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.
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).
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.
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.
@@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 honestly think this is almost unavoidable in today’s world, where sound and media is playing throughout our lives almost constantly, and it will probably get worse as time goes on.
I think the best way to combat this is to just listen to things at low volumes. Get some good noise isolating IEM's and some spinfits are your rarin to go. Like personally if I am listening to music in the background whole studying or walking I'll have it at the the first tik and if I am really trying to enjoy a song I blast half way through the sound bar.
it is unavoidable tho, with todays technology it is easier to protect your ears. At the end of the day, the best thing you can do is to listen to music at low volume.
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 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!
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.
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!
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?
It heals! I've had temporary tinnitus. I stopped using headphones for over 7 years now! Gradually, over time, going to the sea, a healthy diet, listening to low level music, my hearing healed over time. But I waslucky enough to have an easygoing lifestyle. So don't despair it can heal up over time!
That makes me feel a little better- I’m only 18 and I feel like my hearing is faded. I have a constant pulsing (?) in my ears, especially my right. My ears kind of pop everytime i open my jaw wide and other issues, and they have even ringed loudly. I know it’s harmful to listen to music loudly but I have almost my whole life somewhat as a coping skill so I’m trying to only listen to music through a speaker, not directly in my ears. I hope I can reduce some of the damage I have caused. I hope you the best with your hearing’s healing :)
@@klokateer39 For me it was an intermediate issue. I still hear a very faint high pitch when I am tired. Back when I was 20ish the soundwave was pulsating like you mention. I then eliminated all headphones from my life. First year was a bit of hearing and here and there, more or less the same. Second year also, then again didn't fully quit but I generally reduced them to only on work out. Third year I had an unrelated surgery so I had to recover and this is where I really dropped them 100% I think. Also I stopped putting strain on the head, mostly tried living calm since then. So more or less in a process of healing time did its thing, over a gradual period of time the cells apparently renew in a barely noticeable way. If in 2014 the issue was quite recurring, often even during the day I had these soundwaves like a UFO came to abduct me, I swear I thought it's a plan or something. Over time the frequency and intensity reduced, maybe it's also due to aging, that was a possible explanation since the frequencies get reduced as you get older. But then again whatever did it, did it. Now I barely have something like that. Only very late at night sometimes when tired i can Hear the high end sines. Otherwise I'm good now and consider it a past issue. Thanks to you and hope you also beat the problem on the long run :)
Same here. I got tinnitus from listening to loud music for a couple years, got scared and stopped doing it. Its been a year and a half and now my hearing is much more better. Im happier now.
@@klokateer39 You might have tmj, the ear popping when you open ur jaw is a syndrome of it, look it up maybe it will help you figure out what's going on.
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 RU-vid 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 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
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.
I am a drummer, and after watching 'The Sound of Metal' i am TERRIFIED of losing my hearing. I am only 15 and Im pretty sure I have already lost about 10% of my hearing, I have asked my parents to get tested so that I can also find out how I can carry on drumming safely. EDIT: I don't drum without headphones, because I listen to music while playing I wear earplugs which fit snugly into my ear and block out a surprising amount of sound BUT earplugs cause tinnitus which is a whole other issue
@@camreyes1819 i use earphones that cancel noise out fairly well, i also listen to the music fairly loud bc its hard to play without a track going, ill probably try and find some noise cancelling bluetooth overears tho
yeah i play the trumpet and the kid who sits next to me likes to blow it as hard as possible into my ear on purpose :) i noticed in band that it felt like i had to shout to hear myself even though only 1 or 2 kids were actually playing.
Went to an ear doctor once cause I thought I had tinnitus because I would hear ringing a lot (even tho for weeks I wouldn’t hear any ringing or some times I would hear it constantly and couldn’t sleep easily without music) and it turns out I had excellent hearing, and he said to me (and I’ll try to remember what he said) that the ringing was really just me trying to find a sound that wasn’t there because I thought something was wrong with me so I hyper focused on it constantly. So he said just don’t think about it as much, and we’ll that worked.
@@rubyrue69 I’m no doctor and I don’t know what it’s like for you, but I’ll say try not thinking about it and don’t focus on it or search for the ringing and see what happens. But if you keep hearing it or can’t not think about it cause you think something is wrong with you, get it checked out to ease your mind and just to be sure.
This happens to me, I know for sure I don't have tinnitus because nothing bothers me in my sleep and I have great hearing, but I still hear that little noise when it's dead quiet :P
@@FilthyCoyote it's called habituation. When your brain perceives some sound as constant and meaningless, it automatically filters it out of your consciousness.
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.
