Do you use earplugs regularly? Just a warning...
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I only use earplugs when my 3 year old nephew is spending the night at my house. He tends to get up at the crack of dawn since he's, you know, 3.
I just use the foam ones you squish and insert into your ear and they expand..There is a knack to inserting them to block off the entire ear cavity. The only sound that cannot be blocked out is deep bass as that noise is more felt rather than heard.r0manz said:
These are the cheapest and the best earplugs I have found. I have tryed all the others but none work as well as the foam ones.
Does that mean...if I shove a bunch of earplugs in my mouth, I'll be able to yell really loudly and make people's heads explode? Or shove them in my nose and get super Bloodhound smelling? Oh man, I'm going to shove earplugs into all of my orifices! I'll be UNSTOPPABLE!!Asturiel said:
I already cant hear out of my right ear, so I always use them at concerts on such as to not loss the other. It sucks that I have shitty hear, really poor directional hearing, and cant use proper head phones, But i can get rid of noise at night by simply lying on my right side.
As for the OP, it just proves at just about any thing can be addicting when your body gets used to it, just stop using them and your body will eventually readjust it self. But do it at a time when you don't need to wake up early.
As for the OP, it just proves at just about any thing can be addicting when your body gets used to it, just stop using them and your body will eventually readjust it self. But do it at a time when you don't need to wake up early.
I use earplugs all the time because I'm exposed to very loud noise from amplifiers, PAs and drum kits several times a week. However, I take the things out when I'm not in that environment. I've been using them for at least ten years, my hearing is still pretty much unchanged from what it was when I was younger.ThatPurpleGuy said:
The biggest threat to hearing in today's world for most people is headphones. Pete Townshend went deaf not from his time playing loud rock music in The Who, but from using headphones all the time when on tour. Many club DJs who wear headphones half-off half-on their head so they can cue in the headphone with one ear and listen to the club PA with the other ear are now deaf in one ear - the headphone ear. Those iPod style headphones that sit inside your ear are the very worst - the human ear simply isn't designed to have a sound source sitting that close to it. Listen to your tunes on an iPod dock or plug into a stereo system. Bigger speakers further away are always better than smaller speakers close up.
Your hearing has adjusted to the environment you've given it. It's a similar situation to when people who use machinery develop a "notch" in their hearing where they stop hearing on a particular frequency that matches a drill or saw that they use at work. Just that your situation has reversed. Earplugs never cut all frequencies evenly, depending on what ones you're using the frequencies cut will vary. Cheap 'sleep' ones always cut more treble than bass, so now you're walking around hearing lots of treble everywhere. Don't worry, as you get older this will change, as people lose their treble frequencies first as they age.
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I'm sorry?ThatPurpleGuy said:
*Cleans ears out with a Q-tip*
OH! No, not really. I would find them uncomfortable like earphones.
I HATE THAT, the alarm does nothing anymore, I actually had to buy a second alarm and set them both to go off in order to wake up at all, EVIL!!Insanum said:
I started using earplugs my freshman college because the hallways of the residence I lived in were extremely resonant. You could try to be quiet, but sound is just reverberated like crazy. Well some people got extremely obnoxious late at night regularly and my RA was a pushover, so I had to start using earplugs. I now cannot sleep without them in a house (doesn't affect me on camping/hiking trips strangely). I hear the smallest ting or the hum of a fan running and it bugs me. Of course, I've had (ADHD med induced) insomnia before so I do whatever it takes to get sleep. Been using earplugs for 5 years now...I may try to wean myself off them at some point. It sucks when I go on vacation and forget them.ThatPurpleGuy said:
I only use them when I go shooting (most people don't realise just how loud most guns are) so that I don't damage my ears.
Last week I took just 2 shots with a AMT AutoMag II (.22 magnum) to see what it was like without them, and my ears were ringing for the rest of the day.
Last week I took just 2 shots with a AMT AutoMag II (.22 magnum) to see what it was like without them, and my ears were ringing for the rest of the day.
I've never worn earplugs - my hearing was really sensitive when I was young, but years of those little ear bud phones has slowly dwindled it down; that being said, considering how I often I use headphones, my hearing is still pretty solid. Anyway, it sounds like you need to just cope with the noise - or maybe you just need more earplugs.
Yep you know exactly what I mean..Its those small sounds that really begin to bother you aswell. I have also been trying to "ween" myself off them but the sweet sound of silence is just too good to me. Like I said just normal ambient noise can sometimes drive me crazyDustyDrB said:
I have had something like this happen to me, i had not ridden in a vehicle(bus car anything) for a about 6 months. I became claustrophobic when i finally did enter a car.Didnt help it was a new mustang. Took me about 3 months before i didnt experience anxiety of nausea.
It's quite normal that your sleeping habits adapt to what you're used to: If you live next to a railway station, after a year or two you won't wake up from the trains anymore, not even with your window open. If, however, you get used to complete silence, it happens the other way round: you wake up from the slightest noise. Which is why it's not such a good idea to sleep with ear plugs.
The other thing you describe, however, is quite strange: Being super-sensitive to noises is not something you get because you're addicted to silence, it sounds more like a medical condition to me. Maybe you always had that problem, more or less, and started using the ear plugs because of it in the first place? I'd advise you to get that checked out.
The other thing you describe, however, is quite strange: Being super-sensitive to noises is not something you get because you're addicted to silence, it sounds more like a medical condition to me. Maybe you always had that problem, more or less, and started using the ear plugs because of it in the first place? I'd advise you to get that checked out.