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Kyriacos S Oscar® Winner	Is it true that when you listen to lots of music(by using a walkman and headphones)you eventually get to loose 30% of your hearing????(when you get a little older of course) I'm panicked!!!!!!!!
posted 07-19-2001 01:44 PM PT (US)

HAL 2000 Oscar® Winner	Eh, whadiya say? I can't hear ya.
posted 07-19-2001 01:50 PM PT (US)

Scorro Oscar® Winner	Seriously, be careful. Your ears can be damaged by too many decibels for too long a time period of any sound type, music included. The term used for describing hearing loss brought on by excessive noise levels is tinitus, and it's something that you would want to avoid at all costs. Headphones have been known to be problematic in this area when the volume control is too high. Moderation is a good thing. _Sc
posted 07-19-2001 02:09 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	I think that means just don't play it loud. --Brian NP: FF Movie Score
posted 07-19-2001 02:10 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Actually, "tinitus" doesn't just refer to reduced hearing, but to hearing a sound (e.g. a whistling) all the time, even when it's silent all around you.
posted 07-19-2001 02:58 PM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	Tinitus is an effect after going through a temporary threshold syndrome. Which is when your ears have been exposed to loud sounds for a long period of time, and shuts half way down temporarly. In order to protect itself. Usually you'll experience some temporary hearing loss (like when you walk out of a rock concert).
posted 07-19-2001 03:08 PM PT (US)

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	I've heard that when you hear a high pitched ringing in your ears, that that particular frequency you are beginning to lose. I don't know if that's true or not, but I just heard that once.
posted 07-19-2001 03:31 PM PT (US)

Scorro Oscar® Winner	Yes, Marian is correct; it goes beyond mere hearing loss and includes what is commonly called 'ringing in the ears'. The inner ear has tiny 'cilia' (sp?) which are hairlike projections that convert the physical sound waves to impulses which are delivered to the brain. When these cilia are damaged by excessive amplitude of sound waves, the result may end up being more than just temporary. William Shatner (of Star Trek fame) has become an advocate for educating people about this condition due to his having had hearing damage from special effects explosions, etc. Advice: Understand how your ears work and how to treat them well. Sorry to preach, but this particular subject is very important. _Sc
posted 07-19-2001 03:34 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I believe tinitus can also be caused by bad blood circulation.
posted 07-19-2001 04:28 PM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	hearing problems happened to me after I listened to the CD "Batman" by ELFman on my headphones turned up full blast. This is a loud score too and full blast I'm sure didn't help but I have not done it since. It may seen powerful while listening to a peice of music you love so much turned up to full blast but when you do that, try to do it a few times only. I think besides Batman the only score I listened to fully full blast on headphones was Monkeybone by Anne Dudley (which I actually listened to this way twice a day for about 4 weeks- durring the 4th week it was when my ears hurt a little- but what can you do? =)
posted 07-19-2001 05:42 PM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	BTW- NP- Troll by Richard Band (*1/2 out of ***) Nice score by Band.
posted 07-19-2001 05:44 PM PT (US)

Kyriacos S Oscar® Winner	I don't know about that 'ringing in the ears',but sometimes,all of a sudden,i start hearing this 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.......'thing.Very soft and continous.After a while,it stops. Ohhhhhhhhh s***.
posted 07-19-2001 10:08 PM PT (US)

Richard Oscar® Winner	Yea, I get that ringing too. I only notice it when it's quiet though, so I just assumed it was my being conscious of the fact everything was silent. So really, in effect I could actually hear the nothing that is silence, and I was aware of this. NP - Silence */***
posted 07-20-2001 04:47 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Oscar® Winner	Kyriacos, here is a good example of what you are talking about: 1988 at Ft. Riley. After doing physicals and hearing tests on 1300 cadets for ROTC summer camp, we had to send 121 home because of major hearing loss. The doctor said a lot of it was due to the headphones, etc where they listened to intense or loud music too much. John.
posted 07-20-2001 05:10 AM PT (US)

Kyriacos S Oscar® Winner	Oh man,this is bad. I need my ears! ! ! !
posted 07-20-2001 05:57 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Kyriacos S: I don't know about that 'ringing in the ears',but sometimes,all of a sudden,i start hearing this 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.......'thing.Very soft and continous.After a while,it stops. Nothing to worry about - I've been getting this occasional brief, loud ringing ever since I can remember (and everyone else in my family, too). When you have tinitus, you hear this sound ALL THE TIME. Richard: I noticed that kind of ringing, too. Very quiet, but noticeable when it's silent and you notice that it's silent. Nothing distracting, at least not until it becomes louder. Actually, I'm more worried about those two loud computers I have runnning all day long.
posted 07-20-2001 06:03 AM PT (US)

Kyriacos S Oscar® Winner	Pheewwww! Thanks Marian;you are an ear saver. .....or something like that....
posted 07-20-2001 06:15 AM PT (US)

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