Just Learned the Hard Way That My Phone Beeps When the Battery Is Low

[Bill Bauer]

I moved the phone out of my home office, so that it doesn't ring close to my ear. Several days ago, I took the phone off of its charging station and left it on my desk. Turns out that when the battery is low, when you press "talk" on the phone, it makes an unbelievably loud beep. If I were to be pressing the phone to my ear and were to hear that "beep" I would have been done for. In my case, it was an inch away when it beeped. It is possible that I am still done for even though the phone was somewhat away from my ear. My ear feels different now...

In any case, the lesson, I guess, is to be careful...

 

[Striveon]

I am so sorry you had to go through that :/ I hope your ear heals in the next few weeks and stays at the same baseline, the good thing is you didn't have it next to your ear I hope you feel better, cheers

 

[coffee_girl]

Bill, you are going to be fine. I promise that beep won't create permanent damage, if you focus too much on it you are going to create anxiety hon.

 

[Red]

People still use landline phones?

 

[Honky]

Sorry to hear that, Bill. I too was accosted by unwanted noise tonight and I sympathize.

 

[coffee_girl]

People still use landline phones?

Yeah, I learned the hard way that you really shouldn't be jumping up and down on your bed using them otherwise you end up with the cord wrapped around your ankles and you end up falling on the cabinet causing your voice recorder to record your screams. I still have the recorder and i still listen to it sometimes lol

 

[Bill Bauer]

People still use landline phones?

I have never owned a cell phone, and I don't think I ever will. The first and last time I wished I were to own a cell phone was about six years ago. I was at a store with my mom. At one point, I thought I lost her. Right after I had the thought that this would not be a problem if only the two of us were to own cell phones, I saw her again. I never needed a cell phone after that. I would feel silly paying $100 a year for something that I would never get to use. In addition, knowing myself, there is no way that I will remember to charge it, so chances are that in an emergency I would be stuck with a dead cell phone.

Up until last year, I had been using an honest corded phone. I never liked this new cordless phone (the first one I have ever owned) - and today I learned the hard way one disadvantage/pitfall of those innovative new phones...

 

[Bill Bauer]

I would get a cell phone if not for the need to remember to keep it charged, and if it were to cost like a landline phone. Come to think of it, a landline phone doesn't need to be charged, and costs like a landline phone. It is a privilege to be able to use a machine that is so superior to those cell phones (cheaper and less hassle).

 

[Red]

Well, that's all subjective. Personally I hate landline phones. Everytime I encounter them they are obnoxiously loud and the pitch of the ringing riles up my H. Having a silent phone that never makes noise is nice.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Bill, you are going to be fine. I promise that beep won't create permanent damage, if you focus too much on it you are going to create anxiety hon.

My T, in that ear, is louder and more high pitched now.....................................
I have already had an incident when I picked up a phone (its volume stuck at "max", and the person on the other end raised her voice. That happened three months after onset and it had caused major, major problems for me..................

The nightmare is back.

 

[Emperor-Drax]

Just never have an active CB radio sitting on your bedside table!

 

[Michael Leigh]

I understand your concerns Bill. When you fully habituate and your hyperacusis (auditory system) is cured of oversensitivity. Beeps and other sporadic sounds, including police and ambulance sirens will be of no more concern, as you won't give them importance and will cause you no harm. It is fear and anxiety that a lot of people that have suffered acoustic trauma that makes oversensitivity to sound worse. Our thoughts can be very powerful. Negative thinking about sounds in our environment, one has to be careful of as it can become a big problem if they are not careful.

Michael

 

[Bill Bauer]

I understand your concerns Bill. When you fully habituate and your hyperacusis (auditory system) is cured of oversensitivity. Beeps and other sporadic sounds, including police and ambulance sirens will be of no more concern, as you won't give them importance and will cause you no harm. It is fear and anxiety that a lot of people that have suffered acoustic trauma that makes oversensitivity to sound worse. Our thoughts can be very powerful. Negative thinking about sounds in our environment, one has to be careful of as it can become a big problem if they are not careful.

Michael

I will wait to find out what the long run impact of this is going to be, before answering your post. If the unthinkable happens, proving you wrong will provide some (unimaginably minor) consolation.

 

[Michael Leigh]

I will wait to find out what the long run impact of this is going to be, before answering your post. If the unthinkable happens, proving you wrong will provide some (unimaginably minor) consolation.

With respect Bill I assure you I am not wrong. It is your negative thinking that is causing you problems nothing more than that.

Take care and I wish you well.
Michael

 

[Michael Leigh]

There are many people in this forum with a negative mindset @Bill Bauer towards the slightest raised sound in their environment. Until they get this under control and possibly get some treatment with a Hearing Therapist or Audiologist they will forever have problems with fear, anxiety and stress where sound is concerned. It is unfortunate but quite true.

Michael

 

[Bill Bauer]

It is your negative thinking that is causing you problems nothing more than that.

The louder ringing (that is more high pitched) is an objective symptom. While I was upset when it happened, I was quickly able to get my mind off of it (I learned a few tricks over the past 20 months). I was distraught for 15 minutes, followed by hours of not thinking about it, yet the sound changed in such a way that it is harder to ignore now.

Of course I realize that with T whatever happens on a daily basis is not important. I need to give it a lot more time before I will be able to find out what I desperately want to know.

 

[Michael Leigh]

Of course I realize that with T whatever happens on a daily basis is not important. I need to give it a lot more time before I will be able to find out what I desperately want to know.

