My ears are ringing as I type and I've only been to one concert this year and that was about three months ago. I have to sleep with a fan on and sound machine just to try and block it out. Now If I can only block out the voices in my head, I'll be able to sleep at night. :confused:
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Originally posted by tigers scare me:This cracked me up. Wow, what a life! :D Kind of like those impromtu Stones and U2 shows on rooftops and floating down the street.
I always have some on me because you never know when a rock show is going to break out.
Thanks jaguar.
It's a philosophy that has served me well…
It's a philosophy that has served me well…
Originally posted by tigers scare me:That's strange, because I don't get people who don't wear buttplugs.
I don't get people who don't wear earplugs.
Go figure…
Originally posted by Buck Satan:yikes. what show was that? did you see a doctor about it? the longest i've ever had ringing in my ears was 3 days and that was after a whfstival years ago. that scared the hell out of me. i started wearing foam plugs more often after that. maybe i should look into those etymolic thingies.
My ears are ringing as I type and I've only been to one concert this year and that was about three months ago. I have to sleep with a fan on and sound machine just to try and block it out. Now If I can only block out the voices in my head, I'll be able to sleep at night. :confused:
Originally posted by Dupek Chakra:We don't eat a lot of olestra.
Originally posted by tigers scare me:That's strange, because I don't get people who don't wear buttplugs.
I don't get people who don't wear earplugs.
Go figure…
I have had ringing for 17 years and counting…
I've had a general high-pitched sound with me for as long as I can remember. I don't know if I was born with tinnitus or if it's just the sound of my nervous system.
John Cage loved to tell his anecdote of stepping into an anechoic chamber in an attempt to hear actual silence. He told the technician that he could still hear two sounds, one very highly pitched and the other very low. The tech told him that the high sound was his nervous system while the low was his circulation.
Cage had a similar story at his last DC appearance in 1991. At a different concert of his music where the sound was amplified, some patrons complained about the high volume. Cage checked it out for himself, putting each ear against the speakers "like a toaster" (IIRC). His ears rang for several days. On his way to the doctor the ringing stopped. I wish I could remember when he said this took place (he was 78 in '91).
John Cage loved to tell his anecdote of stepping into an anechoic chamber in an attempt to hear actual silence. He told the technician that he could still hear two sounds, one very highly pitched and the other very low. The tech told him that the high sound was his nervous system while the low was his circulation.
Cage had a similar story at his last DC appearance in 1991. At a different concert of his music where the sound was amplified, some patrons complained about the high volume. Cage checked it out for himself, putting each ear against the speakers "like a toaster" (IIRC). His ears rang for several days. On his way to the doctor the ringing stopped. I wish I could remember when he said this took place (he was 78 in '91).
Roger Miller's story in "Our Band Could Be Your Life" is pretty good. Since Mission of Burma played so loud, he would get ringing, and as a classically trained musician he could pick out the notes that were coming in and the like. I just have the 16k that you get from a TV. Had it since college, not sure if it is concert or antibiotic induced (the latter is a cause too).