the good sign is that your ears ARE ringing! when they don't ring, (after
exposure to loudness) then that's when you have a problem!
In a message dated 9/30/97 6:15:02 PM, thowie@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca
wrote:
quoted 28 lines Hi all, this is my first post to the IDM list.
>Hi all, this is my first post to the IDM list.
>
>I went and saw my first 'real' DJ on Friday. It was Richie Hawtin, and it
>was good. However, I didn't take ear plugs -- I didn't think it be _that_
>loud. I ended up stuffing my ears with kleenex. Now, I've had a ringing
>in my one ear the past few days. I saw a nurse yesterday who told me it
>should go away soon, and I'm seeing a doctor about it today. Hopefully,
>everything will be okay.
>
>With all the talk about tinnitus the other week on IDM, and reading about
>it, I implore everyone to take ear plugs with them to _any_ concert they
>go to. I wish that I had taken the minute amount of time it would have
>taken to equip myself with them. I've hardly been able to sleep the past
>few days either (which isn't 100% due to the ringing - mostly worrying
>that it will never stop and noisy roommates who woke me up on the weekend,
>thus not allowing me to recuperate), which can't help much.
>
>Anyways, I've usually always used ear plugs at rock concerts, and for
>those of you who've never used them, they really don't take away from
>anything at all - they just lower the decibels so you can enjoy the music
>instead.
>
>Take care,
>
>PLUR,
>
>Tim Howie 3B CS/IS UW http://www.undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~thowie
>"All my life I avoided stadiums...now I'm playing in one." K.Cobain