Going Deaf

[Ragga_Wh0re]

do you do alot of cocaine?Or rail alot of any type of drugs?
if so lay off of it,its going to effect your hearing even more so:)

oh and you also said you had a cold,take decongestant+expectorant.That should help with the congestion in your head,because congestion effects your ability to hear properly as well.Even if youre not sick youre head can still be congested from the cold.

[nabs]

Well i dont do any drugs at all. the worst i ever did was smoke, but i quit that weeks ago.

The cold has been over for a few days now, and it is hearing loss, thats what the doctor told me. im making an appointment for a hearing specialist to see how much hearing i lost, and to see if my ears are still vulnerable.

It really sucks though. i went to my cuzin's house today, and i felt so out of the conversation loop because i coulndt hear properly what was going on. I Hate IT so MUCH.

[justShell]

Originally Posted by shift

That sounds like tinnitus, which is caused by a feedback loop between your ears and the part of your brain responsible for hearing. I doubt smoking pot had anything to do with it, the damage (usually from excessive SPL) probably just coincided with that.

I wear fitted ear plugs everytime I go out to a club, and have for a few years. I would definately recommend them. They sound a lot more natural than the foam ones, so I can still enjoy the music, and hear what people are saying. I wouldn't be able to do what I do for a living if my hearing was to go, so I'm very protective of it.

just wondering. you said that you can hear what people are saying while you wear the earplugs... how does that work. i was just thinking you'd not be able to hear anyone talk to you and have to constantly take them in and out...

[Technix]

Excessive masturbation.

"Say what?"

[justShell]

Originally Posted by TeCHniX

Excessive masturbation.

"Say what?"

ummm. whUT?? lol

[shift]

Originally Posted by candi::shell

just wondering. you said that you can hear what people are saying while you wear the earplugs... how does that work. i was just thinking you'd not be able to hear anyone talk to you and have to constantly take them in and out...

I can usually hear my friends better than they can hear me. I pretty sure it has to do with the various saftey mechanisms your ear has to avoid damage. Once you've been exposed to high SPL for a while the muscles around the bones (hammer, stirrup ect) that move to stimulate the eardrum contract and don't move as much, which lowers sensitivity, and the cilia in your inner ear fill with blood, also to keep from moving as freely. Because I'm wearing earplugs my ears haven't been exposed to high SPL and are functioning normally. Also, while musicians/fitted earplugs are fairly flat in freq. response the extreme highs and lows are rolled off a little bit, and the human voice lies in the midrange, so that might help as well.