Please Assure Me That Everything Will Be Better and That I Will Enjoy the Music Festival

[Kar4]

I am going to visit a music festival this weekend. Two days of hard underground music. Would like to say I am looking forward, but...
There is no problem with loud music, I will protect my ears of course and I know I will bear it.
I am feeling depressed for last couple weeks. Having the worst time of this year, (or maybe of last few years). Tinnitus on a highest level, troubles around. I am not able to feel like I am looking forward to anything.

What I need from You (and why I am posting this) are words of hope. Please assure me that everything will be better, I will enjoy the show, let troubles behind and things will turn back to normal.

 

[gotyoubynuts]

I am going to visit a music festival this weekend. Two days of hard underground music. Would like to say I am looking forward, but...
There is no problem with loud music, I will protect my ears of course and I know I will bear it.
I am feeling depressed for last couple weeks. Having the worst time of this year, (or maybe of last few years). Tinnitus on a highest level, troubles around. I am not able to feel like I am looking forward to anything.

What I need from You (and why I am posting this) are words of hope. Please assure me that everything will be better, I will enjoy the show, let troubles behind and things will turn back to normal.

just know that music festivals have made some people permanently worse even when wearing ear protection.

don't come complain if your tinnitus worsens!

 

[MikeP505]

Everything will be better and you will enjoy the music festival.

 

[Bobby B]

You will enjoy the music festival - no question

The problem will start as soon as you leave the hall and find out that you have even louder T - at why which point the enjoyment part ends abruptly

That is if you have noise induced T
If not then yes no issue protect your ears and it will be fine after that too

 

[Sam Bridge]

You will enjoy the music festival - no question

The problem will start as soon as you leave the hall and find out that you have even louder T - at why which point the enjoyment part ends abruptly

That is if you have noise induced T
If not then yes no issue protect your ears and it will be fine after that too

I am sure mine is noise induced, went to two concerts in march with alpine musicians plugs. No change in T.

 

[Bobby B]

I am sure mine is noise induced, went to two concerts in march with alpine musicians plugs. No change in T.

He did say hard underground concert

Just because you had no issues doesn't mean much either ..that's a silly advice

 

[Sam Bridge]

He did say hard underground concert

Just because you had no issues doesn't mean much either ..that's a silly advice

Just sharing my experience thats all. I didn't advise anyone.

 

[Kar4]

The problem will start as soon as you leave the hall and find out that you have even louder T - at why which point the enjoyment part ends abruptly

My T never gets louder after listening live music with protection. It only changes time to time without any noticeable reasons.

 

[Kazue]

I would invest in some pelton x5a if you're that concerned. It offers up to 30-35 NPR protection. I'm not sure if you can wear earplugs under them though. If the music is 120 db then it can easily go down to 90 db and then to 80-70 db with earplugs under them. It's still loud but it's only a one time thing and you can be exposed to it longer.

 

[James White]

Well i've had very loud events these last few years and it did absolutely nothing to my tinnitus, with or without earplugs.

I'm seriously starting to think tinnitus is just random, you never know.

I feel like your question is like asking if you're going to have a car accident because you had one a few years before. If you have earplugs, what can you do more ?

 

[Foncky]

Well i've had very loud events these last few years and it did absolutely nothing to my tinnitus, with or without earplugs.

I'm seriously starting to think tinnitus is just random, you never know.

I feel like your question is like asking if you're going to have a car accident because you had one a few years before. If you have earplugs, what can you do more ?

Wait a few years. You will find out that T is not so random after exposure to loud events.

And he can do more : he can avoid the show. Maybe switch to acoustic jazz or something ?
But Kar is certainly aware of the risks so... His decision.

 

[RAY]

Your Tinnitus was caused by Acoustic Trauma and your going to a concert its your decision of course, but I would steer clear it would seem a strange decision to make if you went ahead

 

[Jomo]

Ok for reference you have musicians out there that still perform..the lead singer from coldplay has T....the lead singer and drummer of metallica have T...they all continue to perform...now i know everyone has diff levels of T and hyperacusis is the trump card...make sure you know how to properly fit the ear plugs...i think you will be ok but stay away from speakers and the stage..please let us know how it goes...also if tou have time look into custom fitted pluggs if you can...i just ordered mine last week...takes 3 weeks

 

[Julien87]

Up to you to take the risk or not. But you have to know that this kind of event can worsen your T for life.
This weekend may be a turning point in your life..

Sorry, this is probably not what you wanted to hear but I really think it's the truth.
And don't be depressed because of that, you can live a happy life without listening to loud live music for a full weekend

Although, if you are really sure and decide to go there anyway, just enjoy and try not to think of potential issues...

 

[LadyDi]

I think a lot of the advice here is pretty good, @Kar4 -- even if its not exactly what you want to hear.

Will "everything be better," as you asked? Yes, hopefully, it can be. But you need to take responsibility for helping to make that happen. I would say that going to an "underground" music concert, even with ear protection, isn't going to send you down the improvement path longterm. And you do have a choice here. It's not like needing surgery but not wanting to have anesthesia because anesthetics can induce tinnitus.

Still, others have a different opinion and the choice is yours. My wish is that if you do go, you relax and enjoy it. Make it worth the risk, at least.