All you need to know and follow is the advice I and others in this forum have given you. Stop giving importance to sounds that you believe will cause you harm. You may need some therapy as I've mentioned some people need with a Hearing Therapist or Audiologist because what you are experiencing is very real but it is treatable. However, if it is not addressed or heals by itself with time, it will forever be a problem. Sorry to sound so sobering but this is the unfortunate truth.

Take care
Michael

 

[Bill Bauer]

There are many people in this forum with a negative mindset @Bill Bauer towards the slightest raised sound in their environment.

This is because their experience as well as the experience of others here informs them of the fact that those sounds (that the healthy people might not pay any attention to) can have life-changing consequences. You sound like the people who think that cancer is something the right mindset can take care of.

they will forever have problems with fear, anxiety and stress where sound is concerned

It is ok to be fearful of scary things that can take away your ability to enjoy life.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Stop giving importance to sounds that you believe will cause you harm.

Like I said in my recent post, I Had followed your advice (haven't thought about it for hours), and yet following your advice hasn't worked out well for me (the sound is harder to ignore).

 

[Michael Leigh]

Like I said in my recent post, I Had followed your advice (haven't thought about it for hours), and yet following your advice hasn't worked out well for me (the sound is harder to ignore).

This is the last comment I am going to make on this subject. I am trying to help you and have no wish to engage in a game of one-upmanship. Addressing the issues surrounding acoustic trauma can be complex. In the simplest form it can be treated with sound therapy and following the advice I have given in my post: Hyperacusis, As I see it. Regarding people such as yourself. I believe there are deeper psychological issues present which may need treatment with the health professionals that I have mentioned. Stress, anxiety and fear relating to sound is not easy to treat under these circumstances and not curable in a few hours, days or weeks. This may require counselling on a long term basis and medication which you are averse to.

This is the way I see it, based on my experience with "noise induced" tinnitus and corresponding with many people over the years with this condition.

Michael

 

[Bill Bauer]

I believe there are deeper psychological issues present which may need treatment

Who is a better judge of my psychological condition, and of whether or not the beep had a big psychological impact on me - me or you (who had never met me)? I am telling you and the others who might find this to be useful to them - psychology had nothing to do with it.

 

[Michael Leigh]

psychological condition,

Just to clarify. When I mentioned psychological issues this is relating to "sound" tolerance, brought about when a person suffers an acoustic trauma and has nothing to do in one's personal life.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Just to clarify. When I mentioned psychological issues this is relating to "sound" tolerance, brought about when a person suffers an acoustic trauma and has nothing to do in one's personal life.

Initially I got upset. I don't have an issue so it is not like I was so upset that I was convulsing on the floor screaming and hitting my head against the floor and wall. And then I completely forgot about it for many hours. The stress I experienced during those first 15 minutes was Not enough to have the sound change hours later. And yet change it did. I think it was the actual sound of the beep right next to my ear that did it.

 

[Michael Leigh]

Initially I got upset. I don't have an issue so it is not like I was so upset that I was convulsing on the floor screaming and hitting my head against the floor and wall. And then I completely forgot about it for many hours. The stress I experienced during those first 15 minutes was Not enough to have the sound change hours later. And yet change it did. I think it was the actual sound of the beep right next to my ear that did it.

As I have said @Bill Bauer and know for a fact. Overcoming an acoustic trauma and the treatment of it can be very complex for some people. I have written many posts on this and they are on my "started threads" This condition can become a long term problem (chronic) if one isn't careful. I believe quite a few people in this forum suffer from this because of what they say. The fear and negative thinking they attach to the slightest raised sound in their environment is very real and this needs to be addressed with treatment if self help doesn't work. I know how severe this condition can be and what it can do. I used to correspond/counsel someone that had very severe hyperacusis. It got so bad she was unable to tolerate the sound of falling rain on her conservatory glass roof. Fortunately with time she did improve.

Michael

 

[Bill Bauer]

The fear and negative thinking they attach to the slightest raised sound in their environment is very real

The fear and negative thinking are the essential components of being cured. They help to ensure that one's ears are healing, as they help one to avoid loud noises. As a result, eventually one's ears a little more resilient when it comes to moderate noises (there is no reason to "push it" though - just because something is likely safe, doesn't mean that it shouldn't be avoided if one can do so (as there is still a small chance that it will not be safe)).

 

[Michael Leigh]

The fear and negative thinking are the essential components of being cured.

That is your belief and you are entitled to it but I disagree. Being fearful and negative towards sound tolerance isn't such a good thing. I believe many people in this forum attach themselves to it and I don't think it's healthy long term. Two people that I have corresponded with via PM messenger have developed phonophobia and misophonia in addition to their Tinntius and hyperacusis. They have said reading negative posts in this forum has contributed to them developing these conditions. Both have had to seek treatment with a Hearing Therapist and Audiologist for counselling and sound therapy.

This was one of the reasons I wrote my post: The complexities of Tinnitus and Hyperacusis:https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/the-complexities-of-tinnitus-and-hyperacusis.25733/

Michael

 

[Bill Bauer]

Do you also coach the people with a suspected broken neck to move about as if nothing has happened, instead of holding still and being scared to move because movement could result in permanent paralysis?

 

[Michael Leigh]

Do you also coach the people with a suspected broken neck to move about as if nothing has happened, instead of holding still and being scared to move because movement could result in permanent paralysis?

You see @Bill Bauer now you are being flippant with me and to some degree disrespectful which is my cue to leave.

Michael

 

[Bill Bauer]

you are being flippant

I used an analogy in an attempt to let you see this through my eyes.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Wow - I was hoping that it would be better when I wake up the next morning. My hopes haven't materialized...