Today's Safety Topic.. Hearing Conservation

pjdami
pjdami Posts: 1,894
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Safety. Are you a safe person? Do you wear your seatbelt? Do you wear safety goggles using your weedeater? Or you don't give an eff?

This article prompted me to post this:

http://www.stereophile.com/news/050304hearing/

I take safety seriously. It is drilled into me everyday at work. I work in an industrial environment and safety is always on my mind.

Today I had my annual hearing test. No significant changes over the past five years. Some very mild 1K hearing loss in my left ear attributed to an adolescent "swimmer's ear" infection that had to be drained but nothing too significant.

We all enjoy music or we wouldn't be reading this right now (probably). Sensorineural hearing loss is irreversible. Once the sensitive hair cells in the inner ear's cochlea are damaged they do not regenerate. These delicate hair cells are your body's DAC per say. They convert mechanical energy into impulses that your brain recognizes as sound.

Often hearing loss goes undetected. Following the following guidelines will increase your hearing safety awareness. Enjoy the music as long as you can into your elder years.

here's the link too:

http://www.hei.org/hearhealth/soundparts/guidelines.htm
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited May 2004
  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited May 2004
    Good to know.
    Cause it really doesn't matter how much your rig is worth if you can't hear it.
    Ears....like everything else...we only get one set, so take care of them.
  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited May 2004
    Originally posted by trubluluc
    Ears....like everything else...we only get one pair, so take care of them.

    Really? I got ripped off then. I only got one of somethings and like 10 of other things.

    As Otto once said "You know, they call them fingers but I ain't never seen 'em fing!"
    Expert Moron Extraordinaire

    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,796
    edited May 2004
    My friend has a cerwin vega system.....that can play bass notes at 120db......EASILY -- 4 12s in one system. With club subs. Effin killer bass.

    he also plays Drums and Guitar, and that is alot more volume there + his stereo outplaying the drums so he can play with the music.

    He has ringing in his ears, followed by hearing loss -- not until a while ago did he get some sound dampening headphones.....

    Man I musta lost a TON of hearing.......

    I mean I went to........3 concerts last weekend -- all were over 5 hours! Oh my.......lol
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2004
    It's not a joke MX. I have a lot of friends my own age (40's) who can't even imagine hearing anything even close to pleasing when it comes to audio. What a sad thing it is...
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited May 2004
    Any ringing in the ears after a concert or loud music setting is a clear indication of overexposure to noise which can lead to hearing loss if continued.

    And remember, the above values in the chart are not only for listening to music but should pertain as guidelines for all activities that day. The effect is cumulative. So if you listen to your stereo loud for four hours, shoot your shotgun at the practice range, and then cut your grass, weedeat, and use your gas powered blower, you have put your hearing at risk that day.

    One interesting note that I found with this particular chart. It is more conservative than the 8 hr TWA of 90 dbs that OSHA cites on their website.
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,796
    edited May 2004
    Max,
    I was being serious. :rolleyes: Calm down.

    PJ,
    My ears havnt rang after any concert or music listening. They ring when I hear my sister talking, but that is just the headache she gives me.

    That chart though is VERY conservative.

    The chart I have seen lists 1 hour at like 100db or w/e
    and like 2 hours at 98 or so......

    I only listen to music at 'loud volumes' 1 hour out of the day, and that is on one of them days where I dont even want to move.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2004
    Originally posted by ATCVenom
    I notice I cannot listen to music at 85 db for any longer than an hour straight, until my ears really begin to feel fatigued. Some products fatigue me in seconds, causing physical pain.

    Tubes will fix that problem.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited May 2004
    Tubes and SDA's.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2004
    Must not have been a 1C, a 2.3 or a 1.2 is all I can think... Never tried any of the others.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited May 2004
    Could have just been a poorly assembled Dynakit. I've seen some Heathkits with cheap tubes and good wiring work that sound like a million bucks and others with expensive tubes and cheap wiring work that sound like total crap. The few Dynakits I have seen have been along the same lines.
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