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
I got tinnitus since 2016 😭, i hope there will be soon a medicine to defeat it but im ok with it right now. Everytime i go sleep i listen to tinnitus blocker, i think i have to do it my whole life but its ok, gl Bro
There is no medicine, some kind of operation to repair the damaged tissue would be needed, but no one has a cochlea that's the exact same size than yours, and if they had, I doubt they would donate it to you :(
I learned tinnitus was a think like 2 months ago...I was so shocked. I just thought it happens to everyone and it was a normal thing. I've always hated complete silence ever since I was a child. I remember making noise just to get rid of that constant annoying EEEEEE. It's only gotten worse ever since I dove deeper into it haha. Thank you for this video, it's very knowledgeable and helpful for folks out there who don't know about tinnitus.
Yup that’s how tinnitus is a bitch! I had some audio therapy to help manage my tinnitus and was taught that the more you think about it, the worse it gets. It really is all in your head so if you can ignore it, you’ll find it much easier to deal with. I struggle mostly with sleeping. White noise from fans overrides the ringing, but I know others use the sound of waves, whales, rain or whatever relaxes them but can also drown out the ringing.
I started riding motorcycles almost daily since i was 18, and on top of that I wore headphones with max volume music on for the whole ride to drown out the wind noise. I'm 20 now and just noticed I have that ringing in my ears. But when I don't think about it, it doesn't bother. I'm glad I found this video in time though, definitely going to protect my ears from now on.
@@Foxtrot6624 not true lol I was hunting in Norther Michigan last winter and my buddy took me outside the cabin and said, "do you hear that?" I said no. "Exactly, complete and utter silence." In reality, all I heard was the ringing in my ears that I never really noticed before. I asked my brother if he heard the ringing and he said no. Nobody else did but me. That's when I knew I effed up my ears from years of blasting metal music and shooting pistols without earplugs which is idiotic as all get out. But no, even slight ringing is no good. It could also be a build up of ear wax against your ear drums though
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
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.
unfortunately cant tell OTHER people to consider the ears around them.. as a rule of thumb, if you can feel your insides shaking from ur party music, should probably turn it down a little.. or a lot
I know. My parents used to force me to go to dumbass festivals and fairs where I could feel my whole body, inside and out, shaking from the unnecessarily loud music.
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 don't know but every winter my right ear starts buzzing, & everything gets normal as the summer approaches. also whenever I try touch my affected ear, regardless of the season it begins to flutter.
I had my run with tinnitus once in my left ear (temporary) and my ear "flutters" too when i touch it or make a sound next to it. I thought i was the only one
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
Decades of practice in live rock bands with the drummer laying on the cymbals has shredded my hearing. I first noticed it while sitting on the sofa. I thought the high pitched humming I was hearing was the fridge running… until I realized it wasn’t on. Permanent hearing loss and tinnitus sucks but it’s never too late to start taking care of your hearing even if the damage is permanent
As a drummer I've destroyed a few guitar players and bass players ears who have been brave enough to sit next to my paiste 20inch crashes. I always told them dudes put in some earplugs you're going to be deaf. Everybody always refused because they said they wanted to feel the music and earplugs destroyed the vibe. Me myself I always wear earplugs because playing drums is like being behind a jet engine literally!!!
@@toby7647 it wasn’t running when I noticed the tinnitus for the first time. You know how the fridge cycles on when it needs to, and shuts off when it doesn’t? FYI the light inside turns on and off too!
I actually much prefer the sound of a gig with my earplugs in, I can't really hear the music properly without them! Generally clubs/gigs are so loud that it just feels like I'm being assaulted by noise, with the plugs in it brings it to a nice enjoyable level. Also Cinemas are really loud nowadays, I'd recommend wearing earplugs there too.
I've had my fair warning shot when I was 22. Standing in front row, camera in hand, filming an entire hour of brutally loud punk rock. Of course I had to stand right at the stage where the speakers were, so I could get a good angle of the musicians. I wasn't wearing any earplugs. To be honest, I wasn't expecting the music to be that loud either. Bad acoustics and small room did the rest. I drove home later that night with the usual ringing in my ears. It wasn't before the next morning and the ringing was still there, that I started getting nervous about it. Luckily my Dad gave me a cortisone infusion and my ears recovered within the day. But I took that as a lesson. When I started motorcycle riding at age 30, I spent a good amount of money on ear protection. I have a simple rule: Any damage that is PERMANENT, I need to avoid. Tinnitus is freaking scary. My compassion to everyone who has to live with it.
there's so many good earplugs these days that lower the noise but don't take away from the music like the Loop Experience ones. Essential for concerts and raves!
Suffering from tinnitus and hearing loss is the worst thing that could happen to me in life, all from listening to music with headphones at full volume, my hearing loss is in both ears, I am still in the process of becoming a beatmaker, and I hope that in the future there is a solution to this ... Take care of your ears!!!
