a cat deterrent once and it almost brought me to my feet.
I ended up going to hospital, to get thoroughly checked out. The tinnitus I'd pretty much learned to block out, but I was concerned about the future. My hearing test showed that I have ridiculously sensitive hearing, far better than what you'd consider average - and they concluded that there was no way my tinnitus was the result of hearing damage. The likelihood was that my tinnitus was just something I'd tuned into since my hearing had started to become more sensitive.
My own conclusion? During my summer of consistent EDM listening and copious amounts of coffee my hearing developed into a more finely tuned sense, and now that I'm used to it I wouldn't have it any other way - I can hear things that most others can't.
To the OP: basically, don't worry, once you get used to it it's actually quite a cool thing to have an overly developed sense of hearing. |
That's a very reassuring post :). Btw, I've heard that it's possible to develop tinnitus due to problems with your jaw/joints in that area. Anyone every experienced this? |
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