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Long-Term Exposure to Loud Sounds

Fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers know this is a heavy-duty rock band that plays loud music at numerous venues each year. In existence since 1983, one of it first members was Anthony Kiedis who was born in 1962. After singing onstage with this band for over 30 years, Kiedis has openly admitted his medical condition that is a result of long-term exposure to loud noise. Anthony Kiedis tinnitus was revealed several years ago in his autobiography “Scar Tissue” published in 2004. He wrote openly in this book about his experiences using illegal drugs with his father and friends that led to a serious addiction problem.

Poor Health as a Child

Anthony Kiedis tinnitus might also have resulted from poor health and medical attention as a child while living with a father who was a drug dealer along with drug use that changes the body’s chemistry. Tinnitus is a medical condition without an exact cause, but experts are trying to determine behaviors that contribute to the condition. The symptoms of tinnitus include sounds heard in the ear such as clanging, ringing or clicking that may occur intermittently or constantly in each sufferer. The odd noises do not really happen but seem very real to the person hearing the sounds.

Not Protecting the Eardrum

Researchers studying this condition have known for several years that a large number of tinnitus victims have spent a lot of time near loud noises in manufacturing plants. Currently, many people who have attended numerous musical concerts with loud instruments that cause intense vibrations in the eardrum are developing tinnitus. This means that many musicians who are exposed to electric guitar and percussion instruments almost daily in practice and stage performances are also at high risk of developing tinnitus. Without protective devices in their ears, musicians can damage the sensitive bones and tissues in the ear canal.

Possible Spinal Cord Nerve Damage

Listening to loud music for many years is not the only dangerous thing that Kiedis has experienced. Kiedis’s life history of risk-taking during his teenage years may have also caused damage to the nerves in his body, including his spine and ears. There are theories that Anthony Kiedis’ tinnitus is a result of jumping from multistory buildings into swimming pools that led to numerous impacts at high-pressure that could have caused internal damage to his ears, especially the eardrums. In one of these jumps as a teenager, Kiedis broke his back, leading to a painful condition that may have damaged the nerves in his spinal cord. There are several factors that could have led to Kiedis having tinnitus, including a lifelong addiction to drugs, working around loud noise and a serious back injury.