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Spycht
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 08:08:53
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For years and years I have slept with a fan, or dehumidifier on. We're talking 10+ yrs now every night. It is usually 10 feet away or so in a room with a close door.
Do you think ears can be damaged by this amount of noise?
If so, do you think my ears are already affected/damaged?
I know we probably don't have many, if any, medical doctors hanging around here, but I'm not looking for Joe Schmoe's answer. If you haven't at least done some research in the area I don't care about your answer/opinion because it means just as much as mine does (fair warning). |
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Trip-
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 09:27
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I haven't done research, never heard of this subject before. Your ears are built to hear - there's no such thing as complete silence - ears are working 24/7 no matter where you are or what you do.
So what would be the alternative for you at night? Hearing the cats moaning outside? Ambulance sirens? The neighbours upstairs having sex again?
Imagine if you were sleeping in the jungle your whole life...
There is a standard for working places for example, that you can't work for more than 8 hours in a noisy place. How much noisy - not over 90dBA.
Try this link for more info:
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/noisehearingconservation/index.html
Although you should study what you want to, I instead would lay off the hypochondria for this one - just because I really believe there's no real damage to your ears.
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Spycht
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 10:09
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Thanks for the response and link Trip.
Managed to find this tidbit while rummaging.
"...However, using earmuffs to block all sounds to your ears after noise trauma could actually be harmful. Low levels of white noise is better, and there is some evidence that white noise can help prevent noise-induced tinnitus. " |
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Elad
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 14:41
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i think 10 years with the same freq in the room makes diffrence.. not sure bout it tho
i also sleep with computer always working , and im pritty sure your ears generate tone to avoid listen to the fan all the time..
i heard somewhere that alot of damage can happen because of unpleasent sounds in low volume. even psychologicly your brain start to ignore this freq
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jizy
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 14:56
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eat sum mushrooms then listen to The freqencies,, u can hear Freqs that are not of this world hehe, only jokin
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x-rayz
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 15:20
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On 2009-04-18 14:41, Elad wrote:
not sure bout it tho
i also sleep with computer always working , and Im pretty sure your ears generate tone to avoid listen to the fan all the time..
even psychologicly your brain start to ignore this freq
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yeah, its not ears that generate tone but brain simply ignores this frequency..
I doubt it has long therm effect, only temporary..
What happens is that your brain functions like sidechain compressor, or more like noise gate, similar to when u want to isolate snare drum from bass mic when recording..
So its not that your brain generates some kind of masking tone, it just brings the volume down so annoying sound doesn't disturb you over long period of time..
I mean its not that u have to wear antiphones whole night, u don't have factory in your room.. So its natural thing, if u wouldn't have that ability u couldn't talk with other person in a crowded area where u have to isolate one voice from thousands..
Mixing engineers got more developed part of the brain which is in charge for that functions than the rest of the people, cause they're developing it constantly while mixing..
So u don't have nothing to worry about but just for the sake of giving your ears a good night rest you can turn off that damn fan and sleep like u didn't in last 10 years, your brain will be thankful..
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Elad
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 15:34
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Freeflow
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 20:45
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On 2009-04-18 15:20, x-rayz wrote:
your brain functions like sidechain compressor, or more like noise gate
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LOL 
lucky its not working as flanger or glitch
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Take some N2O haha Flanger delux
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x-rayz
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Posted : Apr 18, 2009 22:05
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vegetal
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Posted : Apr 20, 2009 13:54
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On 2009-04-18 08:08:53, Spycht wrote:
For years and years I have slept with a fan, or dehumidifier on. We're talking 10+ yrs now every night. It is usually 10 feet away or so in a room with a close door.
Do you think ears can be damaged by this amount of noise?
If so, do you think my ears are already affected/damaged?
I know we probably don't have many, if any, medical doctors hanging around here, but I'm not looking for Joe Schmoe's answer. If you haven't at least done some research in the area I don't care about your answer/opinion because it means just as much as mine does (fair warning).
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Its hard to say, depends on the noise level it produces where you have your head placed and for how long your exposed to the noise.
If its under 80 dBA and you sleep for 8 hours its below worksaftey restrictions but ofc its better to sleep in silence, since you will most likley sleep better and felling refreshed in the morning
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Trip-
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Posted : Apr 20, 2009 14:06
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80dBA fan noise? I hope this fan got you chilly.
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Spycht
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Posted : Apr 21, 2009 09:53
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Thank you for all responses.
My current situation actually adds a dehumidifier just outside the room with the fan so this raises the overall level without making me chilly. However, I doubt the noise level is above 80 db. I'll just have to check that when I get my db meter to fix up the monitoring situation.
One of my main concerns wasn't so much damage to the physical ear but in the way my brain reacts to other sounds. So far I've read that constant exposure to white noise may lead to a difficulty in discriminating between noises. Whether this means difficulty in perceiving changes in volume, frequency, or both wasn't stated. |
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