Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by Zircom on Sunday April 10, 2022 @10:26PM
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Not to be rude but you ascribing an equal likelihood of causing tinnitus to one night of using earplugs(which BLOCK sound from your ears) vs presumably regular/sustained use of noise cancelling headphones(which BLAST sound into your ears) borders on ridiculousness and make me think you're just trolling..
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Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by Izkata on Sunday April 10, 2022 @11:55PM
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Earplugs go into the ear similar to earbuds, but are squishy and meant to be rolled thin so you can get them in a bit further (then they decompress halfway inside your ear and fill in the gaps). If you push them in too far I imagine they can damage the eardrum, which could cause tinnitus.
After trying earplugs myself a few months ago, I decided it was too risky to sleep with them due to the pressure I felt in my ear (the one against the pillow) when I lay on my side.
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by AngryData on Monday April 11, 2022 @01:44AM
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You would have to push your ear plugs in so far that you couldn't take them out to get anywhere near the eardrum though.
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by Panoramix on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:35AM
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My tinnitus started after a night out with earplugs. Basically the earplugs pushed wax buildup deep into my eardrum. It took quite a while to remove that wax, and while that improved things a lot, the tinnitus stayed after that.
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by Khelavaster on Monday April 11, 2022 @01:01PM
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Noise cancelling headphones definitively promote tinnitus