Why Do Some People Hate Bill Bauer?

[Ed209]

The bottom line is that people should pay attention to the signals given to them by their body. If the earplugs make the noise sound like TV at normal volume, then it appears that it makes sense to stay. If the noise feels unpleasant even when one wears earplugs, then it makes sense (to me) to leave as soon as you can.

If I'm out and it's uncomfortably loud with earplugs in then I'm gone. I don't risk it anymore.

The reduction with a properly sealed ear canal is around 1000 times less powerful in terms of energy.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

Let's add hyperacusis to this discussion.

http://hyperacusisfocus.org/research/earplug-use-2/

 

[Bill Bauer]

If I'm out and it's uncomfortably loud with earplugs in then I'm gone. I don't risk it anymore.

It might be that we have identical beliefs about what one should do to protect one's T-stricken ears.

 

[Tinniger]

I don't think noise protection is the most important piece of advice for tinnitus sufferers. Especially not if there are doubts about the cause of tinnitus disease.....

 

[glynis]

I don't think noise protection is the most important piece of advice for tinnitus sufferers. Especially not if there are doubts about the cause of tinnitus disease.....

I think once you have TINNITUS what ever the reason you got it will make your ears sensitive to extra loud sound.
Mine is due to menieres but I still protect my ears when I feel the need to do so.
Love glynis

 

[Jazzer]

I'll just add my two penneth.
A bad noise/volume is any noise that worries me, or annoys me.
Any gratuitous unnecessary noise will be blocked by me.
I've eaten in restaurants where the noise level is completely bloody barmy.
I will always plug up, or leave - pronto.
Why - because I'm not happy.
I go out to eat to enjoy myself - NOT TO RUN A BLOODY GAUNTLET!!
I try to be very cautious.
We have to remember that we all have different levels of damage, so our attitude to different levels of noise is bound to vary.
I tend to side with Bill on this.
Why take any unnecessary chances.

 

[Gman]

Bill, I'm sure you mean well but your advice is likely to lead people into social isolation. You are scaring people half to death in many of your posts. I know your reply will say that fear is good because it lessens the risk of T getting worse. It's true than noise exposure raises the risk of T getting worse, but it can be tactfully avoided, and ear defenders can be used. Like @JurgenG said, it's easy for you to tell others to never go out because that's how you prefer to live, so it's incredibly easy for you. Most people need a social life though, and your advice pretty much makes having one an impossibility. This is why I keep saying you're going to make people anxious and depressed. Getting back to as normal a life as possible (minus dangerous noise) is the best way to overcome this awful condition. Nothing is worse than sitting at home, dwelling on all your health issues, with no social life.

Never found @Bill Bauer's posts to be scary.
I have had nothing but set backs with my H/TTTS because I chose the route of using ear protection only when necessary. Everything I've experienced has taught me I need to be extra cautious not just cautious, if my ears are to stand a chance of recovery. Exposure to sudden loud sound is unpredictable and it's happened so many times. Trying to lessen this is a must for me. I maybe also need to try TRT if I can find someone who does it here, but that's another story.

 

[Flamingo1]

A university instructor.

@Bassplayer It's a job that brain washes people.

 

[Bill Bauer]

@Bassplayer It's a job that brain washes people.

I teach quantitative courses and keep any hint of politics out of my classes.

 

[Gman]

@Bassplayer It's a job that brain washes people.

Brainwashing happens in high school and early education, not university.

 

[Flamingo1]

Brainwashing happens in high school and early education, not university.

In the United States, it climaxes in the universities.

 

[Gman]

In the United States, it climaxes in the universities.

Maybe easily manipulated people shouldn't be going to university. Usually people have formed their opinions by that time and it's more debate and exchange of ideas as opposed to significant manipulation which occurs at younger ages. Anyway going off on a tangent - it's about hating @Bill Bauer.

 

[Rajin]

What country / State Bill Bauer from ? Think his advice make perfect sense. If you feel the noise level it too loud, you have to protect your ears . I know for a fact my ears can't handle noise above 80 to 90 dB . I used filter earplugs , all feel better.

 

[Bill Bauer]

My Ignore List got a little longer. Had to be done.

 

[Michael Leigh]

My Ignore List got a little longer. Had to be done.

Three things not to talk about are: Politics, money and religion....

 

[Gman]

Look what you have done now @Bill Bauer! Even your job stirs up controversy.

 

[foliefortuna]

Right when I thought this thread faded away, it comes back with more drama.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@Bill Bauer There's no doubt what Bill says is true about loud noise and tinnitus, but for many hyperacusis enters the mix. I know also having H that I can't wear noise blocking headphones for very long as it brings my hearing threshold down actually making me more sensitive to sound. For me, it's best to find a break time from protection in a quiet place such as when traveling. I have physical tinnitus of neck and facial so I never bend my head forward or off balance the slightest bit when wearing noise blocking headphones. The weight alone of headphones on my head isn't good.