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How many of you have tinnitus/hearing loss because of using headphones/loud music over the years? Did you do something about it? If you don't have those, how did/do you avoid getting them? (self.headphones)

submitted 11 months ago by nieceandtows to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I started wearing ear muffs/plugs a couple of years after I started playing in bands. Almost 2 decades later and I never go to a concert or play live without hearing protection. If I somehow forget to bring them, I grab a table napkin and fold it into makeshift earplugs. As a musician, I’m deathly afraid of losing my hearing.

If you listen to music outside, invest in noise-cancelling headphones/earphones so you don’t inadvertently turn the volume up too much just to hear it. Also, try to get used to listening at a lower volume at home. I did this by setting the volume to what I was used to, then turned it down one notch. I eventually got used to it and now I listen at a lower volume than I would’ve normally done.

[–] nieceandtows 1 points 11 months ago

I find that listening in low volumes makes it easy for me to zone out and I have to try harder to keep focus on what is going on. May be that's not a big deal for music, but I do it all the time for spoken stuff.