Evening.. new to forums.. and most guns in general, from Auckland.. Safety is number one priority.!
Forgive my sense of humour..
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Evening.. new to forums.. and most guns in general, from Auckland.. Safety is number one priority.!
Forgive my sense of humour..
Bet your earring are still ringing!
Welcome its a good forum
Welcome @Bunker
My personal experience follows:
Shot 303/7.62 NATO for some years on ranges (Air Training Corps/National Service/TF), and quite a few hunting trips.
After being on the range (shooter/trainer), I had bad tinnitus and a severe headache.
Took several days for the tinnitus to recede.
Now (50 years later), wear $10.5K hearing aids to replace loss of high frequency hearing.
It's a bugger, because (having got used to 'normal' sounds), everything/everyone sounds like they are using/talking through a cheap 1950's transistor speaker.
Use earplugs and ear muffs - you don't realise how important your hearing is, until you don't have it.
Tinnitus is the 'early warning' of problems later in life.
Did the expensive hearing aids fix tinnitus - short answer, NO.
Still there but much reduced.
Firing a 'big 50' in the States, 3 years ago in an enclosed both (M82A1), with the brake angled back into the booth - f#%ked hearing for good, even wearing 35dBA earplugs.
My sad tale of ear abuse.
:omg:
What everyone had to do before hearing aids.
In total support of WallyR's comments. Back in the day it was not uncommon to fire 10,000 rounds via a bren on a 25m range in a gully and with no ear protection, bar rolled up cleaning cloth (4x2 when ears began hurting.) I now wear both plugs and muffs of highest quality to prevent further loss. A close family member (non shooter) is almost completely deaf and struggles valiantly to communicate in everyday life. Protect your ears at all costs!!
I got Tinnitus using a nailgun to help a neighbour build a fence
Paying the price of a life time sentence for not getting my earmuffs :pissed off:
I got mine shooting my first centrefire (Sako 270) with no ear muffs. I feel you pain. Its not nice and no one else apart from us that have it understand all the fussQuote:
Originally Posted by sako75
I have the ringing in my ears 24/7. I am sure it comes from hundreds of rounds down range in the army all those decades go and not helped by decades of obnoxiously loud alarm sirens in close proximity. I cope with it by ignoring the ringing. Doesn't always work.
I have buzzing in my ears a lot, seems to go away when the missus leaves the room!
So you were in the army and a burglar :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
I have the ringing constanly as well also can't hear people in places where there's lots of other people talking or other noise mines from shooting and machinery and hammering impact guns etc
I just passed 40 and have noticed my hearing fading. I allways wear electronic earmuffs when shooting and often wear them for hours on end (they also keep your ears nice and warm).
Last week of the duck season I went out with my mates. It got dark, we started to pack up then a pair of mallards came in and one of my dear friends got excited and shot over my heads when I had no muffs on. As well as the less than desierable saftey aspect I felt the blast wave of the shot roll over me and instantly thought this is bad.
The ringing in my ears got noticably worse after that.
Always wear your muffs boys. I am starting the think that the standard howard leagh impact sports muffs, while better than nothing are not enough for big caibers and prolonged exposure.
Get your hearing tested. I'm over 60 and fought oncoming deafness off until family gave me the short shrift. Over 60's get free assessment. Initially I thought I would be embarrassed about having to wear hearing aids, but realise I was an embarrassment without them. Modern appliances are almost invisible, and volume controllable. Why I put up with the deafness for so long I have no idea. See earlier post about 'double protection' when using firearms now.
Haha that's some funny shit 223nut. How has no one commented on you laugh out loud comment :)
Haha funny shit 223nut
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Originally Posted by 223nut
I also never worried about hearing protection and my ears started ringing as early as i can remember and have been ringing everyday since. I never gave it much thought just assumed it was normal as its all i knew until i went in for a job and had my medical and was told i had very strange hearing loss in my ears where only one could be explained by firearms. The other I think may have had to do with a shotgun I had that blew up and peeled back like a banana peel felt like i got fuc%$#ng concussed.
another tinnitus sufferer here , the ringing is so loud and non stop , some days its so bad it makes me irratible as fuk and thats no good for the family , ... years in the army , years helping out builder mates and 20 years of fire service screaming alarms in buildings have fuked my ears .....i even wear muffs now for lawn mowing ..... never used too
Some tinnitus can be cured, some can be reduced, but sadly for some there is no cure. Mine was the worst but luckily for me, curable.
Had 55 plus years of hunting and machinery, 30 years ago ACC excepted it as industrial deafness, have been back every 10 years for a review. Last year was sent to a different specialist and got told, " it's not industrial hearing loss, it's hereditary or result of concussion" will now only pay for 17% of hearing costs. Always use a suppressor or good muffs but the "ringing" doesn't go away and hearing aids are useless BUT I love GPS tracking collars, have made life bearable out there with my dogs.
I'd love to say its from firearms.. sad truth.. my tinnitus is from my car-audio days haha, we knew it all.. such a nice welcome.. cheers everyone..
Yeah, i do the same now.. dread it gettin worse than it is now..
Haha.. dang... Had my first experince today with a hawk model-98 - buck and solid shot.. have to say it wasnt all what i was expecting..Quote:
Originally Posted by Stickbow