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Do you use hearing protection ?
Poll ended at Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:46 pm
Yes 15%  15%  [ 4 ]
No 37%  37%  [ 10 ]
Sometimes 26%  26%  [ 7 ]
Huh? 22%  22%  [ 6 ]
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:42 am
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One more day left for poll results. :wink:

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I don't play nearly as loud as I use to, so I don't anymore. When I was playing some bigger bars I would always wear them.


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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:16 pm
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I always use Ear Protection, Shooting or Playing. Shooting gets the full earphones and Playing gets different degrees of Hearos.

Bluestube - Exposure to Moderate Volumes for prolonged periods will also effect your hearing, I'd suggest getting the lightest weight Hearos for anything over Apartment Freindly Volumes. Of course I don't know how loud you play, but I thought I'd pass that bit of info along.

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The results of the poll :

http://www.fender.com/community/forums/ ... ote_id=224

Thanks to those who participated !

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Seems the tininitus gods have a friend in guitar players.

Just a friendly word of warning. Nerve damage in the ear isn't something that is just starting when you first notice it. The damage was already done years earlier. It can take decades to realise you've damaged yourself. There's no reversing it.

It's kind of the equivalent of staring at the sun for hours at a time for years and saying "no problem, i can still see". Then you're blind at 55.

So don't think that "my ears aren't ringing, I've got plenty of time". You don't. You may have already done the damage and are continuing to make it worse for your future.

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No hearing protection for me :P


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What? HuH? Did someone say something?
Too late for the poll but the ears ring non stop now, and tests have shown a drop in hearing at some frequencies indicating a hearing aid in my future..

Yes, I do use protection now, but did not in the 60 & 70 when all the damage was done.
Hearing damage is cumulative and doesn't always show up right away, can take years to become noticed. By which time it is too late.

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I really should since the drummer I play with is young and has yet to learn the art of TONING IT DOWN!!!


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My hearing protection is keeping the volume low. Kids running around and whatnot. Protecting them is more important than protecting me.


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Hello Miami Mike,

I play a pretty sedat volume so I don't
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cryingstrat wrote:
Seems the tininitus gods have a friend in guitar players.

Just a friendly word of warning. Nerve damage in the ear isn't something that is just starting when you first notice it. The damage was already done years earlier. It can take decades to realise you've damaged yourself. There's no reversing it.

It's kind of the equivalent of staring at the sun for hours at a time for years and saying "no problem, i can still see". Then you're blind at 55.

So don't think that "my ears aren't ringing, I've got plenty of time". You don't. You may have already done the damage and are continuing to make it worse for your future.


Amen to that CryingStrat! I generally don't wear them because I use a headset monitor most of the time and keep the volume down to a comfortable level. Every time I hear a boom car a block down the street I say, "Nerve deaf by 25". I get tested annually since I work in a noisy steam plant WITH protection, and have only had age related loss.

I have played some gigs where I was feeling some discomfort by the end of a set as I had to turn up my amp a little more to hear, which caused the bass player to bump his up a bit, then the rhythm player had to turn up his a notch, then the drummer and keys players had to, which caused me to turn mine up again... you get the picture. We finally had to back them all down.

Guys, now for some trivia. Which rock band holds the Guinness record for the highest volume? The Who.

Who was one of the guitarists promoting hearing conservation during the 70s and 80s? Pete Townsend.

Ol' Pete, among others, has had a bunch of it and wants to keep us all from losing our hearing, too. I hope the younger members of this forum will take it to heart, since ringing ears may recover a few times, but once it's gone, there's no getting it back.

"If it's too loud, you're too old!" Right.

If it's not loud enough, you're probably deaf!


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Do you own a SPL meter, so you know how loud the sound is where you are sitting?
Hearing damage can start with prolonged exposure to levels as low as 85db

85db is about the level theaters target their THX sound systems for.

Here is a site with an interesting read on sound induced hearing loss http://www.abelard.org/hear/hear.htm

And as mentioned before the damage is cumulative and permanent.

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peterp wrote:
Do you own a SPL meter, so you know how loud the sound is where you are sitting?
Hearing damage can start with prolonged exposure to levels as low as 85db

85db is about the level theaters target their THX sound systems for.

Here is a site with an interesting read on sound induced hearing loss http://www.abelard.org/hear/hear.htm

And as mentioned before the damage is cumulative and permanent.


Makes sense. 85 dB is the OSHA action level for hearing protection for the 8 hour TWA (Time Weighted Average) for the workplace. Don't need a meter for the headphones, I've been using the Aviom monitor for over a year and my latest test was the same as last year's.

I may check out an SPL meter anyway...


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