PLEASE READ THIS (Hearing Loss is PERMANENT)
Cajun, Guys,
During my short life of 34 years, and spending much of my youth in and out of ear and sinus infections, and when I wasnt sick I was either running heavy equipment, chainsaw, or building some sort of off-road rig. (
It all started with cutting the baffles out of my 300SS Elan muffler at 10 years old, also when I learned how to weld), I spent MANY hours in a super cub listening to the tin rattle with no muffs, I had a few triple piped race sleds, and raced blown dragsters...... theres nothing like the sound of a blown dragster, short of a tuned triple...
Well, a D8 with a blade full of dirt is pretty freakin cool too, thats a feeling of REAL horsepower...
I have a 10db threshold shift on one side and 15 on the other.
Its forever.
Think about this:
For things to sound normal I have to turn up the TV, my phone, and the tunes in my rig to levels that are uncomfortable for my wife, and kids. It makes life very difficult and aggravating to say the least when you are watching a show and cant hear what is being said during the best part....my ears ring all the time.
When I want to sleep, they are ringing.
When I wake up because I think there was a strange noise outside, they ring
When I have a headache they ring.
When I want some quiet time by the firepit, they ring.
When my wife is mumbling about the sled parts bill, they ring.
My ears NAG me more than she ever could. Sounds like a mini turbine running on full tilt in my head....all the time.
On top of all that nowadays I work at a Oil Production facility that contains 12 turbines that total about 30,000 hp. We move about 50,000 bbls of fluid per day. Many rooms are 130+ db. We wear double hearing protection when in the room for more than a minute.
Acute Hearing loss occurs during exposure to loud noise resulting in "tinnitus" or ringing in the ears which goes away and is often put off as no big deal, the "ringing" is telling you something. Those repetitive exposures are slowly KILLING your hair in your inner ear, it will NEVER grow back.
Chronic hearing loss is the accumulation of those exposures and becomes PERMANENT and IT
SUCKS!
I can GO ON and ON about the things I miss about my hearing
EAR plugs are all uncomfortable to some degree, you have to try them out and see what you like. It often takes many days for your ear to get used to each kind. For me the EAR Classic is the best. The EAR Lite is the best IMHO. I like the MAX orange OK for a short use, such as my racecar because they are more quiet....otherwise they hurt my canal too much. I can wear the yellows all day, and they are slightly uncomfortable, but NOTHING like the ringing that I hear all the time, even as I write this message....nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
You guys riding with IPODs are just actually making hearing loss WORSE by adding MORE noise to drown out the other "unwanted" noise.....either way its all noise....and I LOVE jammin tunes but you must ask yourself
is it worth it? I wish I would have had some guidance as a young guy, maybe I wouldnt have another fourty or fifty years of ringing in my head to listen to.
Hey if you cover up a pile of turds on the floor are they still there? WHAT? I invite ANYONE to argue with me on this one. Id like to see the noise reduction rating on a set of ear buds...LMAO
RE: Ipod guys, not poking at you just spewing the facts in hopes of helping save someone the nightmare that I live every moment of every day....
What I have to look forward to is "total hearing loss", cuz I guess the ringing just gets LOUDER until its gone.
