3 ms·

Somehow I got tinnitus in one ear, and I didn't even go to any concerts. Maybe headphones on too loud. None the less, a friend got me to try on a set of Nurapho

Somehow I got tinnitus in one ear, and I didn't even go to any concerts. Maybe headphones on too loud. None the less, a friend got me to try on a set of Nuraphones, which I think are supposed to gauge how responsive your nervous system is to sound, and surely enough I had lost a fair bit of high frequency sensitivity.

whatshisface 8y ago
You can also get tinnitus from antibiotic side effects and autoimmune disorders.
Fjolsvith 8y ago
I've got bad hearing in my left ear which I attribute to the pickup I drove when a young man. It was a 1964 Chevy, and the rubber gaskets around the window panes in the doors were totally shot. I had cut holes and installed speakers in the lower portion of the doors. The speaker in the driver's door caused that window pane to vibrate in my left ear.
larrywright 8y ago
A word of caution on this - I too have some tinnitus, and I asked Lauren Dragan (she does all of Wirecutter’s headphone reviews) on Twitter if she was going to review these headphones. She responded[1]: > I’ve tested a few pairs of those kinds of headphones already, actually. Even, Beyerdynamic, Nuraphone, MEE... if you have ok hearing, they aren’t worth it, and possibly problematic if you already have hearing damage. > I’d spoken to an audiologist who is an expert in noise induced hearing loss, and he said that with no AMA oversight, there is no way of knowing if the raised frequency ranges could cause more damage on top of existing. The accuracy of the tests and programs on these vary wildly. In other words, by boosting the volume of the ranges you’re having difficulty hearing, it might actually increase your hearing loss in those ranges. I’m not an audiologist, but that makes a lot of sense. I’m steering clear of this class of headphones until there’s more known about them. [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/larrywright/status/1004842352777756674 https://mobile.twitter.com/larrywright/status/10048423527777...
- Arbalest 8y ago
  When I tried the adjusted volume version of the higher frequencies, I didn't like it anyway heh.

whatshisface 8y ago

You can also get tinnitus from antibiotic side effects and autoimmune disorders.

Fjolsvith 8y ago

I've got bad hearing in my left ear which I attribute to the pickup I drove when a young man. It was a 1964 Chevy, and the rubber gaskets around the window panes in the doors were totally shot. I had cut holes and installed speakers in the lower portion of the doors. The speaker in the driver's door caused that window pane to vibrate in my left ear.

larrywright 8y ago

A word of caution on this - I too have some tinnitus, and I asked Lauren Dragan (she does all of Wirecutter’s headphone reviews) on Twitter if she was going to review these headphones. She responded[1]: > I’ve tested a few pairs of those kinds of headphones already, actually. Even, Beyerdynamic, Nuraphone, MEE... if you have ok hearing, they aren’t worth it, and possibly problematic if you already have hearing damage. > I’d spoken to an audiologist who is an expert in noise induced hearing loss, and he said that with no AMA oversight, there is no way of knowing if the raised frequency ranges could cause more damage on top of existing. The accuracy of the tests and programs on these vary wildly. In other words, by boosting the volume of the ranges you’re having difficulty hearing, it might actually increase your hearing loss in those ranges. I’m not an audiologist, but that makes a lot of sense. I’m steering clear of this class of headphones until there’s more known about them. [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/larrywright/status/1004842352777756674 https://mobile.twitter.com/larrywright/status/10048423527777...

Arbalest 8y ago
When I tried the adjusted volume version of the higher frequencies, I didn't like it anyway heh.