Why Do People Here Go to Drastic Measures to Protect Themselves?

Yeah, Bill was the first person to reply to me on here, gave me some terrible advice to quit my job which sent me into a suicidal tail-spin. I blocked that guy because he doesn't do anything except bring this entire site down

 

Oh, really? I Was the first person to reply to you. I don't see you ever mentioning your job (in your first post, and in any of the other threads that you had started, or that had included the word "job"), and I surely don't see any of my posts advising that you quit your job.

Here is the thread with your first post
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...ises-are-too-loud-afraid-to-go-outside.25460/

What is your job?

 

It is cool, though. It sounds like you asked yourself "what would Bill Bauer do?", realized that I would quit a job if it were loud, and so now you are remembering it as me giving this advice to you.

 

@Bill Bauer ,
I know you are big on giving advice on using ear protection more than what others do when some think it might not be needed.
Would it just be easier to say if your ears are not comfortable around sounds 80db try see how you go on around sounds 70db etc until you find a comfortable level .
Hyperacusis and age and settings and own environment come in to it and socialising and then they can make their own mind up when they need protect their ears to the db they find suited too and where to go.

Just a thought so what would you think about it ?
love glynis

 

I agree with the above, except I wouldn't specify the actual dB level. First of all, people might have trouble with getting an accurate measurement, and second of all I would provide the same advice when people feel acute discomfort at even lower dB level.

 

I just saw this thread and it hit close to home
The debate to protect your ears or not, and to go ahead and do want you want or avoid loud places is interesting.
Here is my quick story:
I am 20+ months into my Tinnitus from acoustic trauma. My T has been slowly fading , and I would say it was 90% improved, and my H was totally gone. My first year I always wore earplugs when going to the store or out to a restaurant. I actually credit this (rightly or wrongly) to assisting in my recovery.
For the last 8 months or so I did not protect my ears anyplace I went (except the gym and casino) and I was feeling more and more brave about noise.
Last weekend we went out for the day an a friends boat (large 40 footer) on lake Michigan for the day and hooked up with other boats for some music and fun. Between the engine noise for the 45 minute ride there and back, and the commotion of the day, my ears started ringing quite noticeable when I got home.
It has now been 1 week, and the ringing is starting to ease up, but I'm afraid this outing set me back many months in my recovery.
So yeah, go ahead and do what you want, but there will be a price to pay. To me it's not worth it.

 

:O

 

Loudness is only one factor in determining whether certain sounds are safe or not. Pitch and duration are just as important. Experts handwave a number 85dB as safe in terms of hearing loss. But many of us has no measurable loss but yet suffer a wide ranging severity of ringing. There must be other factors contributing to T that nobody understands yet, and that includes the experts who come up with these numbers, which obviously are established without considering T. So would the threshold for T safe be still 85dB, or 60? Who knows. So listen to your body other than the experts. Protect as you see fit. Don't let it spike, even temporarily. The anxiety is just hard to bare.

 

Thanks for all the awesome replies guys!