Recent content by Shaz1

Welp, I'm 2 years in, still going, and got worse through a few loud incidents. Good luck to you all. It helps to know other people are in the same boat still, but it still is very unfortunate it happened and that this information is not more widely available. Keep focusing on the good things...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6438925/ interesting article too most patrons want the volume to be lower too. i've definitely been to many shows where the volume made it unenjoyable (prior to my hearing issues).

Tangentially related: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/what-these-grammy-songs-tell-us-about-the-loudness-wars.html about over compression in music (ironically, I saw that I shared an article like this with friends years before I got T, so I was worried about my hearing before then...

I’m still so salty tbh though that my tinnitus came from barotrauma and medicine on top of previous noise damage Because I was wearing concert earplugs to concerts regularly since 2016, kept them on my keychain. Had customs made in Jan 2018. Barotrauma incident was mid 2017. Got the T from meds...

I mean, I started protecting my hearing going to concerts maybe 5 years ago, well before I got chronic tinnitus. But I didn't know that much about hearing damage when I first started going to concerts and stuff when I was 20. I didn't know that much about headphone use, except that too loud was...

Yeah, totally. I’ve been on that guilt and rumination stage for the last few months, since it got way worse in October - and I can remember vividly how I was like uh oh, I forgot my earplugs and this is really loud. And a few times I left the room to let my ears get a break, but I still went...

This is a good way to be. I’m still regretting that wedding in October where I forgot my custom plugs (not having my keys on me!) and knew the band was too loud / the room was not good and didn’t listen to my instincts that were telling me to leave - it would’ve been easy to pop outside and buy...

one thing at least that makes me feel better about my guilt / self blame regarding my carelessness or foolishness after getting it and not taking the necessary precautions etc is that it seems common. so many people have stories of having it mild / moderate and then carrying on with potentially...

Some people heavily smoke cigs their whole lives and never get lung cancer

I think one thing that would be helpful would be to get across that protecting yourself (before you have hearing damage) doesn’t take away from the fun, and being realistic When I discovered earplugs before I had T I was like this is great, I get to enjoy things but am protected (and generally...

It’s easy to say what you think you would’ve done with knowledge, but I think it’s often not true I mean, how often do people burn their mouth on hot soup and coffee when they should know better (and yet you keep doing it and then saying shit, I shoulda known better) Tis human nature

I imagine people just don’t know better or really can realize what can happen I didn’t realize it either for my first many months - I was generally cautious of louder sounds in general and used protection, but not consistently, only really really loud ones It was only after I made a bad...

Eh I’d still go, I’d just wear earplugs when it was loud and be more proactive about it. Sadly I was doing that for a few years before I got chronic tinnitus, I just had a few incidents where I forgot them and also years before that where I never used them. And then medication is what truly...

Now that holidays are past and life is getting busier again I’m more distracted from it and trying my best to move on and be positive, but I still catch myself dwelling on the negativity. I looked back on old photos from “before” and thought of the happiness. Also the mistakes and regrets...

For sure. It seems a good place to be, and good you got this advice early. I wish I had too in my first month of getting it, instead I kept going to events for months - maybe it would’ve gotten somewhat better - and it wasn’t till I had a bad incident that made it worse that I sought out advice...