Ok Did I Just Damage My Ear??

ok so out with hubby and friends and we went to this mystery room thing that you had to solve clues to get out. It was like a themed apartment with a 60s style spy thing.

Long story short I wore my hearing aides with masking to keep me from thinking about T.

There was this old rotary phone and I picked it up and dialed and then hung up the phone(like not HANG UP but press the thing while I still had the phone to my ear... and the dial tone just DRILLED into my ear for like a second. It was loud but louder because of my hearing aid. It hurt my ear! It's still a little sore an hour later.

I don't notice a spike but I haven't been able to really check well.

Am I messed up??? FYI my T did not come from hearing damage. Maybe it startled me more because of the mild H and I kind of jump when I hear high pitch noises??

Please tell me I will be ok???

 

I think you will be okay but call up your hearing specialist and tell him you want the amplification to NOT go over a certain dB. Not just muting after a couple of seconds of loud noise - you want the sound to never be amplified that loud in the first place.

 

Hey Marie!
during my first month with t.
a girl snapped a ballon right next to my ear and nothing happen.
then i get in my friends car and when she started her car, his stereo super blasted
but nothing happend.
i dont think your incident is bad enough to cause more damage!
dont worry

 

Ok thank you hon! That is just what I needed to hear

 

I don't think a second of any loud noise can damage your ears

 

Are you messing with me???

 

why would i do that? I do not mess with people, that are in pain...1-3 seconds of loud noise should not do damage to the ears.. I could be wrong...

 

So can anyone confirm that a few minutes of a loud sound at 110 decibels can't damage your ears?

 

Hey girl, I was at whole foods yesterday and the innercom did a loud screeching noise for about 5 seconds. I had food in my hand and couldn't cover my ears. But Nothing happened to me! You will be fine

 

A single gunshot and impulsive explosive sounds can.

 

Oh ok thank you