is it a myth?

phrex · Post by **phrex** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:00 pm

heard it a lot: low frequencies don't damage the ear (as much as the high frequencies do?).

true or not? if not, all the way a wrong assumption?

2manynoobs · Post by **2manynoobs** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:02 pm

vulvavibration wrote:heard it a lot: low frequencies don't damage the ear (as much as the high frequencies do?).

true or not? if not, all the way a wrong assumption?

true. Google.

phrex · Post by **phrex** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:06 pm

did not find anything yet on google.

but i'm a bit lazy actually

kp mike · Post by **kp mike** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:08 pm

any frequency will damage your ear if you listen to it for too long

uncle bill · Post by **uncle bill** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:13 pm

I play live music in my spare time and I’ve got to tell you that cymbals are the devil’s work. The sort of lead guitar sound I favour (middle turned right down, loads of top end) is just as bad if you’re hearing most of it straight out of the amp instead of a monitor mix.

You could be trapped in a room with Loefah for five hundred years and you’d escape with better hearing than someone who plays regular gigs in small clubs and pubs.

Treble is very dangerous.

oli90 · Post by **oli90** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:15 pm

Frequencies over 20khz (ultrasound) can cause severe damage to hearing, and even the body in general, if a person is exposed to them at high spls (about 120db+)

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:38 pm

At certain nights out, snares really fucking hurt my ears. Never noticed any problems with bass. I'd generally equate painful as damging, that's not to say that bass wouldn't eventually fuck your ears too.

the wiggle baron · Post by **the wiggle baron** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:42 pm

I was pretty sure (am aaaaaaalways ready to be completely wrong though) that lower frequency soundwaves actually carry more energy, which will cause tinitus as much/more than anything else. But in the short term you don't notice as much, as the "receptors" or whatever for sound are frequency specific (vaguely) so when you over expose your ears to a range of frequencies, the sensitivity to those specific frequencies is likely to be diminished. Then, if you take into account the frequencies of sound you are exposed to in day to day life, you can see how you can come out of a drum n bass night that was put through a not very loud but shit rig and not be able to hear properly for days, yet you can have your chest cavity pummeled to death by loefah and a 12 foot high stack of subs and not really be none the wiser as you leave! Sure, youre ability to hear 20-30hz is probably fucked, but unless youre married to Barry White you aint gonna notice.

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karmacazee · Post by **karmacazee** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:44 pm

Yeah, I've been doing some live sound engineering over the last few months and cymbals have that real horrible white noise like frequency that kills your ears, especially in small rooms.

Someone needs to invent a dampener for whatever frequency it is on cymbals that causes the PAIN.

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:00 pm

the wiggle baron wrote:I was pretty sure (am aaaaaaalways ready to be completely wrong though) that lower frequency soundwaves actually carry more energy, which will cause tinitus as much/more than anything else. But in the short term you don't notice as much, as the "receptors" or whatever for sound are frequency specific (vaguely) so when you over expose your ears to a range of frequencies, the sensitivity to those specific frequencies is likely to be diminished. Then, if you take into account the frequencies of sound you are exposed to in day to day life, you can see how you can come out of a drum n bass night that was put through a not very loud but shit rig and not be able to hear properly for days, yet you can have your chest cavity pummeled to death by loefah and a 12 foot high stack of subs and not really be none the wiser as you leave! Sure, youre ability to hear 20-30hz is probably fucked, but unless youre married to Barry White you aint gonna notice.

</fail?>

Weren't you studying medicine or something, Wiggles? Can't you find out for us?

phrex · Post by **phrex** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:03 pm

humm.. still no answer though...
arenät there any scientific studies about that topic?

p.t.b.d · Post by **p.t.b.d** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:28 pm

best to get some of those next ear protectors

Y_H · Post by **Y_H** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:32 pm

karmacazee wrote:Yeah, I've been doing some live sound engineering over the last few months and cymbals have that real horrible white noise like frequency that kills your ears, especially in small rooms.

Them cymbals kill your ears!

manillathrilla · Post by **manillathrilla** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:33 pm

high frequencey makes my uncomfortable, low frequency makes me wanna fart

Pada · Post by **Pada** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:39 pm

yeah low frequencies less damaging according to the packet of my ear plugs....

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