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Do noises such as microphone/amplifier feedback screeching cause damage at otherwise "safe" volume levels? It got me wondering as I was in a store earlier where one of the employees would change the PA system from lower volume music to what appeared to be much louder broadcast of his voice to...

Preface: I tried doing a search and those loud back-up beeps can apparently get quite loud and possibly up to 100 decibels. But how close to the source would that be? And how about the volume of the forklifts themselves? I'd imagine we have some current or former warehouse workers who have...

I was at an indoor place earlier where a woman had what looked like a portable bluetooth karaoke system which was a huge speaker that lights up and plays music. She was playing dance and hip hop music very loud and it was extremely annoying to say the least. Friends and I were yelling at each...

Preface: All 5 of the upstairs smoke detector alarms went off at the same time and we could not seem to get them turned off. They were blaring 24/7 for 2 days straight. There was no sign of fire and the smoke detectors apparently are a combination of low battery and old/need replacing. Most of...

Preface: The group I was hanging out with earlier decided to go to a local restaurant I'd never been to and so I followed along. I had no idea it was a restaurant where there were 2 guys playing amplified guitar rock the entire time and I unfortunately did not have my earplugs on me this...

How loud are the high powered backpack gas leaf blowers that guys with a busy landscaping business might use? A quick Google search seemed to suggest a broad range of 95-115 dB at "operator ear level." Is the absolute peak decibel point at his ears? What about me standing about 3 feet away and...

Would a car honk inside of a typical home's two-car garage while the garage is CLOSED produce sound levels of the "permanent damage" variety? Decibel numbers posted online for car horns seem rather vague and Wikipedia cites numbers between 107-112 dB. This particular car is a newer Lexus RX...

How dangerous is it? I played a sport called Pickle Ball indoors in a small, all brick walled warehouse with no windows and the doors were closed. We were completely enclosed in the room. The floor was hard court/concrete. There was no sound damping inside at all and it was a fairly small place...

Summary: Three days ago, I let water 'shoot' directly into my ears from the shower head above me while taking a shower. I've been having some sniffles and nasal drip lately. And every now and then, I probably get dumb ideas to 'clean' my ears. One of the things I recall reading was to "tilt...

Hi all. :) I've had tinnitus for probably about eighteen years from unprotected heavy rock concerts in my youth and extended music listening through headphones. Like a lot of folks with self-awareness of their tinnitus, I have tried to carry earplugs around over the last few years. Yesterday...