Screamer Videos

[Eric N]

Has anyone been exposed to a screamer video - videos meant the scare by suddenly making loud noise - and had their tinnitus increase?

I unfortunately fell victim to one of these videos 3 days ago and I feel my tinnitus has spiked quit noticeably.

It was loud and my ears were close the speakers but I covered immediately. Should I be concerned?

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@Eric N Has your MRI noise exposure settled down?
Fear and Flight - Usually you would be safe under 5 seconds such as with a dental drill unless it was an impulse noise such as a gun or explosion. There's a theory that most non impulse noise is more fear and flight under 5 seconds.

Place some numbers in the red that I have highlighted in the link below.

http://www.sengpielaudio.com/Calculations03.htm

I have used all the scales on this page. Most needed to calculate are above the red highlighted one.

There's so many variables, so I don't know the conditions to your exposure, but fear and flight can mess with you.

 

[Eric N]

@Greg Sacramento

the MRI spike never went back to baseline unfortunately at most a 10% improvement

 

[Greg Sacramento]

Correct me if needed. I believe you said months ago, that your MRI noise exposure with the GE MRI was about 3 seconds. If your spike from that didn't settle down - then the noise exposure was probably at 110. That still may not have caused a problem unless your neck was twisted or/and bend up from your laying position. Still even that may not have been a concern, unless you were either having neck muscles spasms or have spondylosis and facet arthritis. You can get muscle tension in your spine from being nervous.

If it was from any of this, please don't kick or blame yourself. All of us with tinnitus have active emotions. Try some vitamin C and B12 and have your vitamin D levels checked. B12 injections are so much better. All your spikes may still settle down in time.

One problem that not addressed with MRIs besides the use of hearing protection is the use of a pillow.
The same goes for dental work, but the pillow should keep the neck inline with the shoulders. So the head rest should be a slight bit lower. Jaw bracing should also be used by dentist.

 

[Alue]

I clicked on one a month or two ago. I hate those things. They make it super quiet so you turn up the volume then go to max volume.

 

[Eric N]

I clicked on one a month or two ago. I hate those things. They make it super quiet so you turn up the volume then go to max volume.

Did you get any increase?

 

[Samir]

I saw a video just the other day by some doctor on YouTube talking about healthy nutrition. He is one of those that believe in a holistic approach in treating many kinds of medical condition by natural means. He was being very critical about medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. Somewhere along the way he went off track and displayed one of those scary clown pictures and screamed out "haaa!!!" in the middle of the talk. He was proving some kind of point. I wasn't scared much but I did jump a little bit. It was totally uncalled for. Luckily I did not have my headphones on. I never wear any kind of headset or headphone since my last acoustic trauma. But I did not notice any increase in my tinnitus immediately after this event. (Coincidentally, this doctor also made a video on tinnitus.)

But yeah, I get what you're saying. These screamer videos are just plain stupid. I may have been exposed to maybe 1 or 2 of these many years ago by some dumb friends. This was in the time when this kind of moronic occupation was a thing. Nowadays it's mostly a thing of the past luckily, but some people just don't know what else to do with their time.

You should be fine, don't worry about it. Just try to avoid this kind of incidents. First step to that is in not using headphones, headsets, earphones, earbuds, airpods, etc. Just use normal speakers at low to medium level. But of course if you already have some kind of hearing damage, you may have extra sensitive hearing. What I mean by that is that your brain boosts the hearing thresholds, as part of the active amplifier mechanism. So your tinnitus may increase when you're hit by a sound blast, and the sound may be hurtful (hyperacusis). But this should settle down in the following days.

Sudden sound blasts are probably more hurtful than being gradually exposed to higher and higher sound levels. So you should avoid that when you can. First step to that is, as I said, not using headphones. I could go on and explain how and why. But to keep it simple, just avoid using headphones.

I hope you will get better soon.

