Hearing Programme on BBC

[Sam Bridge]

Hey all

I was watching the one show earlier and they were promoting a health series that is currently running on the BBC. Tomorrow (Tuesday 25th) they are having a show specializing on hearing. From the clip they showed they tested the hearing of a youngish man who wears headphones and goes to concerts a lot, they tested his hearing and from what they described I believe he had some mild loss. No mention of T in the clip but I am sure there will be in the full show.

Will just tag those of you that I know are in the UK

@Michael Leigh , @Ed209, @Candy, @glynis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p050rqdc

 

[Michael Leigh]

Thanks for the information and link @Sam Bridge

 

[Michael Leigh]

@Sam Bridge I notice the young women in the video clip think it's very funny listening to music through headphones at high volume levels. One listens for two hours a day at over 90db. She won't be laughing so much, when her ears start to ring and won't stop!

 

[Sam Bridge]

@Sam Bridge I notice the young women in the video clip think it's very funny listening to music through headphones at high volume levels. One listens for two hours a day at over 90db. She won't be laughing so much, when her ears start to ring and won't stop!

On the one show the clip was of a guy going to concerts and listening regularly at around 95db. He mentioned coming home deaf from concerts but it would soon go back to normal after a day or so. I sighed and face palmed, I assume they will tell him of the dangers of what he is doing. Just goes to show the lack of awareness and there are many people like this, I know because I was just like them.

 

[Michael Leigh]

this, I know because I was just like them.

I was one of them too @Sam Bridge and just didn't know I was causing harm.

 

[Sam Bridge]

I was one of them too @Sam Bridge and just didn't know I was causing harm.

Well I just watched it and to be honest it was quite disappointing. No one they tested had tinnitus and they only mentioned it as the typical concert tinnitus that goes away after a day or so, absolutely pointless..

 

[Sam Bridge]

@maltese @Paul10 @Kelvin check out the show in the original post and see what you think of it.

 

[Kelvin]

@maltese @Paul10 @Kelvin check out the show in the original post and see what you think of it.

Makes me shiver to watch this...I was never a big headphone user but have been to literally hundreds of rock concerts. If it wants loud it was a disappointment. Now I know You cant tell the young...would our younger selves have listened ?

 

[Sam Bridge]

Makes me shiver to watch this...I was never a big headphone user but have been to literally hundreds of rock concerts. If it wants loud it was a disappointment. Now I know You cant tell the young...would our younger selves have listened ?

Well i am 28 and rock concerts did it for me! One of the guys on there said he has quit a few years before he has to worry about his hearing, I think he said he listened to music at loud volumes as well. I did laugh when he said that, deary me.

 

[Kelvin]

Well i am 28 and rock concerts did it for me! One of the guys on there said he has quit a few years before he has to worry about his hearing, I think he said he listened to music at loud volumes as well. I did laugh when he said that, deary me.

Im 50. Not sure what did it for me but Rock ( Muse, Carter USM, Slash, Radiohead ) may be partly to blame...didn't even notice T though until my tooth was filled.
Odd...but then so is T. Maybe Rock 'laid the foundations' and the Dentist added the roof In hindsight I wish I had let my tooth rot. Oh well it is what it is.

 

[Paul10]

@maltese @Paul10 @Kelvin check out the show in the original post and see what you think of it.

I see this on buses and whatnot, people blasting music on their earphones; I just want to pull them out for their sake! Very hard to convince people that it shouldn't be done though; most just probably think "meh if I get hearing loss, I'll just wear a hearing aid". T doesn't come into a lot of people's minds.