 

[Hopeful1]

Let me be blunt....it will damage your ears for sure......if you are lucky you may not see any noticable difference...if you are not then you will have to suffers months before you get used to the new high!

Choice is yours....would would want to take the risk.....are ear not others things in life to enjoy like walking in woods...watching wildlife...etc?

You say you dont know why you got your T......well it is not difficult to tell....have you been loud clubs before? Or had antibotics which are toxic to there for long duration?.......if the answer is yes to any of the 2 then that is the answer.

It does not matter why you got T in the first place it will get worse with noise...ther is member here who did not get T from noise but from antibiotcs but aggavated it by going to club one day.

Hope i made you change your decision...did I???

 

[Bobby B]

Noise is the "silent killer" until it becomes the "silence killer" -

damage happens and is hidden , cumulative and not noticeable at first until you go to that last one concert/club at which point the T pops up louder and there is no way back by then it's too late.

And if you go, don't use those so called musician earplugs - those let the damaging high frequencies in so you get more damage than good foam plugs like the moldex meteor..

 

[Karl28]

Sounds kinda risky....

Is 2 days of fun worth days or weeks or forever louder tinnitus?

 

[Greg Clarke]

A lot of the advice is coming from people who don't attend concerts and in my opinion is very negative.

I'd go to the festival, just be careful, take many breaks, wear ear plugs and don't stand too close to the stage.

I have been to many concerts since I have gotten tinnitus and I'm doing ok. I have tinnitus ten years and aquired it by acoustic trauma. I could have spent the last ten years not going to gigs but music is a huge part of my life so I cant give it up.

Make your own decision. Don't base it on opinions of peole that don't have experience with it.

 

[Hopeful1]

A lot of the advice is coming from people who don't attend concerts

So we dont have any experience or knowledge.....you are the only one who has experience that counts.

Since your experience is different from others our experiences are not real....how logical???

 

[Pleasure_Paulie]

All of this is purely based upon DBs. Get a few apps for your phone, and monitor the app. Wear good plugs, and if its starting to regularly hit an average above 90DB make sure your plugs are in tight and take breaks

 

[Telis]

Go for it, if it gets worse, at least you have some good times to remember while you suffer. I rember the night I made my T worse and developed H, was a awesome night !!

 

[Hopeful1]

Wear good plugs, and if its starting to regularly hit an average above 90DB

We dont know for sure what levels are safe and how accurate are apps...i wuold only trust a proper sound meter.

Current audiogram cannot test many things like loss of high thershold fibers....ability to hear in noisy environment as a result OHC damage....so no one knows exactly what levels will cause damage....and succeptabiliy of partially damaged synapsis......no way to do it risk free.

And OP want to it 2 days straight that is exposing to further damage before the hair cells and synapsis can fully recover from the first night!!!!

 

[Jason C]

A lot of the advice is coming from people who don't attend concerts and in my opinion is very negative.

I'd go to the festival, just be careful, take many breaks, wear ear plugs and don't stand too close to the stage.

I have been to many concerts since I have gotten tinnitus and I'm doing ok. I have tinnitus ten years and aquired it by acoustic trauma. I could have spent the last ten years not going to gigs but music is a huge part of my life so I cant give it up.

Make your own decision. Don't base it on opinions of peole that don't have experience with it.

It obviously depends how much damage was done by acoustic trauma, I can't even listen too music as it all sounds broken let alone think about going to a festival.

 

[Foncky]

Make your own decision. Don't base it on opinions of peole that don't have experience with it.

You're right. No one has experience with a worsened T because of noise here.

 

[Pleasure_Paulie]

We dont know for sure what levels are safe and how accurate are apps...i wuold only trust a proper sound meter.

I agree. I suppose if you use a few different apps, you can form a genuine guide. I personally think 2 days might be a bit much as stated here; but if the OP wants to go all we can do is provide practical advice to lessen the chance of issues It's also very obvious to say that because we are tinnitus suffers we probably at times because over/extra cautious about many situations that would probably never actually cause damage. I was in a restaurant the other day for a few hours which was probably not over 50DB and freaking out!! haha.

 

[Philemon]

And if you go, don't use those so called musician earplugs - those let the damaging high frequencies in so you get more damage than good foam plugs like the moldex meteor..

@Bobby B To my understanding, musician earplugs stop the high frequencies almost as they stop other frequencies (that's what they are designed for, to provide an even reduction of Db across freqeuncies, i.e. to preserve the nature/quality of the sound), Look at charts like the figure 3 here :

http://www.hearingreview.com/2014/07/high-notes-musicians-earplugs/

In fact, it is more the other way round, it is conventional earplugs that reduce sound more in the high frequencies than in the low and mid frequencies, which makes music and voices unclear and unnatural.

So if the idea is to have some kind of protection while still being able to enjoy the music, it is easy to choose between the two kind of earplugs.
Furthermore, if it is true that the deprivation of some frequencies (because of hearing loss) makes the brain needs to compensate for this loss by generating tinnitus, I can't help to wonder if blocking more the high frequencies than the other ones (knowing that generally tinnitus is high-pitched) is really a good idea, especially for daily protection for example. I mean, according to this 'theory' of brain compensation for the frequencies you don't hear well enough, further deprovationcould presumably makes your tinnitus worse, if your T is high-pitched