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Dance Music and Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 10, 2012
Here is a link to a great article on Dance Music and the risk of loud noise exposure causing tinnitus. Worth a read – send it to your concertgoing and clubgoing friends!
A club soundystem – assuming you’ve got a halfway decent one on your hands – operates well in excess of 100dB(A) (a nearby pneumatic drill clocks in at around 110). Protracted exposure to these high volumes causes damage to the tiny hairs in the inner ear that convert vibrations in the air into auditory signals; once these hairs are damaged they can’t be replaced, and … Continue Reading