Did you blow out your ears listening to rock?

Man - I'm 63 years old - went to a lot of concerts in the sixties and seventies. Honest, there are a lot of tones I just don't hear anymore. Once I was walking down a path and cicadas were screeching away - when I headed back - nothing - looked back and there they were. Seen Hendrix, Stones, Mountain, Allmans and on - and my hearing is now destroyed. Unless you like to hear high pitched whines all the time in your ears.
That being said - It was totally worth it.

 

You saw Hendrix?! Totally jealous.

I've lost a bit of hearing due to jamming for years at very excessive volumes. Also one time the drummer I used to play with smashed a cymbal when it was about 2-3 inches away from my right ear. I heard a very noticable pop then a ringing for a short while. My right ear is now a bit quieter.

 

Not yet. I'm 25, been playing very loud and gowing to shows for about 10 years... we'll see how I feel when I'm 63!

 

My hearing is depleted not just from rock though. I've been to a good amount of rock shows and raves, usually wind up with ears ringing in the morning. I do wear ear plugs when jamming with others tho.

 

I've heard nowadays listening via portable musicplayers damage most ears before the age of 25.

 

I don't hear very well as is. I don't blame it on the music from when I was a kid...but I'll bet that was what it was to be quite honest.

 

i'm 19 and can barely hear because of static x and slipnknot :hat:

 

I ruined my hearing on the firing range during my army days.

 

What?

 

i'm 26 and my ears are pretty shot from going to shows and jamming with people. I can't hear really low bass tones...I can't really hear anything unless the treble is turned up, actually. I can't hear guys that talk in really low voices. I end up saying "WHAT? WHAT? WHAAAT?" over and over again..it gets kinda embarrassing if the guy is cute lol.

 

yeah... but it was worth every decibel

 

Loud tractor we had back in the 70s. If I used the headphones on it I cranked the volume..Id wake up at night with my ears ringing..I remember a lady coming to our school and testing our hearing when we were teens and all the boys and a couple girls had hearing loss on the left ear. and that was from driving tractor because your always looking over your right shouder so the left ear faced towards the muffler. Nowdays people talk to me and I only hear about 1/3 of the conversation..But I still rock out...

 

that's a natural part of aging. as you get older, you lose the ability to hear very high frequency sounds. apparently they actually have "teenager repellents" that play a high pitched sound that only young people can hear, which store owners put in front of their businesses to prevent kids from loitering.


as far as my hearing, i don't go to many concerts, don't listen to headphones, have weak speakers in my vehicle, and live in an apartment so i can't crank my home system too loud. so no, i don't think loud music has damaged my hearing significantly. it is still probably my weakest sense though. i hear everything, but i have a hard time identifying sounds. and i have a hell of a time interpreting what people are actually saying to me most of the time.

 

If it makes you feel any better, most guys don't listen to women either way.

 

I literally couldn't hear anything but humming noises for a couple of days when people spoke ,after standing about 15 feet from the speakers at a Ministry show. I've lost some from age,I suppose.

 

BAAAHAHAHAHA!! Ain't it the truth!!

 

my dad was the special events box office manager for maple leaf gardens and concert productions international[cpi]...since grade 8 till dad died i went to very good rock show in toronto as well s becoming a union stagehand..not only are my own ears blown up but all my best friends in life and wives etc are damaged too.....it has its up side..at our age who the hell wants to hear all the rug rats that inevitably show up with family members:mickey:

 

My right ear is almost totally deaf, left one is better tho, damn infernal constant ringing is a nightmare too.....
Concerts, festvals, playing in front of amps, then 18 years flying around in a C-130 did some major damage to my hearing....;-)

 

I was in a band for about 5 years and my hearing is definitely dwindling a lot from the amount of loud music blaring into them throughout those years...now I noticed I can't stand loud sounds or music anymore

 

Thanksgiving megadeth 09 left my ears all deaf!