So I was watching some YouTube videos with headphones connected to my PC, and something very odd and alarming happened. There was a VERY sudden, VERY loud noise - like a constant air raid siren or some noise that sounds similar to that. Anyway, what's odd is that it definitely was louder than my headphones & PC's maximum volume settings (because I've listened to music on maximum on both for short periods of time previously). I am terrified of how many decibels it could've been. The noise seriously scrambled my brain so much that I was checking to see if it was my music doing it, etc, and I didn't even immediately consider hearing damage so I didn't take them off for around 5-10 seconds.
Fast forward to now, about an hour and a half later and my left ear has a dull pain on the inside and my hearing feels a bit muffled. I do not hear any ringing yet, but I suspect that might come soon? I'm so sorry if this forum is not the place for this, but after googling what's happened, this is the only place where I saw others talk about similar things happening to them.
I guess I'm worried that I'm gonna lose hearing in that ear and that the pain will get worse. I can't find much on google about this, and I have no idea how loud the sound was exactly... but it was very loud, and right on my ears. So I'm scared. I guess I just wanted someone to talk to about it.
Thank you in advance, sorry for my rambling
Fast forward to now, about an hour and a half later and my left ear has a dull pain on the inside and my hearing feels a bit muffled. I do not hear any ringing yet, but I suspect that might come soon? I'm so sorry if this forum is not the place for this, but after googling what's happened, this is the only place where I saw others talk about similar things happening to them.
I guess I'm worried that I'm gonna lose hearing in that ear and that the pain will get worse. I can't find much on google about this, and I have no idea how loud the sound was exactly... but it was very loud, and right on my ears. So I'm scared. I guess I just wanted someone to talk to about it.
Thank you in advance, sorry for my rambling