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Lots of attention given here on hearing loss from shooting due to the nature of the website. Fact is 2-3 hours at your local bar/resturant at 90db to 100 db will do more damage than a couple of rifle shots at 120 db. --- but its socially acceptable. What about the greater numbers of folks with hearing loss that don't shoot? Was it the lack of Selenium and Iodine in the diet that caused the hair cells to die (lack of thyroid)?
Anyone ever tried Cryotherapy? I agree the people who aren't old ie 50 years old or less that have noticeable hearing loss. one thing I have seen in common. they all listened to excessively loud music and were concert attenders on a regular basis. its not so much gun shots but time of exposure to the loud sound.
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Guns and guitars, I've had tinnitus for probably 30 years now.
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My wife is an audiologist. She treats tinnitus all the time. Hearing aids, by far, is the best treatment. New hearing aids use different sound frequencies to try to "neutralize", for lack of a better word, the tone of your specific tinnitus. Its a process, but once its calibrated correctly, it works very well. Hi Yank, is there a certain brand of hearing aids that you can recommend that will help? Thanks ~ I work in the building with the FSU speech and hearing clinic, this is the brand we use https://www.resound.com/en-us/My inlaws come to town from KS and we fitted them.
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Running airboats in the everglades in the 70s with no hearing protection, dad far right, me far left.
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Interesting thread, I have had it since the 90's, neglected to wear hearing protection on the job around loud machinery, shooting without ear protection added to it, once I realized the damage I started using ear plugs to persevere what's left, testing once a year at work has me diagnosed as having profound hearing loss. Lots of ringing and hissing, at night sometimes I go to sleep hearing imaginary music playing. Besides the imaginary music and asking people to repeat what they say I don't really even think about it.
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I love my Tinnitus - I spent time and money shooting, and at rock concerts, to earn it.
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Running airboats in the everglades in the 70s with no hearing protection, dad far right, me far left. Most excellent photo!!
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Way to many charge 7 white bag for me. Basically deaf in both ears. Tinnitus is horrible raven with deafness. Sorry, maybe I'm overlooking an obvious, but what is that? 155 mm gun charges I googled that and got results in .000047 seconds. Although I just had a hunch. 105 and 155 rattle out windows from 35 miles away almost nightly. Plus hellfire from apache gunships These are the 2 passenger Apache gunships by the way.
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I don't see how soldiers lived through it with no hearing protection years ago. I seems like one shot would turn your brain to jelly and knock you out. I mean I've seen video of the things blowing up dirt in a 50 yard circle around it.
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I should have worn ear pugs many times
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Lots of attention given here on hearing loss from shooting due to the nature of the website. Fact is 2-3 hours at your local bar/resturant at 90db to 100 db will do more damage than a couple of rifle shots at 120 db. --- but its socially acceptable. What about the greater numbers of folks with hearing loss that don't shoot? Was it the lack of Selenium and Iodine in the diet that caused the hair cells to die (lack of thyroid)?
Anyone ever tried Cryotherapy? Mine is a combination of shooting, working in a mfg environment for 30 + years, mowing the lawn and even driving with the drivers window down. That wind noise is a bitch.
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I was born with white noise in my ears. Ever since I was a tiny kid (first memories) I remember laying in bed with a slight buzzing. My Dad was in the Marines and has constant ringing; he instilled in us that you MUST protect your hearing. I got the memo, can probably count on two hands how many times I’ve shot a handgun (.22’s included) without hearing protection. Always wore ear plugs dove hunting, shooting beer cans, at the range etc. I’ve never had an ahah moment like some of you talk about; gun going off too close to my head, tractor tire blowing out, nothing. Now I’m 47 and the ringing is out of hand with hearing loss becoming noticeable. Sometimes I hear a “digital” sound in my right ear, like what a computer sounded like in a 60’s sci-fi movie. WTH is that?? Recently went to an audiologist and had it confirmed, I’m on the road to hearing aids.
And I’m starting to see the part of hearing loss leading to dementia firsthand with my Dad. We finally had a come to Jesus with him about hearing aids and he’s starting to swallow his pride - poor old man can’t hear anything and is quickly withdrawing from life.
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