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 RU-vid videos before I started to experience ear problems. I'm not sure if I'll ever enjoy these activities again.
@@BowserHype27 Bro looks for all possible options if the insident was recent, my ENT told me that if I had gone on time it would have been possible to recover some of my hearing, see a specialist, I am too young, only 18 years old and I enjoy doing and listening Music like never before, the important thing is to find a valance between enjoying what you are passionate about and taking care of yourself, if your parents do not take your problems seriously, go to a close person to help you, seek help whatever, everything has a valance and you can solve it. I assure you ... Good vibes and do not limit the limits we impose ourselves, take good care of yourself... Sorry for my bad English
I've been half deaf since i was 3 years old - so basically as long as i can remember. I've always been so grateful for only having tinnitus for a couple of months. No idea why it left but im so immensely glad it did. 17 years old now, and i still don't wear earphones out of sheer panic of it ever happening again, and this time, being permanent.
I’m really glad I finally got a video like this in my reccomended. I used to be pretty cautious of my hearing but in recent years/months I finally started to go to raves and parties and started listening to music very loud through my headphones. This video was really informative on the whole ordeal and I’m now going to wear earplugs to raves. Thanks!
I had tinnitus (high register) from playing drums live without ear protection. I’m so sorry to hear this. It’s sad how many insanely loud cars driving by I see and wish they knew what their doing to their future hearing. Mine went away - actually I think it was a miracle event. But I also spent hours & hours photographing waterfalls & oceans for 2 years. That helped - but 1 day I just noticed it wasn’t there any longer. I thank God for this 2nd chance with my ears or I’m not sure I’d still be in my business. Protect your ears friends! Ears and eyes don’t heal when damaged!
@@malikfaraz8642 - for me it was a gradual build up until it was so loud I couldn't ignore it. I never experienced ear PAIN per se - more like someone turning up the radio on these horrible frequencies (like dimmed lights) more and more and more with each week I played drums in this church. Finally I realized it never went away and I'm still not entirely sure why I have this second chance but I'm thankful that it has greatly diminished - it's come back a little over the last couple of years but it's nowhere close to where it was.
I sometimes worry when people review headphones or earbuds, they say they don’t get loud enough. I literally can barely even handle 75% volume, it starts to just hurts, mostly with earbuds, because the driver is so small. It can’t handle that volume well, so it sounds bad too. Maybe they mean that it’s not loud enough when they sound best? That’s a weird way to phrase it though, they should describe it as distortion. I’m really glad apple implemented a volume limiter into their iOS devices, because a lot of times I’d actually turn the volume up all the way when I meant to change the brightness or swipe away the control center, because I missed the spot just barely, so it would startle me and hurt my ears a little from how loud it is. Plus, it makes me feel better about listening at max volume, if I want to do that, since the max volume is now at that 75% mark that I’m comfortable going up to sometimes
@@Arado159 I’m pretty sure android phones have it at least. I don’t think I’ve seen the feature on my Mac, unless they introduced it in the new version (Monterey). I’m sure there’s a windows program too But also, I have Sony XM4 over ear headphones, which don’t distort too much or sound bad when at max volume like earbuds do, so listening to those louder doesn’t sound as bad, but I have to make sure I’m keeping it lower lol. Just so it’s not too loud. I kind of like those when they’re a little louder, just not max volume usually (and by max volume I mean the maximum volume my phone will let me do since the max volume is limited to ~90 decibels)
@@Arado159 my android has a feature which the volume bar will go red when it's too loud or could cause damage, it even will turn the volume down to the safe level and send me a reminder that I shouldn't listen to music so loud after a certain period of time. It's nice that phones have these guide lines.
This video & message is so important, most people will give you a strange look if you call them out for ruining their ears. I count my fitted earplugs to my most valuable posessions, best money I've every spent. As a music producer & DJ, my hearing is my income basically, so its even more important to me. But if you think about it, having hearing loss or a tinnitus is not only really annoying, but NOT REPAIRABLE. I think a lot of people don't realize that, at least I didn't for a (too) long time. I could wear my fitted plugs for hours without ever be bothered by it - unlike regular ones, these are designed to not alter the hearing experience, but equally lower all percieved frequencies the same amount. Just as if you would turn down the volume of the outside world. And you still feel the bass - win win situation for me here :D So people, save up for fitted ear protection - your older self will thank you.
