Problems from prolonged exposure to loud noises

[GoRving]

My hearing has always been bad, but in the last year, it's gotten horrible. I retrieved my old hearing aid from the drawer tonight and put a new battery in it, so I could hear the tv. Wifey has great hearing. One thing that was amazing to me was how loud I can actually fart. I KNOW that others have heard me when I thought they couldn't. I'm gonna have to be more careful in public....:jawdrop:

 

[pioneerguy600]

Heyyy, what you sayin??
Pioneerguy600

 

[RandyMac]

Sometimes you just have to let them rip, kinda like sneezin', holdin' back can harm ya.

 

[stihl_in_texas]

And to think I was ready to read another lecture about the importance of ear protection.

Steve

 

[GoRving]

Heyyy, what you sayin??
Pioneerguy600

I just farted....

Sometimes you just have to let them rip, kinda like sneezin', holdin' back can harm ya.

But I always let them rip. Just didn't realize that I could rattle the windows until I had the hearing aid in...:msp_smile:

And to think I was ready to read another lecture about the importance of ear protection.

Steve

:msp_laugh:

 

[Guido Salvage]

It is really no laughing matter.... My ears ring constantly from years of exposure to noise such as shooting, tractors, race cars, chain saws, etc. It really is a cumulative effect and by the time you realize it, the damage is done. I am trying to preserve what I have left.

 

[WillBrayJr]

Why not just Crop Dust so your victims can't pinpoint where the fart came from?

 

[flyboy553]

An entirely different defintion of....

Braaaaapppp!!!!

 

[stihl_in_texas]

It is really no laughing matter.... My ears ring constantly from years of exposure to noise such as shooting, tractors, race cars, chain saws, etc. It really is a cumulative effect and by the time you realize it, the damage is done. I am trying to preserve what I have left.

I hear ya. Pun intended 'cause for 13 years my employer kept on us about wearing ear protection. It must have worked, 'cause I got a pair of ear plugs with me pretty much all the time.
As for the loud farting, maybe some sort of acoustic draw's will help. I dunno.

Steve

 

[GASoline71]

From working on the flight deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier, to all the speed metal concerts, to all the time on a saw. I'm practically deaf.

Gary

 

[blsnelling]

The greasy hanger that can clear a room is the best Well...maybe the one that slips out from under the covers and makes your wife gag, lol

 

[RandyMac]

I think that constant, but variable pitch singing is from saws and firearms. Big suprise, I hear McCullochs. In my case, the real loss was with motor vehicles, 2 wheeled, 4 or more wheels, you spend hours flogging them, most are noisy when you do that.

It just occurred to me, Joe Ben was deaf in the left ear, before he sank.

 

[stihl sawing]

Ruined my hearing long ago with loud music, Now i always wear ear muffs while cutting or running leaf blowers. You want a headache, Try running a stihl 420 backpack blower all day without hearing protection.

 

[teatersroad]

silent but deadly might be a cure.

Print shops, saws, music..etc. The high pitch ringing is not much present, but If there is background noise I cannot make out what folks are saying to me.

 

[GASoline71]

I think that constant, but variable pitch singing is from saws and firearms. Big suprise, I hear McCullochs. In my case, the real loss was with motor vehicles, 2 wheeled, 4 or more wheels, you spend hours flogging them, most are noisy when you do that.

It just occurred to me, Joe Ben was deaf in the left ear, before he sank.

Forgot about all the open header drag race passes too...

The tinnitus is worse some days... I have to sleep with some kimd of background noise (i.e. radio) or the low drone I hear when it's quiet will drive me insame...

Gary

 

[TreeClimber57]

And to think I was ready to read another lecture about the importance of ear protection.

Steve

So was I.. LOL.

:msp_lol:

 

[056kid]

Sleeping with noise is good.

 

[poorboypaul]

No joke! Ripped a fart here in PA that was heard all the way to Freeport, Texas! Course I was talking to my sister on the phone at the time........

 

[stihl_in_texas]

Forgot about all the open header drag race passes too...

The tinnitus is worse some days... I have to sleep with some kimd of background noise (i.e. radio) or the low drone I hear when it's quiet will drive me insame...

Gary

No tinnitus here thankfully, but the t.v. has to be on enough to drown out the neighbors dogs. They live directly across the road. Two of the worthless basstids yap all night long, right off the front porch. I couldn't believe they told me they couldn't hear them! They're house ain't that big! Then I thought hell they ain't asleep, they're passed out from the massive amounts of Miller Lite!

Steve

 

[promac850]

No joke! Ripped a fart here in PA that was heard all the way to Freeport, Texas! Course I was talking to my sister on the phone at the time........

Bet she was laughing her ass off at you after you ripped that one...

I was born deaf, so not much of a problem for me. I wear an earplug in my left ear if I'm running a saw for a long time, or sometimes when I'm mowing with the 317. Same goes for the string trimmer. The coclear implant proccessor for the right ear is programmed with an upper level threshold, anything above that line is cut down in intesity, or stopped entirely. No problems with that.