Alarm Went Off On Me

[RichardRR]

So this morning I was coming down my stairs and like usual I disable my motion sensor, but the beep it made was actually from me setting it off and not from me hitting the button. Less than a minute later it goes off at 120 decibels, and I quickly put my fingers in my ears as to only have a few seconds of exposure. I hit the button again and off it goes.

Was this brief moment enough to damage my hearing/ worsen my tinnitus? I couldn't actually tell you if I'm worse now because the anxiety from it would make me say yes.

Thanks

 

[RichardRR]

Also, I was about 10 feet away from the alarm itself if that makes a difference.

 

[linearb]

I don't think you have anything to worry about. 120db at 10 feet ends up being a lot less than 120db, and 120db for a few seconds doesn't sound like a problem to start with.

 

[geg1992]

You'll be fine, we all have these moments. It's the longer exposure you need to worry about, not a few seconds. Even if it is slightly louder now, it should settle down to base line soon.

 

[RichardRR]

I don't think you have anything to worry about. 120db at 10 feet ends up being a lot less than 120db, and 120db for a few seconds doesn't sound like a problem to start with.

You'll be fine, we all have these moments. It's the longer exposure you need to worry about, not a few seconds. Even if it is slightly louder now, it should settle down to base line soon.

Thank you both, it just sucks when this sort of thing happens..

 

[JohnnyMx]

Hi Richard, this things always happen, alarms, sirens, kids screaming, motorcycles... i have just don't care that much about things i can't handle, and i have not got any worse. I do care in basic things as using earplugs in noise environment, when riding public transport, etc. Don't worry you will be fine for sure.

 

[Sean]

So this morning I was coming down my stairs and like usual I disable my motion sensor, but the beep it made was actually from me setting it off and not from me hitting the button. Less than a minute later it goes off at 120 decibels, and I quickly put my fingers in my ears as to only have a few seconds of exposure. I hit the button again and off it goes.

Was this brief moment enough to damage my hearing/ worsen my tinnitus? I couldn't actually tell you if I'm worse now because the anxiety from it would make me say yes.

Thanks

@RichardRR..same exact thing happend to me ..I assure you that your T will be back to baseline in 2-4 weeks .