I wanna be a musik producer or dj but one of my ear is deaf since i was child, is my condition making me harder to be a music producer or dj ? I dont even know what is a stereo audio ini headphone 😅
@@llwyd1272 well.....yeah... I understand, it's making it harder for you to be a music producer..... You gotta make everything you make in mono. It doesn't matter if one of your ear is deaf but yeah, there are some things that'll be difficult to do.... Just keep making everything in mono and you'll do great.
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
The way this us recommended all of sudden!! Now am scared as I listen to music for the whole night about 4-5 hours daily I think it's a sign I gotta take care of myself
I have lowered volume significantly in all the media i consume 2 years ago, after i got mild problems with my ears, now i'm ok. This a great video, everybody who loves music should see it
I have had tinnitus since 17 - 18 hard to pinpoint when exactly I just noticed it in bed one night, and it seriously built my depression further knowing I will now always have several frequencies of high ringing in my ears (10000hz - 16000hz). 24 now I'm dealing with it, there are things I can do to mask it but, I am genuinely sad I will never hear pure silence again. One of those things you don't miss until it is gone. I can't even enjoy the sounds of nature as much as it gets quieter and my tinnitus gets more overbearing. I don't know about others, but if I don't attempt to mask the ringing and I sit in silence I start experiencing head pain until I turn a fan on or produce physical sound. Please protect your ears!
100% same for me, started with about 18. I'm 20 now and I'm just happy I noticed it before it got even louder. Played Games for years and just over done it. No more silence for me I guess, but it's quiet enough so that I don't go completly nuts. Actually noticed that I can manage it when I'm concentrating on lower ear sounds, it kind of covers it.
@@tolkiyay3085 I have high frequency tinnitus for years now. I'm used to it now and I don't mind it anymore even when I hear it. However a lower frequency one appeared in my right ear about 2 months ago. It might be caused by my neck spine issues. I hope it will disappear when it gets resolved because I find it more annoying than the high frequency one. Also It's harder to cover up where it matters for me. During the night wind, crickets etc. are more of a high frequency sound which don't mask this new tinnitus very well.
I've had Tinnitus for a couple years as well. My advice for everyone? Avoid loud music on earphones, especially the ones with noise occlusion. I was torturing my eardrums, and then i would wonder why i had a headache the next day. I have high pitch ringing much like the one showed on the video, it's a bit lower, but not by much. I also had noise sensitivity for at least 2 weeks, the noise of plates would immediatly cause discomfort for me. It got better with time, the ringing is still there though, it never bothers me, i got used to it.
Be careful with your ears in dangerously loud places. Sensitivity to noises such as plates is an early sign of hyperacusis. I have that, and it's miserable. Always wear protection if you feel the need to. Be a bit paranoid about your ear protection, it could save your ears lol
@@Artsloan1 I've always had good hearing, it was a bit of an eye opener when i had to deal with it. I think i found a video about hyperacusis back when i was researching about Tinnitus. This lady that suffered from it had napkins in between her plates on her kitchen, that says alot. Always be on guard near construction sites, anything above 70 decibels can damage your ears.
I'm really lucky that I had music teachers who really emphasized the use of earplugs-I preserved my hearing through 3 years of playing the drums. For people who hate the way earplugs dull the sound, there are highquality earplugs that dont make listening awful
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
Life saver bro. I'm still 23, Although I am aware of tinnitus, I been listening to music only at full volume since I was 16 - 17 and even today. No prolonged frequency sound or whatsoever. Nor have I experienced it once unless that frequency was being generated from an electronic device in the surrounding. But I have been paranoiac lately: Everytime I hear that whistling sound I assume it's probably my ear getting impaired as I been listening to music too loud from 10 pm to even 6am in my earphones or headsets for a very very long period of time. Having my introverted personality, "I am also that guy who never takes his earbuds off. Playing loud music so he can't listen to no one talking shiit. Or just not wanting people to approach me". But honestly, I can't go a day without the "bloody" earphones. Lol. Now my ears are always tired and seem to never feel at rest no matter what long of a break I take. I'm just happy and fortunately no annoying sound yet. I been thinking it's a myth for no apparent reason. (I guess it's because people say they been listening to music that loud for only a year or two or even less, but I have been doing so for 6-7 years now) so I guessed their problem wouldn't be 100% coming from loud music whatsoever. But when it's not too late yet, I will always remember this video of yours whenever I want to reach for my earphones/headsets, or get in front of my studio monitors. From now on, I will be taking appropriate measures for the best being of my dear ears. Thanks for sharing this emotional videos I was almost in tears as I'm feeling so bad for you and your music experience. I really hope you start getting better and better as the days go by. I will be crossing my fingers for you. Stay safe brother.
