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panthergirlpanthergirl Posts: 469
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
has anyone here - maybe those over the age of 40 - found that they are experiencing hearing loss from extensive concert-going????

seriously, it's not good.
08 6/11 WPB 6/12 Tampa 6/24,25 MSG, 8/7 Ed @ Newark
07 8/5 Lolla 8/2 VIC
06 7/22,23 Gorge 7/20 Ptl
04 10/8 VFC Kissimmee
03 4/11 WPB, 4/12 HOB Orlando, 7/8,9 MSG
00 8/24 Jones Bch 8/9,10 WPB
1998 9/22,23 WPB 1996 10/7 Ft Laud 1994 3/28 Miami
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    panthergirl wrote:
    has anyone here - maybe those over the age of 40 - found that they are experiencing hearing loss from extensive concert-going????

    seriously, it's not good.

    do you have tinnitus?

    I've been wearing earplugs for maybe 5 years. My right ear is worse than my left. You have to tell people (at work for example) that they have to speak directly to you (not from the other room.) The audiologist gave me some communication tips.
    9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    panthergirl wrote:
    has anyone here - maybe those over the age of 40 - found that they are experiencing hearing loss from extensive concert-going????

    seriously, it's not good.



    sorry, what was that ?


    *disclaimer* apologies, but I couldn't resist :D

    and to answer the q, I'm okay so far...but not quite 40 yet.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • panthergirlpanthergirl Posts: 469
    jamie uk wrote:
    sorry, what was that ?


    *disclaimer* apologies, but I couldn't resist :D

    and to answer the q, I'm okay so far...but not quite 40 yet.


    just wait til you hit the 4-0 ..... EEK!!!

    my husband and I are constantly saying... WHAT???? WHAT???
    it's ridiculous, I tell ya!
    08 6/11 WPB 6/12 Tampa 6/24,25 MSG, 8/7 Ed @ Newark
    07 8/5 Lolla 8/2 VIC
    06 7/22,23 Gorge 7/20 Ptl
    04 10/8 VFC Kissimmee
    03 4/11 WPB, 4/12 HOB Orlando, 7/8,9 MSG
    00 8/24 Jones Bch 8/9,10 WPB
    1998 9/22,23 WPB 1996 10/7 Ft Laud 1994 3/28 Miami
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I must be blessed. I gig quite a bit, and am the loudest acoustic musician you'll ever hear in a small venue, frequently tipping the scales at about 110db. (I'm all rigged up to pedals.)

    However, I've had ear tests, and I can hear stuff that apparently only dogs should hear. The good luck can't last forever.
  • battan1120battan1120 Posts: 310
    Ears are good,visions going & the knees are shot at 44.
    The bus came by and I got on!!!!!
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I can't tell if my hearing is going or if I just no longer give a shit what other people are talking about. Probably a little of both...
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    jamie uk wrote:
    sorry, what was that ?


    *disclaimer* apologies, but I couldn't resist :D


    maybe get your eyes checked if you cant READ her posts ;)

    i think my hearing is going a wee bit... i struggle to hear conversations in pubs/bars/etc... and yet everyone else has heard what that person has said.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • panthergirlpanthergirl Posts: 469
    dunkman wrote:
    maybe get your eyes checked if you cant READ her posts ;)

    i think my hearing is going a wee bit... i struggle to hear conversations in pubs/bars/etc... and yet everyone else has heard what that person has said.

    oh man... loud bars and pubs are the worst for me... i cannot hear what anyone is saying and everyone else is communicating just fine.

    i kinda get embarrassed and uncomfortable :(
    08 6/11 WPB 6/12 Tampa 6/24,25 MSG, 8/7 Ed @ Newark
    07 8/5 Lolla 8/2 VIC
    06 7/22,23 Gorge 7/20 Ptl
    04 10/8 VFC Kissimmee
    03 4/11 WPB, 4/12 HOB Orlando, 7/8,9 MSG
    00 8/24 Jones Bch 8/9,10 WPB
    1998 9/22,23 WPB 1996 10/7 Ft Laud 1994 3/28 Miami
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,325
    plugs

    high quality ear plugs

    been wearing them to shows for at least five or six years
  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    Oh man! My mother is deaf in one ear and the other might be going. It developed over the past 10 years. SOOOO ANNOYING!
    Mom, how are things?
    What?
    How are things?
    What?
    HOOOOOW ARRRRRRE THIIIIIINGS???
    Don't yell at me!
    Hahahaha, oh man its terrible but she laughs about it too.
    I tried to get her a hearing aid but they are real real expensive and she keeps saying she is waiting for some new real good one.
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
    Sweep the Leg Johnny.
  • panthergirlpanthergirl Posts: 469
    i try to use earplugs now but it seems the damage is already done.
    we went to see Boston last week and our seats ended up being in the 10th row ... (I forgot the plugs but shoved tissue in my ears!)
    and the show was soooo loud that the next day I was dealing with the ringing etc.


    my two teenage sons are musicians and i beg them to use earplugs and they usually don't ... what a shock, huh? ;)
    08 6/11 WPB 6/12 Tampa 6/24,25 MSG, 8/7 Ed @ Newark
    07 8/5 Lolla 8/2 VIC
    06 7/22,23 Gorge 7/20 Ptl
    04 10/8 VFC Kissimmee
    03 4/11 WPB, 4/12 HOB Orlando, 7/8,9 MSG
    00 8/24 Jones Bch 8/9,10 WPB
    1998 9/22,23 WPB 1996 10/7 Ft Laud 1994 3/28 Miami
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    panthergirl wrote:
    i try to use earplugs now but it seems the damage is already done.
    we went to see Boston last week and our seats ended up being in the 10th row ... (I forgot the plugs but shoved tissue in my ears!)
    and the show was soooo loud that the next day I was dealing with the ringing etc.


    my two teenage sons are musicians and i beg them to use earplugs and they usually don't ... what a shock, huh? ;)

    Try to covince them to use ear plugs at least while at practice. I never wear them on stage but I do at all practices. My hearing should last at least 3 - 5 weeks longer as a result.
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  • panthergirlpanthergirl Posts: 469
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Try to covince them to use ear plugs at least while at practice. I never wear them on stage but I do at all practices. My hearing should last at least 3 - 5 weeks longer as a result.

    :D
    08 6/11 WPB 6/12 Tampa 6/24,25 MSG, 8/7 Ed @ Newark
    07 8/5 Lolla 8/2 VIC
    06 7/22,23 Gorge 7/20 Ptl
    04 10/8 VFC Kissimmee
    03 4/11 WPB, 4/12 HOB Orlando, 7/8,9 MSG
    00 8/24 Jones Bch 8/9,10 WPB
    1998 9/22,23 WPB 1996 10/7 Ft Laud 1994 3/28 Miami
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