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Save Your Ears

An increasing number of young people are developing tinnitus and as a result it is sometimes referred to as “the club disease” as many people experience tinnitus or “ringing ears” after attending loud clubs or concerts.

But hey, seriously – loud music can be one cause of tinnitus.
Once you got it, it is is a pain in the ass-errr.. ear!

If you are a regular club-addict, get some ER-20′s, etymotic cheapest and best high fidality earplugs.
I got some at ebay for 14 Euros/piece and they work like magic.
My ‘after-party’ ringing has been massively reduced.
I am not talking of those kiddo bar/pub partys, but of large-scale events such as Sensation, Mysteryland, TranceEnergy and so on, which is attended by thousands of people.

The key advantage of the ER 20 is that they dont muffle up the sound, but the let through the music filtered. Everything is clear, but simply less loud. The noise reduction is about 20 decibel evenly across all freqs. Get some neckcords aswell, otherwise you’ll loose em.

Here some information from the back of the box:

Safe Exposure (hours per week)

Soundlevel (in dB) | Exposure Type | w/out | with
85 Restaurant/Bar 40hrs SAFE
94 Subway 5hrs SAFE
97 Live band 2.5hrs 40hrs
100 Sports event 1.25hrs 20hrs
112 Rock concert 5 mins! 1.25hrs
115 Siren 2.5mins! 36mins

So what happens if you exceed the time w/out or with earplugs?
- Damage to your ear and thus most likely tinnitus is caused.
Don’t expose your ears beyond the safe times shown above,
SYE! yaaaaaaaaarrr

Causes of tinnitus:

* A sudden loud noise such as an explosion
* Prolonged exposure to loud music through PA systems in Nightclubs or at Concerts.
* Use of excessive volume on personal stereos
* Exposure to an excessively noisy work environment without ear protection, (eg industrial)
* Hearing loss (20 per cent of cases: chronic noise damage and presbycusis)
* Head injury (especially basal skull fracture)
* Drugs: aspirin overdose, loop diuretics, aminoglycosides, quinine
* Temporomandibular and cervical spine disorders
* Suppurative otitis media (also chronic infection and serous OM)
* Otosclerosis
* Ear wax
* Meniere’s disease
* Impacted wisdom teeth
* Hypertension and atherosclerosis
* Acoustic neuroma
* Palatal myoclonus (objectively detectable)
* Arteriovenous fistulae and arterial bruits (objectively detectable)
* Severe anemia and renal failure
* Glomus jugulare tumours (objectively detectable)
* Lyme Disease
* Stress and depression
* Thyroid disorders, such as hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism

Source: wiki / me / earplugs box