I developed mine after taking a high dose of ibuprofen last year (yes, this can cause this in some people). At first it really freaked me out and I was super depressed about it, but several months later I've learned to live with it. I normally don't notice it at all during the day, it's at night when everything is silent that I hear the high pitched ringing. Yea, it's annoying and sometimes distracts me from sleeping so I've learned to leave a fan on to divert my attention from from sound.
i had tinnitus with vertigo 10 years ago, being in a band... i had to stop every thing, took years off and just played acoustic guitar, my tinnitus completely healed.. it can heal, but yeah wear earplugs, don't use headphones much. etc... common sense
@@goldybolt2402 yess, I don't hear it even when I'm lying with the ear on the pillow. A good tip is to distract yourself in the beginning. It's a lot of psychology, because your brain remembers the sound and it will stuck in your brain like an anchor. So turn on the radio or mask the t with something and DON'T search for it, even at the day.. it's hard, but once I did, the T got quieter a lot.. now I can hear the sound if I want to, but it's the brain not the ears, it's a memory effect. hope I could help a bit, take care!
@@LzKicker17 i am 15 and i had tinnitus since i was 12, after a couple of years i learned that the sound only appears when you realize the sound its not there, the sound appeared now because i realized it wasn't there lol but it will dissapear in a couple of minutes, just stay your mind foccused and you will be ok.
it can also mean that you had a lot of stress! my T is not from a hearing damage but related to my psychology, so when I dont take care of my sleeping habit or have a lot of stress the T is unbearable. Sometimes its so worse that I loose my balance and just fall. I learnt to avoid stress as much as its possible (srsly thinking about changing my career path) and take care of routines. Is it gone? no! but I take the symptoms very serious and can live better now
Being in my mid-30’s, a musician, and an OG 90’s bass head I’ve been taking my hearing as serous as possible the last few years. Clear high SPL has always been my game. I’ve never been clinically diagnosed but I do have intermittent tinnitus in the “white noise” frequency range. Then sometimes I get the high pitched ring out of nowhere. It’s not constant and when it happens I can usually make it go away by actively ignoring it, but I take all of that as a sign to protect my ears more and more as I age.
Question, does the loud ringing happen for a few seconds and then dissappears ? I have this as well but it's literally just for a few seconds and then it goes away
@@ryanwilson5936 apparently this is very common and a lot of people experience it, i don't think it has anything to do with hearing damage? Not sure tho, I've been dealing with T for over a year and been treating my ears the best way i can, but i still have these "spikes" where it suddenly gets very high pitched for a few seconds
After getting tinnitus I get very triggered by anyone listening to music too loudly and I always try to talk to them. Most don't care. Thanks for spreading the message
Sending love to you my friend, I'm 52 and have lost hearing in one ear and I'm amazed with the ignorance of people but hopefully we can educate how important this gift of hearing is. Take care, kindest regards
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:(
Tbh im considering quitting youtube because of content like tgis , i have am anxiety disorder and being aware of thos is the last thing i needed. Im just so sad rn
I cant remember a time when i didnt have a tinitus. Im used to it. The high Tone you played in is exactly the freq i hear all time. Its Not because i ever damaged my Hearing, i probably was Born with that tinitus. It is Not annoying to me, it is relaxing and it somehow comforts me Hearing it
Yeah others with tinnitus just need to have a better mindset about it, it's all about how you perceive your tinnitus. Mine doesnt bother me, it's just something that's there and sometimes its comforting so I try to focus on it when I'm in an area where a lot of people are talking (which is an uncomfortable sound). The only times when its unpleasant is when I THINK its unpleasant and over focus on it. Your brain will naturally block it out if you start perceiving it as unimportant noise (which you should), just like how you stop feeling your shoe around your foot when you dont think about it.
I remember having tinnitus as a child for a little bit, that 7khz sound I've heard was probably one of THE MOST Annoyances I've ever dealt with in my life.
Thank God I saw this. I love listening to rock music while wearing my earphones on a high volume for like most of my day. I'll start to lessen it asap and probably just jam on my computer's speaker on a not too high volume I guess.
I think I've had tinnitus since birth, the shitty high-pitched one that gets louder if you try and ignore it. It drives me insane; I have never in my life experienced peace and quiet. I don't know what silence is like and I want to scream and cry knowing every day that the things I'm hearing are just making it worse. I don't know if anyone gets those sharp, high-pitched frequencies from certain electronic equipment in action or old cathode televisions, but it's that same piercing buzz constantly. It makes me really angry and agitated, like when you're just a bit too hot and get that prickly, uncomfortable sweating feeling. If anyone knows of any way to help with this, please let me know
Ye same i have had this piercing screech in my ears for as long as I can remember. I used to be pretty down because of it, thinking that I wouldn't get to experience true silence and peace. But I was wrong, it doesn't prevent you from relaxing when you get the chance. I really do recommend playing white noise or such during bedtime. It really isn't too much of a big deal.
