Dusty Chalk Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 link My attitude on "less than an hour a day of listening" (which seems to be the takeaway on Facebook, although it should be "...less than an hour a day of too loud listening...") is this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Doesn't surprise me. I've always been a bit of a geek with that - when I was going to rock concerts in my mid teens, long hair, torn denim, and head banging (we're talking early '70s) I used to shove cotton wool in my ears. Now I use high tech ear plugs which reduce the volume, and take down the damaging high frequencies more, but leave the stomach thumping bass coming through. I have lost some high frequencies in my left ear, but that was a historic thing falling off my bike and fracturing my skull near my ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappyjones123 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Just measured my speakers with a decibel meter app on my phone. Most likely not even close to accurate but told me an average of 57dB with a peak of 70dB. Should be fine with that for more than an hour I don't get the point of listening to music at 110dB at a concert and ruining one's hearing for life. Really don't see the allure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Too much water will kill you. rawk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Just measured my speakers with a decibel meter app on my phone. Most likely not even close to accurate but told me an average of 57dB with a peak of 70dB. Should be fine with that for more than an hour I don't get the point of listening to music at 110dB at a concert and ruining one's hearing for life. Really don't see the allure. Actually, many of the db meters on phones are amazingly accurate. Erika has one in her lab that cost well into 5 figures, and the one on her phone reads about the same. In bad news, there is some new research showing brain damage occurs before measurable hearing damage. That is, damage from loud noise leaves people able to pass a hearing test just fine, but not actually process what they hear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 WHAT?!?!? No, seriously, what? (wanders off to look up that research) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 ^This! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 I wish concerts weren't so loud. There's so much going on in the treble in metal music, and even "hi-fi" earplugs like Etys filter out more treble than bass, so you end up with a dull, mushy sound. Or, if you don't wear earplugs for a few minutes, you almost immediately get temporary hearing loss in the treble, so all you can hear are the double kick-drum patterns anyway, even during guitar solos. I should go into the lucrative business of being a sound guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 WHAT?!?!? I'll see if I can track some down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) I'm thinking it's the otherwise-banned substances we consume when listening to concerts or sometimes music. But seriously, that's a bit freaky. I did my share of rock/punk shows but generally like lower volumes.... EDIT: whoa....World Cup attendees are fucked! "120 dB - vuvuzela or sirens - nine seconds" Edited March 2, 2015 by skullguise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Oh, yeah, seriously, have you ever been around a vuvuzela? It is the bane of hearing and sanity wherever it goes. Yeah, Doug, that would be appreciated, if you know what to look for, I haven't had a chance yet. Especially if you have insider knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Especially if you have insider knowledge. Insider knowledge fell asleep early, but I'll ask in the morning. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggil Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I went to an Armenian wedding recently and the music was insanely loud. Lots of fun but I had to keep my hand on my ears like a delicate damsel in order to keep my sanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 http://www.newswise.com/articles/noise-induced-hidden-hearing-loss-mechanism-discovered http://m.jneurosci.org/content/29/45/14077.short http://m.jneurosci.org/content/26/7/2115.short 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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