Yesterday, electronic music news tweeted about the recent situation of Bass Music artist Getter canceling the performance due to ear disease, as shown by the title "Ear disease is also a major problem for electronic music artists", many readers commented and discussed our ear (hearing) problems, and some readers left messages asking "how to protect as a spectator (listener)".
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In fact, the topic of "how to protect hearing" itself has a high scientific and reference value, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) data two years ago, more than one billion young people (12 to 35 years old) around the world are experiencing irreversible hearing loss process, however, most people do not pay attention to the chronic degradation of their own ability (myopia is the same), the specific reasons we will analyze later.
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For the readership of electronic music information media - DJs, music producers, nightclub/bar practitioners, media workers, music lovers and other music (sound) related workers and enthusiasts (the overall perspective of this article tends to be from the perspective of consumers, not to the perspective of businesses or workers, but it is equally effective for consumers or entrepreneurs and part-time workers), etc., it is more necessary to popularize "how should Ravers and fans protect their hearing", so it is more necessary. The author (when independently completing the topic selection work, in the process of independent topic selection) decided to write a short popular science essay on this issue. (That being said, but in fact, the length of this article is not less than the average of more than 4,000 purely original articles in the past six years)
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First of all, we need to understand that in addition to ear diseases, there are the following factors that are easy to cause hearing loss - frequent noise (even including decibels too high, too high a loud, too high frequency band, "not beautiful" sound) stimulation, staying up late, tired, drinking, etc. (DJs at home and abroad and nightclub/bar staff can be described as all in the middle), and for these factors, we mainly discuss the "frequent noise (sound) stimulation" that readers are most concerned about and that we cannot eliminate.
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As long as it's not a vacuum, sound is everywhere. We can't stop the stimulation of sound, but through the study of junior high school physics, we know that there are three ways to weaken noise (sound). However, when meeting friends and dancing live in nightclubs, bars, or electric syllables, it is difficult for us to weaken our voice at the source of the sound and during the transmission process (it is not recommended, because even if it is adopted, it may be discouraged), so we can only do work on our own ears.
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So, to put it bluntly, the most realistic and feasible way to protect the ear is to wear earplugs or headphones, if there is a noise reduction function, the effect of protecting the hearing is undoubtedly better; and for conditional music and sound workers, you can buy customized in-ear headphones, as well as more advanced "Musicians' Ear Plugs", which not only fit their ear canal, wear comfortably, but also reduce the volume of music (rather than loudness) without affecting the authenticity of the music.
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Speaking of which, some readers may ask again: "Won't you be unable to hear music when you wear earplugs?" ”。 In the nightclub or electric syllable scene, the probability of wearing earplugs and not hearing music is zero, because the sound volume of the scene is almost 90 decibels upwards, an ordinary in-ear earbud usually weakens by about ten shells, even if we have a pair of noise-canceling headphones that can make the outside world achieve a "silent" effect, the electronic sound wave of the scene will also be heard by you through bone conduction, of course, this is a joke.
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However, to find the right earbuds / headphones also need to buy more, more comparison, including not limited to going to the offline experience store to try, etc., the author will not repeat here (the author himself always goes through these steps); in addition, as early as eleven years ago, the operation manager in the nightclub to enjoy the old Electro House, the old "EDM House" "suite", Dance-Pop has the habit of stuffing paper balls into the ear, and this is also the next strategy without earplugs.
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However, the reader's question is also one of the examples of why people do not attach importance to hearing protection - Raver wants to enjoy the pleasure of the music scene as much as possible, and has no time to care whether his hearing is damaged, but in such occasions our hearing is more vulnerable, because when people are in a state of excitement, even slight discomfort in the ear is difficult to detect; and because of the strong adaptability of humans, perhaps in a few seconds we can adapt to the high-decibel sound environment. Obviously, "adaptation" here is not a good thing.
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In view of this situation, the author recommends that Ravers wear earplugs/headphones every time they enter the door of the nightclub/bar (the music pressure of outdoor electric syllables will be smaller than indoors, and everyone can decide how long to wear them), and then take off the earbuds/headphones after the event, and we will not feel any unhappiness caused by the smaller sound of music during the whole process.
It is also worth suggesting that because the human ear can withstand the limited length of noise (sound) in the noise (sound) environment of each volume range (see the figure below), it is especially important to interrupt the continuous exposure time in it, such as in our 100 decibel nightclub music environment, every half hour should let the ear rest for a while, such as going out for a walk or going to the bathroom, especially when the artist or DJ on the stage is not playing a song that is not his favorite.
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In addition, for drinkers and drinking sharp dancers, the author also reminds one or two by the way: in addition to the direct damage of alcohol to the ear, studies have shown that the concentration of respiratory alcohol (in most sound and audio segments) is positively correlated with the hearing threshold, which means that the more alcohol is drunk (in most of the sound and audio segments), the less sensitive people are to the sound, which is also reasonable; and even more drunken, upside down, although the brain has "heard" the sound, but its ear nerve cells are still being destroyed.
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After sobering up the next day, if you find that others talk like robots or listen to sounds like a membrane or hear abnormal tinnitus, etc., it is the best decision to seek medical attention as soon as possible, and procrastination may cause irreparable hearing loss and even hearing loss. Music is a part of our interests, careers, and lives, and there are many days to come, if you want beautiful music to accompany us longer, please press the above Tips to open the "ear protection mode".
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