- Jun 8, 2019
- 138
- Tinnitus Since
- 05/26/19
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Doing concert photography
Hey all--
I have an internship at a radio station, and I've been doing a lot of concert/studio session photography, meaning that I am often next to loud, live music. I've had tinnitus for the past two weeks, and I'm very worried that it's permanent. Since I'm young and hoping to work in the music industry, this thought is absolutely devasting and has been giving me much anxiety.
I want to give my ears the best shot at recovering from tinnitus, and I think that means I should probably quit the internship and spend the rest of the summer in relative silence. However, when I brought this up to my parents, they scoffed and said I was being over dramatic and that quitting would look bad on my resume.
The other day I went to an audiologist, and while she didn't directly say to quit the internship, she was concerned about it. I got fitted for custom earplugs but they're going to take a couple weeks to come in. In the meantime, I'm wearing foam ear plugs [that don't fit into my ears because my ear canals are narrow and curvy] underneath Bose noise canceling headphones. I'm still worried though that its not enough and that I really should just stop the internship.
Though, this is the first internship I've gotten and it would really help me reach other opportunities in the music/photography realm. So, I dont want to quit because I'd like to have a career after college. But, it clearly isnt worth losing my hearing over.
Any thoughts or suggestions? [Thanks!]
I have an internship at a radio station, and I've been doing a lot of concert/studio session photography, meaning that I am often next to loud, live music. I've had tinnitus for the past two weeks, and I'm very worried that it's permanent. Since I'm young and hoping to work in the music industry, this thought is absolutely devasting and has been giving me much anxiety.
I want to give my ears the best shot at recovering from tinnitus, and I think that means I should probably quit the internship and spend the rest of the summer in relative silence. However, when I brought this up to my parents, they scoffed and said I was being over dramatic and that quitting would look bad on my resume.
The other day I went to an audiologist, and while she didn't directly say to quit the internship, she was concerned about it. I got fitted for custom earplugs but they're going to take a couple weeks to come in. In the meantime, I'm wearing foam ear plugs [that don't fit into my ears because my ear canals are narrow and curvy] underneath Bose noise canceling headphones. I'm still worried though that its not enough and that I really should just stop the internship.
Though, this is the first internship I've gotten and it would really help me reach other opportunities in the music/photography realm. So, I dont want to quit because I'd like to have a career after college. But, it clearly isnt worth losing my hearing over.
Any thoughts or suggestions? [Thanks!]