YourAverageDrummer
Junior Member
I know I already asked about this, but I'm starting to get worried about my hearing. I'm only 17, but I think I'm starting to get tinnitus.
I play drums at my church and they have those insulated boxes that trap all the sound inside. I wear earplugs which are supposed to catch like 30 decibels and then I wear Vic Firth sound isolating headphones and they plug into an in-ear monitor system. I've been noticing this noise in my ear for awhile now. It isn't like a ringing, although I'll get a ringing for a few seconds the day after I play, it's more like a hissing. Sort of like when you have a stereo on but no sound is coming out.
My question is, even with the earplugs and headphones, will the tinnitus or whatever it is get worse?
I play drums at my church and they have those insulated boxes that trap all the sound inside. I wear earplugs which are supposed to catch like 30 decibels and then I wear Vic Firth sound isolating headphones and they plug into an in-ear monitor system. I've been noticing this noise in my ear for awhile now. It isn't like a ringing, although I'll get a ringing for a few seconds the day after I play, it's more like a hissing. Sort of like when you have a stereo on but no sound is coming out.
My question is, even with the earplugs and headphones, will the tinnitus or whatever it is get worse?