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.
this is EXACTLY why i always wear ear plugs when i go to a show. sometimes they fall out when i’m in the mosh but i always put the effort to grab them off the floor when they do. 90% of people who go to these types of shows wear no type of ear protection and i can’t understand why but idc if i’m the odd one out
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".
I now listen to music half way even if I’m in a loud environment. Especially now that I make music, I mix and master everything on half volume because the lower the general volume is, the louder the mix is when the volume is turned up. Sometimes I would get 7040hz (A8) buzzing in one ear, and A is my favourite note. I used to get that buzzing once a month, but since I started lowering the volume and spend most of my time in silence, it’s been treated fairly. That’s what worked for me; it’ll be different for everybody. It definitely differs if you are a musician/producer or a music listener and the type of headphones you wear. Another factor too is that whenever we make music/beats, we can get carried away with listening to it for hours on end and we can’t get enough of it. Shortening the time that you listen really helps too! I never performed live yet, but now I’m aware of my hearing for when I do!
I’ve been having some weird and complex eye issues affecting my sight recently that might be with me for life, so honestly I can really sympathize with this kind of thing on the other end of the sense spectrum. I feel like this sort of thing is like the equivalent of having floaters, and it sucks, but you start to learn how to live with it over time. It’s been 7 months for me so far, and it’s still hard not to notice these things, but it keeps me sane knowing there are empathetic/sympathetic souls out there who can relate to these life-long problems and help quell another’s pain in the act of just talking about it, amidst a sea of people who would otherwise turn a blind eye to your grievances with indifference.
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 got serious about making music since the start of the quarantine last year and when I started getting the hang of the DAW I just kept making stuff. I started with lofi and hip hop then I wanted EDM. So I started learning future bass. And of course when I got the hang of it, every day, every opportunity I get, I make a track and practice. And then one day I noticed that I had a free sub bass every time I went to bed. Over time I learned that taking rests and dialing down helped me lessen the effects.
I have had tinnitus for years. but the thing is, I didn't know that it was a thing. I always hear constant ringing on both of my ears since a young age, and just thought that it happens to everyone. until just last year I learned that it's a condition. I'd say my tinnitus isn't severe, it's always there but only noticable if I think about the ringing or complete silence just like you. I've also had this since a young age, so I'm kind of used to it already even though it's very uncomfortable.
I've had tinnitus for over a decade, most likely due to anxiety from my mental disorders. I hear the high frequency sound in my right ear most of the time and it fluctuates - more stress louder ringing, especially when I have a panic attack its very loud and in both ears 🙃 so the sound you expose yourself to may not even be the cause, depends on the individual
Thanks for your commmet, that is probably my problem too, because I’ve always took care of my hearing, I’ve never ever exposed myself to loud noises, and all of a sudden I have tinnitus in my left ear. Stress and anxiety are certainly part of my life
@@jonastrex05 Same here Jonas. When I’m super stressed I hear it louder. Yesterday when I was about to sleep, I focused on my breath, only on my breath and that helped me a lot. When I finally fell asleep I feel better. When that happens to you, focus on your breath, I hope this helps
It doesn't really bother me all that much even when it's quiet and the ringing is all I hear. But I do sometimes wish I could experience complete silence for once
Me too, I just woke up with tinnitus one day like a month ago, made me want to rip my ears off for the first couple of days but it only took like 2 weeks to get used to. Barely think about it anymore and even if I do, it doesn’t really bother me. It does really suck when you’re trying to go to sleep though :/
Lol. I thought I had tinnitus. Turns out it’s a weird ass form of pitch recognition. If I hear a noise, I can save it and bring on a type of tinnitus by thinking about it that matches the pitch of that sound. I noticed this when I was going to sleep. I realized depending on what I was thinking of, the tinnitus sound would like change. If I was thinking about nothing, it would just go away. If I didn’t really wanna hear it, it would go away as well. I kinda have this with colours as well thought. If I think about a certain colour, mainly in dark rooms, it looks as thought somebody is flashing a tiny light in that colour within the room…..thought I had laser eyes when I was like 7. Was able to teach my brother how to do it though, so I thing it was some weird illusion brought on with my clock that I had as a kid, that made me expect a red glow, and when I got a new clock, I could still prompt that, and other colours as well. And my brother was able to learn it cuz he was like 5 and stuff. So Yee. It really depends on what actually causes tinnitus. I can’t tell if hearing loss causes nerves to fire weirdly. To absence of a certain sensory input that was once experienced, causes the brain to produce expected information to fill in the gaps. Maybe your one ear experienced a loss of lower frequencies, and that noise is just it trying to fill in an ambient room hum or something that it expected. Just did a quick google search, and yeah. Ambient room noises range from 3-60hz, but average between mainly 40-60…..average those out and you get 50hz. Which is suspiciously close to the 49, you stated at the beginning of the clip. Especially if you grew up in the suburbs and than later moved to an urban environment, it’s almost exactly an average of 50. Now, I didn’t check citations on those claims, and I’m really curious as to how people react to what I just theorized. But, given my experience, it somewhat makes some logical sense.
