World Record in Loudest Stadium (142 dB!)

[Fangen]

I wonder how many people got T from that event?

Seriously, what is wrong with people?

"After fans of Turkish soccer club Galatasaray held the record at 131.76 dbA from March 2011, the Seahawks took the title on Sept. 15 of last year with a reading of 136.6 dbA. That came on a third-quarter goalline stand in an eventual win over the division rival San Francisco 49ers.
The Chiefs would break that number in a win over the Oakland Raiders 28 days later, registering 137.5 dbA.

Kansas City has more breathing room now thanks to Monday's boisterous fans, taking this record above 140 dbA for the first time ever."

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com...or-loudest-crowd-roar-at-sports-stadium-60872

 

[VRZ78]

And voices are maybe less damaging that music at 140 db, explosions or gunshots

 

[bill 112]

From what I understand impulse noise is the most dangerous, the ear doesn't get time to protect itself and is vulnerable to damage as a result.

I'd rather use a 100db powerwasher for 15 minutes apposed to having my ears exposed to a 100db impulse bang.

Three loud impulse noises is what's responsible for worsening my condition three times.

I'd imagine most if not all people here were just fine but still a dumb thing to do nonetheless.

 

[NimQ]

Imagine that you'd be a person who already has tinnitus and who has been avoiding loud events like this until now. Perhaps watching sports has always been big part of his life and so he finally gives into thinking: it can't be that bad, I'll just protect my hearing as well as I can and try to enjoy life. Then you'd end up surrounded by idiots shouting together the loudest they can, with freaking 142 dB going around you! Even if you had the best protection available, bone conduction would make sure that only 30-40 dB could be avoided. So you'd be exposed to 102 - 112 dB even if you came prepared.

Really, this is beyond stupid and makes me a bit angry. This is like there would be a world record in an achievement of "a crowd staring at the sun". It's puzzling what kind of ignorance this shows. Indeed, how many of those in that Stadium did not know about the risks involved (permanent hearing loss, T and H)? And how many thought that earplugs are the magic weapon against all sorts of decibels? Hopefully one day awareness of the risks will outweight carelessness like this.

Edit: Imagine this, I found an article from 2014 titled EarQ and the Kansas City Chiefs Huddle Up Against Hearing Loss. Yes, the very same Kansas City Chiefs who just went in for this loudest crowd Guinnes record. In the article, EarQ representative said: "In partnering with the Kansas City Chiefs, our goal is to further hearing loss awareness and encourage greater adoption of hearing solutions in the community and beyond". EarQ makes hearing devices. Oh the irony (and oh the humanity)!

 

[MikeGreen]

Its all cool and happy until you get that ringing in your ears a few hours later in bed. Then you wake up with it, google it and find a site explaining something called "Tinnitus", you read it quickly but suddenly stop when you read the words "permanent", "chronic". After that you walk up to the bathroom and shave yourself bald, and there starts one of the most stressful times of your life.

 

[Alue]

From what I understand impulse noise is the most dangerous, the ear doesn't get time to protect itself and is vulnerable to damage as a result.

I'd rather use a 100db powerwasher for 15 minutes apposed to having my ears exposed to a 100db impulse bang.

Three loud impulse noises is what's responsible for worsening my condition three times.

I'd imagine most if not all people here were just fine but still a dumb thing to do nonetheless.

Impulse noise and very high pitch noise. My acoustic trauma was both. I have heard people getting hearing loss and severe tinnitus from very high pitched feedback from a speaker.

The scary thing is decibel meters don't register any sounds that are above 10kHz.

 

[bill 112]

A loud high pitched impulse noise caused my H in 2014 along with louder T that eventually settled, my brother heard the noise too and he was unaffected.

Another impulse noise that was high pitched caused a severe setback in November 2015(kiss near ear)that I feel I never really recovered from.

And then a sudden loud hearing test in March 2016 destroyed me entirely, my girlfriend, brother and mother all done the exact same test and were unaffected by it.

Impulse noise and high pitched noises are by far the most dangerous in my opinion especially when they're loud enough.

The noise that gave me H in 2014 only lasted about 3 seconds altogether but it completely screwed me up, prior to this I was able to drive louder modified cars everyday with zero impact on my T but this quick little noise was able to do major damage to me, when I recovered the only noises I couldn't tolerate were high frequency noises.I know a woman who got T and H from being exposed to a carbon monoxide alarm for 30 seconds, the high pitched noise it emits damaged her hearing in less than a minutes exposure.

 

[bill 112]

Impulse noise and very high pitch noise. My acoustic trauma was both. I have heard people getting hearing loss and severe tinnitus from very high pitched feedback from a speaker.

