R D Wigglesworth wrote:
quoted 7 lines One thing I read somewhere was that a lot of people who have tinnitus
> One thing I read somewhere was that a lot of people who have tinnitus
> aren't
> actually bothered by it- IE they don't actually notice it although it
> is
> there. This scares me, it suggests you can f*ck your ears without
> even
> realising it.
i've had ringing in my ears since i was very young, and i always thought
it was perfectly normal, i mean, i assumed everyone heard ringing in
their ears when there were no other sounds. i never considered wearing
earplugs until i went to the ENIT fest in new jersey where they were
giving them away by the boxfull. and now, after seeing aphex live, i'll
be bringing earplugs with me to shows.
i wonder though, does a certain amount of tinnitus naturally occur? can
people be born with it? if so, to what degree? i know i've heard
ringing since i can remember, but it's never been a problem. the only
times it's ever annoyed me is after a show when i'm trying to go to
sleep. but that's to be expected i guess.
i don't know how i feel about wearing plugs when i'm playing out, but
i'll take them along next time just in case. usually the monitors are
too low to hear normally anyway. :)
-eric
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