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These insects really caught me off guard tonight. I had a tennis match tonight at a park that was absolutely swarmed by these things. They were...

Haven't seen it mentioned, but is there any concern for when the straps of a face mask "snap" into your ear like a slingshot? I was wearing a P95...

This happened to me another time, and again just a few minutes ago. I was tilted to the side and turning the knob of the shower to get it a bit...

I did not notice a spike when I had a ton of dental work done in my 20s.

If it feels loud, I wear earplugs. But I don't wear them while eating.

I think you're right about the closed door plus tile floors. Even in the kitchen which is more open but similar flooring I was surprised that...

Those are what I'm used to and have. The soft seats are great.

Old thread, but this just happened to me... freaking twice! I'm staying with family and in one of the bathrooms there is an older style toilet...

I've always lived in areas where shooting guns and hunting are very popular. It sounds like nearly everyone does not use hearing protection unless...

One thing I was wondering is if NIOSH applies to a single occurence. It sounds like the charts are more for workers who are exposed to loud noises...

Sheesh, these are damn loud. I was outside for a moment earlier and a really loud thunder "boom" happened. I'd just run inside for a moment as I...

I just tested one of my clippers (trimmers?) against the meter (an actual sound level meter and not my cell phone). The peak was 104 dB when...

OP, did your tinnitus ever subside from this incident? I was at a Veterans Days parade in 2019 and multiple fire trucks turned on their sirens...

Yeah, I've screwed up and procrastinated. I did spray some ortho home defense and added baits, gel, etc but the problem is these things breed so...

It's apparently not "common," but it's something that probably most working in an emergency/urgent care setting have seen before. German...

https://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-76594-ciprodex-otic-ear I think that was the main site for reviews that I saw and many people were...

This is something I was thinking about earlier. I was riding in the car earlier with a family member and she was yelling into the phone since the...

I usually take a look at sites like RxList where people post their experiences with side effects. Anyone here taken it? As I mentioned, the...

A German cockroach crawled into my ear around 5am. They're so annoying and really hard to get rid of infestations. Think they're most attracted to...

It's hard to tell since I've had tinnitus since I was a teenager. It was mostly something that I just noticed while laying down to go to sleep or...

It was actually just a private dinner. I'd been to this place many times and there was never a random karaoke setup and is generally pretty quiet....

By the way, the karaoke system/speaker was similar to something like this: [ATTACH] Would any of you be worried of permanent damage with an hour...

I got both Pfizer shots in the Spring and no noticeable change to tinnitus levels. I felt it was far more important to get a full vaccine regimen...

Smoke detectors seem to wildly vary in volume levels. One of them upstairs is way louder than the others. I took a dedicated decibel meter up...

Is occlusion effect "dangerous?" And does bumping into things with the muffs (such as walls) or bumping earmuffs with your hands/shoulders cause...

I was at a park earlier and someone started randomly shooting off fireworks and there were a lot of loud noises for a minute or so. Really loud...

I had never heard of cicadas before but encountered them yesterday. They weren't the Brood X but were what I'm assuming were "annual" cicadas. I...

Not many recent threads for restaurants, but it's nice to see workers concerned about their hearing. I was in a restaurant tonight that had...

I must have weird ears because I could never keep foam earplugs in the ears no matter how closely I tried to follow instructions. I've instead...

That's what bothers me. It's one of those things where I'm sure at some point as a kid that I, and maybe even many of you, probably popped or...

Balloons are so loud. I was in a store a few minutes ago that was having a sale and there were a few balloons in the aisles. Didn't think anything...

Are these quoted NIOSH charts for a single exposure? For example, it says 100 decibels for 15 minutes. If you went, say half an hour at 100 dB,...

Is there any kind of ballpark range on how loud these "loud" store intercom setups tend to be? I was in a 2nd and Charles bookstore earlier...

Sheesh, same thing happened again with the same family member. Honked the car in the closed garage to get my attention even though I was standing...

That's a good observation. I didn't think it could be under a second - perhaps they [horns] seem much longer since we play them out in our heads....

How about a car honk in a garage that is sealed with the garage door closed? I was at my parents house earlier and my mother's a bit impatient...

Are cell phones really that bad for the ears at low volumes? I try to use mine at the lowest allowable volume if I can. However, in a noisy room...

Noticed it seems quite loud for sure. There are handy men in the house using loud power drills and so I put on some earmuffs. My cell phone rang a...

Has anyone measured the sound level of fire truck sirens? I still have what I believe to be very noticeable "24/7" tinnitus from a parade last...

Sirens are awful. I never recovered from my exposure last year to multiple fire truck sirens blaring from directly in front of me at a parade a...

It seems the initial parade incident left a permanent mark after nearly a full year later. I can hear the sounds of tinnitus very clearly even...

Here's a photo of the place I played: [ATTACH] It's a pretty small 'loft style' industrial warehouse space. When the ball was hit every few...

How about driving on the freeway with the radio on? I went on a small roadtrip with my mom driving and it was about 3 hours of freeway. She had...

I was exposed to the sound of around 6-8 fire truck sirens on full blast a few months ago at a parade and made a thread about it. The exposure...

An odd thing I encountered today was an overly loud backup alarm on a minivan. I looked it up online and it's rated as '112db.' Not sure if that's...

Even fast food restaurants can get really loud. There's a trendy one similar to In N Out that is overcrowded in the later hours of the night...

I'm a guy and grew up in an area where machismo was pretty common. So I suppose I'm too stubborn to do things like put my hands over my ears or...

Alarms and sirens are the worst. Nearly three months ago I was at a city parade with my spouse who is short and has a tough time seeing over...

Looks like the same or similar megaphone someone was using tonight. Was in line in a store a few minutes before closing and one of the employees...

Anxiety is definitely a bummer with these things. Just like today. We were sitting against the window of the take-out area of a restaurant and a...

Ugh, I think sirens are giving me PTSD. The spike seemed to be fading at least somewhat a little after about 6 weeks and then guess what? As I was...