The scary thing is decibel meters don't register any sounds that are above 10kHz.

What was your trauma again?A work colleague screaming in your ear wasn't it?

 

[Alue]

What was your trauma again?A work colleague screaming in your ear wasn't it?

Not screaming. Discharging a very large high pressure air tank with my head on the other side of it in a small 8'x6' room. There was no reason to discharge it at all and he happened to have hearing plugs in at the time for whatever reason.

 

[GregCA]

There was no reason to discharge it at all and he happened to have hearing plugs in at the time for whatever reason.

It's strange, as if he knew exactly what he was doing and how dangerous it was, since he was wearing protection.

 

[racerfish]

I think if I had been in that stadium, my ears would've exploded.

 

[MrBonk]

At least hand out plugs damn it!

I feel like I might have to reiterate the impulse noise thing.

The day mine started, after I got home from work. My 11lb Shih Tzu made one really loud bark about 4-5 feet away from my ears. Which surprised me. I've measured her bark as loud as 100dbC a few feet away at it's loudest. This one felt pretty normal though. 70-80+ or so. My memory may be bad as well.

I also don't know if this caused it either, as I felt like crap after work anyway. As I spent 20-30 minutes in a -15F walk in freezer at work without any head protection (Which seemed to break my sinuses and started my sinus problems I still am battling with 8 months later. ). And I woke up that morning feeling incredibly anxious out of nowhere and felt like I did hear something very faint. Didn't realize what or anything at the time.

Two to three weeks prior to this I crashed my ATV and i'm pretty sure I hit my head and had some kind of minor brain injury even with a helmet. I felt really dazed and tired after the adrenaline wore off. Messed up my leg in the crash, and so was taking 500-1000mg of Acetaminophen for the leg pain off and on until the day my T started. (Don't think I took any that day.)


Funny enough, two days before this all started, I bathed my dog. And after bathing and trying to dry her with a towel and a blow dryer, she makes all kinds of funny (but loud) grunts, noises and barks. So I put some old ear plugs in to protect my ears while I dried her for 15-30 minutes.

Who knows. lol

 

[fishbone]

That's the price people pay for having fun.... Hope their ears are ok

 

[Foncky]

It would be interesting to launch a study about the hearing of football / soccer players.

Maybe they are not so exposed to the noise ? As the noise goes up...

 

[Fangen]

I never go and see any matches (in any sports) so at least I don't have to experience that noise. But why encourage people to make as much noise as possible? Probably gonna be younger kids there, not worth paying money to get your ears messed up. Urgh, that is just so freaking stupid.

 

[bill 112]

I never go and see any matches (in any sports) so at least I don't have to experience that noise. But why encourage people to make as much noise as possible? Probably gonna be younger kids there, not worth paying money to get your ears messed up. Urgh, that is just so freaking stupid.

The world loves loud sadly and it's never going to change.

I understand and respect that, if a guy wants a loud sports car then he can, if someone wants to be a rockstar then so be it, but it's dumb shit like this that pisses me off to no length, completely unnecessary ear killing noise all just so they can say they were the loudest.

They literally gained nothing from this apart from a pointless title, I'm sure if someone got severe T from this and asked if it was worth it would most certainly say(insert obvious answer here)

 

[Fangen]

The world loves loud sadly and it's never going to change.

I understand and respect that, if a guy wants a loud sports car then he can, if someone wants to be a rockstar then so be it, but it's dumb shit like this that pisses me off to no length, completely unnecessary ear killing noise all just so they can say they were the loudest.

They literally gained nothing from this apart from a pointless title, I'm sure if someone got severe T from this and asked if it was worth it would most certainly say(insert obvious answer here)

True that, I don't mind people doing what they wanna do as long as they are aware of the risk. If someone want to stand in front of the speakers at a concert despite knowing it can cause T it is his or her's choice. But yeah I am sure at least one person in that crowd didn't like the noise and would rather have not been there. I wonder how many got a permanent ringing from that, even if you were yelling just for a moment, what of rest of the match? Aren't those announcement beeps and all very loud?

 

[Champ]

It would be interesting to launch a study about the hearing of football / soccer players.

Maybe they are not so exposed to the noise ? As the noise goes up...

I bet tinnitus is more common among football players (American & soccer variants) than people realize. Especially in American football with tinnitus being a common symptom of concussions.

 

[pef]

It's a sporting event. There are often 70,000+ people. Bring earplugs. Have fun. Hard to get angry about crowd noise when you are going to a game in a stadium packed full of fans.

What do we expect, a golf or tennis crowd?