woah ok seriously, no joke, while I was reading this reply, I suddenly started hearing a tinnitus ring that lasted about 10 seconds. Whenever I get that, usually maybe once every few months it is always brief... Coincidence? I don't know... But when I am in extreme silence, if I really focus I can hear what almost sounds like a super high frequency "searing" noise. Sounds more like its coming from inside my head. It's like seeing... You can see a "film grain". And I have had times where I defocused my eyes and sort of zoned out looking at lights, and the room would get redder and redder until I moved my eyes and refocused. That happened a few times. And sometimes I swear I can smell the thing I am looking at. I think memory, and actual sensory output are closely linked. It isn't sound that is in the air, its just air pressure moving toward you from vibrations. At one point it enters our brain and then an electrical signal converts it into something we can sense. Maybe some people are able to generate these same electrical impulses without sensory input, maybe thought alone, for some, can do this. It might also be related to synesthesia, many people have very mild forms of it. And the latter part of your theory, the filling in the gaps sounds interesting. When humans lose a limb, the body sends signals there which are perceived as pain, it's called a phantom limb. Maybe when the brain sends signals to burnt out receptors in your ear, the damage causes it to be perceived as a ring. Also I have tons of audio and electronic equipment in my room. All give off some frequencies probably. Maybe we are just narrowing in on Frequencies flying around our homes. There must be a broad range of them. But... That ring I just got at the start of reading your comment, that was definitely a ring in my head. That was so weird lol.
@@JunkBondTrader yeaaaah. What tf is that? It’s like, if you defocus in a very specific way, you hear like some weird super high pitched fuzzy sound that like builds, and than like actually fizzles out. Like it sounds like rain on the tail end. It legit sounds like being in a big ass forest during a storm or something. Like a whsssssss and than weird metallic rain or something. Also, I swear nobody is talking about the visual static, and the broken stuff that happens if you decide to zone out a bit. I honestly feel like these are things everybody can/ has done, but either don’t notice, or have no idea how to casually bring it up. Like, “uuuh. My vision looks like when you film in a slightly dark room on an iPhone….but like reaaaallly high Rez. Just, sorta grainy sometimes, if I pay attention to it.” Or like, “if I kinda really zone out, I can make it sound like I’m actually chillin in a forest when it’s windy out….uuuh. Nope. Just me. Ight. Imma head out.” It’s not like normal imagination where it’s like the Lecroix of sensory experience. It’s like an actual thing happening, but it just sounds like it’s coming from your ears and not from your environment. Maybe it’s a calming thing. Like, when you get time to chill, mr ape brain is all like, “ooga booga. Found shelter from fast water cloud.” When, in reality you just zoned out for a few seconds. I’m also wondering if it is something related to creativity. Mainly the observation side of it. If I’m in a new environment, I will casually find myself keeping tabs on everything in the room, so I can figure out where tools are, and so I can also replicate the place later if I wanna draw it. But it just sort of happens regardless, so I’m assuming it’s a means to figure out “what the heck is going on around here”. Since it’s like an automatic thing, maybe I did that when I was a kid with just existing in general and this sorta gave me enough tools to make stuff through rough replication. But also made me notice these sensory glitches in the process. The only reason why I’m sorta stating it might be universal thing is because, they way u described it was eeeezxxactly the same as what I experience. I was pretty vague about it. But yeah. Those were the details. Normally if I hear about synesthesia, it varies more between people. Which makes sense. If it’s based on association, people are different, which makes sense. But if people are different, why are we experiencing the exxxact same things. Super weird.
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
I have near perfect hearing, just a bit of loss in the lowest frequencies, so I usually don't listen to loud music. In high school, I was in drumline and they made us wear earplugs. While annoying, I'm grateful. Now, I'm putting together a cover band, and I made sure to get earplugs for everyone. They thought I was being silly, but once they heard the drummer in the rehearsal room, they were very grateful. I so still have very occassional tinnitus, I think it was due to my old phone. I would wear headphones, and when I tried to grab my bus pass behind my phone case, it would blast the volume unexpectedly...multiple times -___- If I'm super stressed, it also pops up, but otherwise, I can still hear very well.
