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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Tinnitus
 
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Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.
i have also had it for pretty much my whole life. i had a series of ear infections as a kid that had the doctors concerned at the time, so i bet that's what did it. i didn't realize for a long time that silence actually sounds like silence for some people!

mine's pretty minor, so i haven't tried to do anything with it. i only notice it in quiet situations. i am very careful with earpro, and have been for my whole life. i even wear earplugs on the freeway! there, now this post is AI related.

i am somewhat interested in seeing what this thread turns up, though. maybe there's some weird trick doctors hate???

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Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

WTFBEES posted:

This might not be super useful for anyone where the damage is already done, but I've found this kind of ear plug to be amazing for garage purposes:

https://www.harborfreight.com/safety/hearing-protection/ear-plugs/reusable-silicone-earplugs-50-pack-58455.html

No they're not the highest DB reduction out there, but that's not the point. The best noise reduction in the world does nothing if you don't bother using it.

The key is these are super convinient. As soon as I walk out to the garage I throw on a set of safety glasses and put these plugs lightly and unsealed in my ears. Whenever I'm about to do anything even slightly loud, it only takes two seconds to push them in and get a reasonable amount of noise reduction. Once done I pull them out just enough to break the seal and leave them sitting in my ears.

All of this gets rid of the excuses I'd otherwise use to skip earpro or tell myself it's not that loud. I push them in for all kinds of things I otherwise wouldn't have thought of. Anything involving a hammer? Plugs in. Filing on something hollow? Plugs in. Air compressor kicks on? Plugs in.

yeah this is kind of crazy to me, because i go out of my way to use normal earplugs for all of these. i wince when someone across the shop at work activates a blowgun, even if they don't hit a bolt hole. idk how everyone else seems so blase about something that painful. like you seem to be implying you would be able to just work normally while hitting steel with a hammer??

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