 

[glynis]

Seen s few on FB...... hubby got one on his FB at the moment.....Im sure some will be on for Halloween
..love glynis

 

[Alue]

Did you get any increase?

Not a permanent one. Maybe a spike for a day or so.

 

[Eric N]

is a sudden 91 - 100 db noise for a second considered an acoustic trauma? that is how loud the video was depending on how loud make speakers were set at the time.

My T is now through he roof

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@Eric N If your acoustic sensitively level limit is 75 dB/watt/m and the power of amplifier is 90 w, then the loudness for you is 94.54 dB.

Give me the level of your acoustic sound sensitively - your highest comfort level of computer electric sound and I will use a calculator from my link above - to calculate the amplitude frequency at 91 Db, 95 Db and 100 Db. I'm hoping that electric sound tolerance is 80 Db.

 

[Eric N]

@Eric N If your acoustic sensitively level limit is 75 dB/watt/m and the power of amplifier is 90 w, then the loudness for you is 94.54 dB.

Give me the level of your acoustic sound sensitively - your highest comfort level of computer electric sound and I will use a calculator from my link above - to calculate the amplitude frequency at 91 Db, 95 Db and 100 Db. I'm hoping that electric sound tolerance is 80 Db.

Hi Greg,

This is getting a little too technical for me so here is the link to my speaker specs

https://www.cnet.com/products/koss-koss-hdm-210/specs/

I am not sure what my highest comfort level is as I don't suffer from H

my noise meter measured 91 on the first run of the video and then on second run I made it louder and put the noise meter closer and got 100, my ear was around half a meter from the speaker when this happened.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

I looked at your speaker specs and applied time of 1 second. I'm able to use calculators. I would think that your sound tinnitus tolerance without H is 80 -85. I read this someplace, but I'm sure Michael L. knows more about this. So with normal sensitively - the dB actual volume is the level that you heard. This site does note that it's impossible to actually state hearing damage under 3 seconds for electric sounds. So I don't know if this would be a lasting spike. I would think that it's temporary.

Measurement of sounds with dozens of other factors is an engineering science, but how it's applied to hearing is beyond me. Sensitively levels application covers both, but I only understand it on the noise factor side.

 

[Alue]

@Eric N If your acoustic sensitively level limit is 75 dB/watt/m and the power of amplifier is 90 w, then the loudness for you is 94.54 dB.

Give me the level of your acoustic sound sensitively - your highest comfort level of computer electric sound and I will use a calculator from my link above - to calculate the amplitude frequency at 91 Db, 95 Db and 100 Db. I'm hoping that electric sound tolerance is 80 Db.

Where are you getting this acoustic sensitivity level calculation? I thought those calculations were meant for microphones and speakers, not the human ear.

 

[DebInAustralia]

Has anyone been exposed to a screamer video - videos meant the scare by suddenly making loud noise - and had their tinnitus increase?

I unfortunately fell victim to one of these videos 3 days ago and I feel my tinnitus has spiked quit noticeably.

It was loud and my ears were close the speakers but I covered immediately. Should I be concerned?

Not a 'screamer video' but sudden, unexpected loud noises yes!

Immediate pain, louder tinnitus, and ear fullness after a solid wooden door slammed shut right near my left ear.

Scared the *(#%( out of me. After making myself gag with a handful of antioxidants, it eventually settled down over a day or so. Rushed out to have an urgent audio, which didnt reveal any change in my hearing thresholds.

I think you will be fine, but I would stay away from loud noises as much as you can as I think our ears are vulnerable.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

I should had linked a chart and a conversion calculator, because I did use the calculator above in the wrong way. Thanks for pointing that out.

It does state that normal hearing threshold is equal to actual sound levels. The site link above has articles on subjectively perceived loudness and objective measures. Psychoacoustical where loudness is not the same perception with all individuals. There's charting and pictures of the ear structure that does relate with hearing. They do talk about the human ear in many articles, but they stop short of discussing anything like tinnitus.