Tuesday
30Dec2008
is it common for your ears to ring for more than three days after a concert
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 08:00AM in Entertainment Technology, Live Sound Sucks by John Huntington
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 08:00AM in Entertainment Technology, Live Sound Sucks by John Huntington My web hosting service (Squarespace) tracks queries that lead to this website, and I like to read them to see how people find the site (knowing people are reading this stuff keeps me going!) Here's one of the sadder ones I've seen, "is it common for your ears to ring for more than three days after a concert?" Whoever searched this found my "concert goers bill of rights", which I wish we didn't need.
And, of course, while the answer is it may be common for your ears to ring after a concert, it certainly should not be. This poor concert goer may now have tinnitus, thanks to some moronic band and irresponsible promoters.
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As you have mentioned in your previous posts on live sound, the dangers and fall out of too many -(and in some cases just one) - overly loud show is great. From my years of exposure as a drummer, Monitor mix and backstage as a tech I have a nasty case of tinnitus in my right ear.
While early damage may very well have come in my teenage to ealry twentys attending concerts, the worst is from working backstage. Even with 10 or 20dB attentuating ear plugs I would leave some shows ringing. I left any hope of following an audio specialist path because of the damage. I cannot hear some of the calibration frequecies for surround sound systems and must rely on the equipment readings to be sure.
I knew about the dangers and attempted to protect myself,with only minimal success.