Quote Originally Posted by davethedrummer
i got tinnitus now
it started about a year ago.
i invested in some custom made plugs which were great.
but i lost one. and they cost a fortune.
soi bought some cheaper ones from elacin in germany
they aren't quite as accurate but they are stil designed for music listening
and they work.
but i have trouble playing wiht them in.
i always have them with me but i don't always wear them.
i used to play drums from when i was 14 yeasr old
so i guess my ears are pretty ****
however this weekendd i did wear my plugs and shall be doing so from, now on. i just can't lose the rest of my hearing.
there are apparently some methods for rducing tinnitus
but i've yet tp find out what they are.

just about everyone i know who has a serious career in djing has had problems with their ears
maybe we can for some kind of deaf/techno appreciation society when we reach our 60's ( assuming we get that far )
actually that really isn't funny.
wear ear plugs . look like a prat and be proud . and cough up for the good ones too they're worth it and the foam ones apparently are useless according to the ear doctor i saw.

don't get tinnitus like me. it rings everyday from morning to night
both ears although my actual hearing aside from that is o.k.
they are 2 separate things tinnitus and deafness.
but man tiunnitus is annoying!!!!!!
silence is now a thing of the past.
ambient music is accompanied by a very loud whine (about 1k)
sometimes listening to music can be uncomfortable.

it's definately earplugs for me from now on.
I have problems with my left ear, sometimes I wear an ear plug when in the studio because its really sensitive to certain harmonics. Pianos, squelchy synths etc.

It does my head in tho because it’s a lot harder to understand whats going on in the mixdown so I usually take it out after about 2 seconds. I don’t even monitor at loud levels, infact I have it at about the same level as my mum has the TV . If I do within about 10 mins of having it turned up it feels like someone’s put a lowpass on it.

How do you find it in the studio, do monitor at a low level or just go for it?

I don’t have a pair of custom made ear plugs, I do have some that are supposed to just turn down everything instead of muffling certain frequencies tho

Apparently theres no cure for tinnitus, however there is a lot of ways of distracting yourself away from it. Its there 24/7 for me. It gets louder if I have the sound up. You could try having a fan near bed at night. If you focus on the sound of the fan it takes your attention away from the BIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR sound

Depressing

Worst thing is that someone has done this to me, sometimes when I cant sleep at night I think about murdering the skumbag