Help a nerd who doesn't get out much, Pt. 2

[prog]

I enjoyed the concert, though it was very loud and the acoustics were terrible.

Twelve hours and a solid sleep later, my ears are still ringing, and I have a physical sensation of cotton lodged into both of them. Is this... should I be worried? I don't know.

A friend who goes to many concerts tells me that, doy, they sell earplugs at the bar, you know, and everyone who isn't dumb wears them. I didn't know this. I don't know anything!! I am a nerd who doesn't get out much.

Seriously though, I'm starting to get a little concerned about this.

Comments

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

the feeling will go away. you will experience hearing loss from cumulative damage like this, though, so buy some earplugs and wear them next time.

[spatch]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT I NEVER WEAR EARPLUGS TO SHOWS AND I DO JUST FINE

WHAT

NO, IT'S WEDNESDAY

[radtea.livejournal.com]

I have moderate, progressive, congenital hearing loss and on my doc's advice I carry earplugs with me at all times, and always put 'em in in noisy situations, especially concerts. A one-time exposure like this is not a huge deal and the cotton-wool feeling and ringing should subside in a few days at most, but it's worth being cautious in future.

pete townshend

[cthulhia]

isn't completely deaf. and everyone said he would be by now.

that said, I may join you for earplugs at the mid-east club because their acoustics suck. I've been to stadium shows (quite a lot this year, oddly) that weren't that loud and didn't give me cotton ear that lasted more than an hour or so.

I hate earplugs with a passion since they feel *weird* and seem to dull out the sound too much (I like treble, or something), but, I may have to grudgingly wear them if I'm seeing more than a concert a week. (This week of JBE, HONK, HONK again, The Residents, and last night's wall of noise rather drove that point home.)

Also, one night of concert isn't nearly as bad as, say, the damage done to your ears when the T pulls into Harvard. If you are truly concerned about your hearing, be sure to protect against that sort of daily damage as well.