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Noisy Evening, Tinnitus, Temporary Threshold Shift Have you ever been to a noisy bar, restaurant, or concert where the noise levels seem to increase as the night goes on? You may find yourself talking louder and louder to be heard, or putting your ear close to someone’s face in order to hear his conversation. You may notice your voice beginning to strain and you start to feel fatigued. As the night goes on and more and more people are talking, the venue cranks up the music even louder, making it even more difficult to communicate. On your drive home, in the quiet of the car, you notice a hissing or ringing in your ears (tinnitus). You turn on the radio to drown out the ringing in your ears, but you also notice the music on the radio sounds muffled. The ringing in your ears and the muffled hearing will likely resolve itself the following day, and you may think everything is back to normal. You may even forget all about it, until you enter your car again and are startled by the extremely loud level of your radio. You didn’t realize, the previous night, that you had it cranked up so loudly.
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Even still, you may likely think the whole evening was harmless. However, excessive noise levels--to the point that causes ringing in the ears or temporary muffled hearing--is actually a sign of permanent damage. The actual hearing loss may not present itself for many years, but the damage has already occurred. This is known as a temporary threshold shift. Even though the shift in your hearing levels was temporary, the damage to your ears is permanent and can’t be erased. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Any stories to share?
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