Recent content by MilesD

Thank you all! I'm trying to calm myself down. This is so bloody unfortunate. @JohnAdams The range of amplification in the worst case would be how much roughly in your opinion? Obviously I just want to get an idea of what we are talking about: 10db, 20db, 30db?

@AZeurotuner Yes exactly. Megaphone would be the best way to describe it. Do you happen to know how much amplification I have to consider here? I am so scared right now.

I know that I cannot undo what has been done but I still want to know if there is objectively any danger and cause for concern. @Bill Bauer Do I understand your last post correctly that with my clumsy removal the issue would still be the original db level of the sound without muffs? I am only...

Ok. It might be the case that the sound started when the muffs were still touching my head. So that would be the same situation? I cannot recall exactly. But I clearly know that upon wanting to remove the muffs it was suddenly very very loud. So the muffs were kind of loosened step by step while...

@Bill Bauer Thank you so much! Are you sure that the there is no amplification that is the original sound plus some db because of the unfortunate position of the muffs around the ear in little distance? In the article they talk about a 10db amplification with hands over ears which I thought was...

Oh my God I made a terrible mistake when removing my muffs. I am always very careful and very, very slowly remove the cups from my ears (to avoid pressure issues). During this process there now was a loud sound from outside and the sound got trapped in the cups being only one or two inches from...

If you cannot take my question seriously then why bother to reply at all? I know I'm a wack job because I am really scared. What do you mean by injured? I was injured because my ears are the worst they have been the last weeks and months. My question was about the potential for permanent...

I was doing better the past weeks but now I hear both ears ringing all the time. It's so loud. I am so upset. I have read many different measures for hammer hitting hard surfaces: Is 140-150db really the case? Other sources state 100-120 db for close range. Sometimes the lower value refers to...

Thank you Jason! Unfortunately I struggle with a bad spike now with veryloud ears and problems in both ears. I was very anxious and now try to calm down but it hasnt changed anything. Threads say we look at 120-140db or something. And 15 ft is not far enough. In my head I keep revisiting the...

Thank you! You are right about the onset but it got worse and I have had problems the past few months. So at this stage it is in a period where my ears are sensitive I guess unfortunately. This was so unnecessary and the muffs were much too loose. I am crying and kicking myself. Do you think...

I need your opinions on the following situation: The plumber was in our apartment and stupidly I did not leave the apartment while he worked in our bathroom. I am to blame because I knew there was a risk that it might get loud. The plumber hit hard on our metal faucet with a hammer in...

It’s pretty much what you predicted: after the stress and worry about the yogurt pack, there was a passing ambulance while I was in my car, a door slam, helicopter flying over me etc. It’s a vicious circle. I read your suggestion for someone else in a post to use ear plugs or muffs...

Thank you so much for all your replies! This forum is my only hope in this situation. I realize that when writing this incident down and showing you a picture of the yogurt package it seems to be crazy. But I (think and hope) I am not. The cracking was really loud! I do still think in the...

I am terribly sorry but I seem to freak out about everything lately: Yesterday, I cracked a yogurt pack and it felt like a gunshot. This is the pack: I cracked the fourpack in the middle with a lot of power and it was super loud. It sounded like a gushot. I freaked out immediately. I had...

@Bill Bauer Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I had just edited the thread: no pain or fullness so far, T louder. I am in total shock though. I found another thread where so. had the same situation but the phone actually rang with the (loudish) ringtone with the phone on his ear. Is...