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Anonymous
Hello /fit/.

Why does my ear sometimes randomly start ringing for no reason and then return to normal about a minute later?

For example, I was shaving and then suddenly my left ear started ringing. About a minute later it went back to normal.

Does this happen to anyone else? It's not annoying or worrying or anything but it's just very odd considering there was no noise or action to make it do that.
>> Anonymous
Happens to me as well, randomly. Had a brain MRI and it came back good so w/e
>> Anonymous
Ear ringing is sometimes related to hearing loss. If you often visit concerts or nightclubs with very loud music it might be from that, but more and more often in ear "ear buds" are causing hearing loss in people (ipod, walkman type stuff).
>> Anonymous
i heard if its your left ear somebody is talking shit about you

and if its your right ear theyre saying good things about you
>> Anonymous
Happens in my right ear thanks to childhood damage (Chickenpox paralyzed half of my face). Tinnitus is caused by LOUD NOISES for a prolonged period of time otherwise.
>> Anonymous
>>441845
Old wives tale.
>>441834
No shit they'll ring after a concert/club, but I think OP means like he's sitting there in a quiet place then all of a sudden RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING. I get that sometimes too, kinda wierd.
>> Anonymous
>>441851
>No shit they'll ring after a concert/club, but I think OP means like he's sitting there in a quiet place then all of a sudden RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING. I get that sometimes too, kinda wierd.

I mean this shit. It's not after a concert or loud noises. It just happens all of a sudden.
>> Anonymous
shit, i knew those damned earbuds were for your ears... my shures do sound good though. would listening to fullsize headphones over my earbuds do less damage to my ears? at around the same listening volume of course.
>> Anonymous
I looked it up a while ago. I believe it has to do something with particulates on your eardrum. ie if a hair or something decently sized ends up on your eardrum, the vibrations will cause it to ring until it is dislodged.
>> Anonymous
Yes, hearing loss can be caused by concerts, and results in random ringing in the ears. In the United States there is no law on the decibels emitted from ear buds. The type of ear buds that go into the ear work to cancel noise and produce sound by directing sound waves directly into the ear canal while blocking outside factors. Headsets do no send as much sound directly into the ear canal and thus at the same volume, they will cause less hearing loss. However, the best way to prevent it is to take breaks, ie not listen to music for 3 hrs straight, instead for 30 mins off 5 30 mins off 5 ect.
>> Anonymous
yeah i get this shit too sometimes, fucking shit sucks
i still use earbuds, but i really only mostly listen to podcasts and generally at a decent volume i think

concerts are the fucking worse, god damn things will make you go deaf. I dont go to many if any at all anymore
>> Anonymous
>>441866
*BAD for your ears. shit

>>441872
Great info. I think I'll be looking for a more compact headset for everyday use soon.
>> Anonymous
I have the same problem as OP, and I don't subject my ears to loud noise/music/whatever. I'd like to say don't worry, as I'm not deaf yet, but I really don't know.
>> Anonymous
The idea that earbuds are bad for your ears is total bullshit. The problem is that earbuds are capable of putting out more sound than many over-ear phones, and that they don't isolate you from outside sound, leading faggots to turn up. Listening to loud noises is what's bad for you.
>> Anonymous
>>441906
So what you're saying is ear buds aren't bad for you it's just that ear buds put a high volume of concentrated sound right into your inner ear?

...

So yeah, listening to loud music with ear buds is worse than listening to loud music with over the ear phones.
>> Anonymous
How loud is loud, though? I need a macheen to measure gigglebells.
>> Anonymous
>>441906

Earbuds channel more noise into your ear canals. Much like how a firehose channels most of its energy through a narrower hose.

Earphones on the other hand only channel 50% of the noise into your ear canal. So it's more like a sawed-off shotgun than a sniper rifle of noise going into your ear.
>> Anonymous
>>441912
No, you retard. I'm saying that if you choose to, you can put "concentrated sound", whatever that is, into your ear with either earbuds or headphones. Earbuds are just (A) more sensitive, so that morons who are inclined to boost the volume to unsafe levels can go even further, and (B) don't isolate you at all, leading the aforementioned morons to boost the volume to unsafe levels. There's nothing inherently dangerous about them, and you could misuse any pair of headphones or speakers in exactly the same way. Listening to loud music with earbuds is no different from listening to loud music at that same volume with another sound source.
>> Anonymous
construction workers are required to wear ear protection when the sound reaches above 85 dB. Many portable music players are capable of up to 130 dB. The reason why inner ear earphones are damaging is because they do not lose energy due to other parts of the ear in addition to their proximity being much closer to the inner ear. This is important because hearing something that emits 200dB a mile away isnt nearly as damaging as hearing that 200dB a block away.
>> gay
>>442067
oh wow, 130db eh? No wonder my windows shake every time a jogger runs by.

fucking retard
>> Anonymous
>>442034
Actually that would be, like, less than a 15 dB difference. Probably similarly dangerous.