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    Sharing My Story Might Help Me, So Here Goes

    @Bill Bauer Thanks for the clarification, was mostly planning on that yeh. The way I think of it is that at any point sound is louder than what our evolution as a species considered to be normal (so, basically louder than stuff we did 2000 years ago), I'm wearing protection. So, includes the...
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    Sharing My Story Might Help Me, So Here Goes

    @Bill Bauer Don't worry, I'm only using hearing protectors when someone with normal otological health would be advised to use them as well, indeed don't wnat to induce H by offering even less input than a weakened cochlea already is offering.
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    Sharing My Story Might Help Me, So Here Goes

    @Red Thank you for the encouraging words, looking back I myself can barely even fathom how I've kept up with 'not doing something stupid' without drugs as well as university in general (in the bloody top 10th percentile!). But indeed, hope's the only and most important thing to latch onto in...
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    5 Months Later: Another Developing Success Story

    Dear anyone that's now where I was 3 months ago, I promised myself I would come back to this forum when I would feel better, as these stories are what helped me go to sleep somewhat calmly. In short, 3 months ago, I was filled with depression, anxiety, despair, suicidal thoughts, lack of...
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    Drummer — Can Hearing Be Damaged Even with Earplugs? How Do Famous Drummers Handle the Noise?

    As you can see by my profile pic, I was in the same boat. Protection For me personally, I used -35dB plugs and -28dB earmuffs on top of eachother, and still my T grew louder throughout the last 16 months of my playing (ocasionally with personal practise, mostly with gigs). So to answer your...
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    Sharing My Story Might Help Me, So Here Goes

    Hmm, guess you can't add up SNR values then? 38 for the foam plugs, 35 for the earmuffs.
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    Sharing My Story Might Help Me, So Here Goes

    Dear TT people, So, after periods of apathy, anger and then anxiety attacks, I have now come to the stage of self-pity (which I hate) and daily crying sessions. Somewhere I'm thinking that telling my T-story to fellow (ex-)sufferers might help, moreso than telling it the GP/ENT/future...