This is interesting, I just got home from a concert the other night and I thought about the earplug thing, and I subconsciously do a sort of hybrid thing with earplugs and limiting exposure. I would wear earplugs for the louder up tempo stuff, al so stuff that I didn't know as well, but for ballads, and for songs I knew like the back of my hand, I would either pull them halfway out, or pull them all the way out, enjoy the show like that for a while, then when your ears start to feel that like slighty itchy discomfort, just pop em back in for another song or two. That way you can kinda get the best of both worlds I feel. Also they make "flat eq" earplugs, which if you're going to lots of concerts and just want to the the edge off 10-15dB or so, but not lose too much of the high-end, I'd DEFINITELY recommend.
Huh. I thought this was normal, I've had this my whole life. It's never been an annoyance, and I don't listen to loud music. Gonna look further into this, thanks for letting me know that this is something I should look into.
I was born with a hearing loss, so I never fully understood how I could damage my own hearing more Not that I have, but I did start to realize that I would play music at obscene volumes so I myself could feel what it’s like to have the energy at the expense of my family’s sanity, and when I got hearing aids with Bluetooth connections I’d play at the highest volume because I assume I was never in danger While mostly true, I noticed I would stop listening to music and this inaudible ring would stay for a period of time after and it felt genuinely uncomfortable, so I’d put music back on to void it out. Now, I try to manage and listen to it at a sustainable level to avoid that- thanks for telling people about this man!
Had tinnitus for as long as I can remember. Not sure what caused it initially, but I had really bad ear infections as a kid. Almost got tubes in my ears. Headphone use and working in NYC for a few years more than likely both contributed as well. A few weeks ago I randomly had a massive Flare up in my right ear, and it was two different tones shifting every few seconds with pressure in my ear. But this felt different, as if it was on top of my usual ringing. It was driving me nuts, I couldn't sleep, I couldn't focus, and after some research I tried to look for causes. I noticed that apparently some people with TMJ experience tinnitus. I noticed that I could force the tones to shift if I opened or closed my mouth so led with that. Went to my dentist, and he confirmed I have TMJ, with my right jaw being worse off, and gave me a night guard. Immediately followed up with an ENT, explained and he prescribed me prednisone for the inflammation in my jaw. It did not help, and I got bad side effects from it. No ear infection either, which also pointed to TMJ being the culprit. Ended up basically having an anxiety attack to the point of needing to go to the ER (I've never had anything like that happen before), in which they did nothing. I completely believe the prednisone made me that way, never taking that stuff again. So I followed up with an inner ear specialist, they ran a hearing test, turns out I have some high frequency loss in my right ear, and she ordered an MRI. She believes it stems from my migraines. Everything came back normal thankfully so that pretty much confirmed to me it was my jaw causing this new type of ring. So I put ice on it for about 20 minutes, and the two tones pretty much went away almost immediately. Hasn't returned, but since then I've had a kind of chirping ring going on. Can't seem to get rid of it, planning on seeing a TMJ specialist and maybe seeing if there's still something there. Still have ringing of course but that nonstop two tone was horrific. Stuff is no joke, take care of your ears, and know that it may be a symptom of another condition.
When i was in 10th grade I started noticing that i would get tinnitus in my ears after listening to loud music in my earbuds. Ever since then I've never turned my volume higher than half. Your ears adjust, and eventually half volume will sound like full volume.
A lot of things sound full volume to me at 10-30% volume. Usually I go down to 10% when someone has their youtube audio settings on high for some reason, but then I switch videos and it's quiet all a sudden so back to 20% or so. I change the volume all the time.
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
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.
Thank you for the wake up call! I get tinnitus sometimes and I'm in my early 20s. I've been to a couple concerts but never a nightclub (I'll get around to that eventually though). Now I know to wear ear plugs for loud events. I think I'll work on listening to music on lower volumes from now on until it is habit. 🤍
Thank you for this. I often listen to loud music in my headphones for sometimes up to an hour on full blast while I’m working out or laying in bed. Its nice to know that I can still listen to loud music , but now I will definitely start giving my ears a break more
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
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.
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😅😅
i used to use music to cope with outside stress and depression, and i played them so loud to the point my ears would ring. ever since i heard the ringing even though i sit in silence, i researched and that’s when i learned about tinnitus. i tried lowering my volume from then on, but from time to time i would still play them really loud since it was one of my major coping mechanisms. now i’m ending my teen years with high pitched ringing in my ears when i sit in silence. yes there’s regret, but i honestly don’t know how i would’ve coped with it in silence either way. but now i’ve been taking care of ears better, because i realized that once i mess them up, i wouldn’t hear and enjoy music just as i used to lol stay safe and take care of your ears guys ^^
