Are You Looking after your Ears? | Hearing Loss in Singers |
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2018
- I wonder whether you’ve stopped to consider just how important your hearing is. As one of our five primary senses, hearing is used for many things including balance and alerting us to hazards.
I think most of us understand that our ears play a pretty important role when it comes to singing. But how many of us really take care of our ears and our hearing? Let’s look at the causes of hearing loss and how you and I might be better able to protect what are arguably the second most important organs in a singer’s body.
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Thanks for the heads-up for the younger folks who don’t think about this issue! I’m 59 and got a hearing test from an audiologist a few years ago. My functional hearing is very good; I’ve taken pretty good care of my hearing over the years (I’m 59 years old). The audiologist told me my “hearing loss” is actually a brain aging issue: I can’t separate out 2 or more people talking simultaneously, and make sense of what any of them are saying any more. The audiologist told me he has this same problem. Before the age of 50 or so, this was no problem.
I already have hearing problem from loud music, tinnitus and hearing loss.
Thank you so much for mentioning this subject, it might save someone elses hearing.
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials I have bought a db meter to monitor the music i listen to and how loud my voice can get. When i am singing it easily goes up to 90db, and 100db isnt something rare. Its been almost 2 years and i always wear earplugs when training and especially when playing with others.
I have this problem, Due to Noise from work place and frequent flights where the cabin is pressurized it damaged my ear, when singing there are times when I hear static noise from inside my left ear sometimes also my right, sometimes even both.. Now I noticed I tend to exert more unnecessary effort in singing probably because I couldn't hear my self like I used to and I have more flats and sharps because of it.. I hope there is still hope for me.. I hope my ears can recover back to normal, I hope its not yet too late for me.. :(
Wow, I wasn't expecting a reply from you.. I appreciate it. No I haven't got a the chance to have my ears checked yet.. but I will certainly have it checked.. hearing is too important for singing to just rely on self healing.. and singing is a powerful source of joy and happiness.. I must have it checked.
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials sure thing, thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I work on the plane. We can’t wear the ear plugs because we have to be able to hear certain things going on with the plane and the customer call lights. I don’t have the ringing but I do have a muffled sound from time to time. The engine is damn loud also on our bigger plane, not so bad the smaller but due to my son’s schedule and what he needs, my trips are usually on the bigger planes. The descent is when the ears “pop”, I’m so used to it that they barely pop anymore at all. Hoping also to alleviate this issue and bring out my best voice
Hello my Kyle How long do need to be around loud noises for Months years or Secdons to do permanent hear Damage ?
Thank you for your response. At your behest, I've viewed this video. I was exposed to sound levels on the flight line in excess of 130 dB (I understand some rock bands can get this loud). The latest research I've read on tinnitus is that this is a neural problem. When the tone that the brain normally hears is no longer present, i.e. that part of the hearing has been damaged, the brain, in response, reproduces the missing tone, hence, the "ringing" in the ears, which are basically all of the tones that you've lost (until the loss is recovered).
If the loss is never recovered, it never ends, even in sleep. I believe about 13% of the general population (one in eight people) have this issue, so it's likely genetic. Rather than simply losing a tone we can no longer hear, we gain a tone which we hear forever after. It makes hearing tests impossible, since, very often, you can't tell the difference between the tone they're giving you, and the one in your ears. Sometimes, I swear, ear doctors don't know what you're trying to figure out.
As for protection, even as a 17-year-old kid in the military, I was acutely aware of the loud noises around me, and I wore hearing protection, not only ear plugs, but ear protectors on top, and that wasn't enough. It only takes a second or two of exposure to a very loud noise to permanently destroy that part of your hearing. Stand in front of a fully revved B-52 engine for one second and you'll get the idea what "loud" means. Okay, just kidding - never do that.
Unfortunately, as a college professor, 40 years later, standing in front of a classroom and lecturing for an hour leaves my head spinning, and the ringing in my ears is amplified for a couple of hours after. I can no longer raise my voice or tolerate the loudness of my own voice, in my head. I can hear my own heartbeat, even in a normal noise environment.
I wonder if vocal training would help.
Ironically, my mother was both a piano teacher (from concert pianist) and a choir director, so naturally, I grew up, "singing in the choir" everywhere we went (military bases). I started as a soprano (child), worked my way up as I got older, through alto (teen years), tenor (late teens), baritone and bass. She taught us to "sing from the diaphragm," which I don't think I ever understood, because my older sister, who also has really bad tinnitus, has the loudest and most painful voice around, especially when she stands next to me and shouts at someone far away. And she says the same thing to me, that I don't speak from the diaphragm.
It could be, as she says, I'm speaking from higher up, which might cause all of the sound to be in my head instead of in my abdomen. I don't know of a good technique to learn this.
Thanks for your insights.
Thanks for sharing your personal journey here. I understand the there continues to be research into this area and hopefully, in time, better treatments/therapies will exist to help ones like yourself who suffer from tinnitus.
Love your videos. Good vocal tips and good English listening materials. 😊
the quality of this video is so good, i thought this was a big channel, you deserve more views and subs!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Giovanni Vieira. Thanks for watching.
you're welcome
Sir thank you for this informative video. As an audiologist I recommend noise cancellation headphones as some of them can provide upto 35 dB noise protection and ear plugs are of no use in high intensity noise environment as it hardly gives a 10-15 decibel protection. Furthermore any noise higher than 90 decibel can harm the inner ear hair cells and cause a sensori-neural hearing loss even if exposed to a short period of time
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What would you recommend to someone who has trouble sleeping due to low frequency outside noise? I live in a house next to a street in which buses keep passing... as a consequence, I wake up 4-5 times every night, because of the vibration. It's really odd, because barking dogs won't wake me up... but trucks and buses... it's every single time! 😭
@@afonsodeportugal if you concentrate on that you will always be annoyed because it's the brain which hears noise not the ears. If you train your brain to ignore the noise then it shall get adapted to it and slowly the brain cancells this background noise. Put some light music in low volume when you go to sleep and try to concentrate on that only. That way your brain will ignore the background noises of vehicles and all
@@jimbroottan398 Thank you for your answer. I will try to implement your solution.
I don’t have any hearing loss but these are really good tips! I’ll always keep this in mind!
Thank you alot✊
when your sing a highnotes sometimes your ears got lost to hear your voicequality. 😊
great vid. i have some high level tinnitus, however my hearing is almost perfect which is not so normal right?.
i have been told nothing can be done for it (in reference to your, seek medical assistance)
i sometimes use these plugs from the music store at were around $30 i think. they silicon and have a plastic center piece to pull them out, and you adjust the attenuation by inserting deeper. but you then hear your voice through you jaw rather that the monitors which isnt as much fun lol
For the past 20+ years I’ve been a professional singer. I use in your monitors sometimes. I’m in covers bands and I have suffered some hearing loss in my tops. I also have eustachian tube dysfunction. This gives me a feeling that my ears are full of sinus most the time and constantly need to be unblocked though they rarely will unblock. Do you have any advice? I have been to many many ENT‘s and they cannot help me. I’ve had tubes in my ears. Every ENT I have seen says that an allergy test is not needed as it will not help. I think I need to see an ENT who specializes in eustachian tube dysfunction. Have you ever come across this before?
Hi Dr. Dan! I have otitis media and it frustrates me. Does hearing loss affect singing? It’s difficult to sing in tune with it.
I'm using an peltor 3m earmuff when im started to take vocal pratice I feel my ear getting damaged and I feel so much pain in both of my ears can u suggest any ideas for my ears to be protected I feel so much pain and feeling damaged
How important do you think the high frequencies are for singers and musicians? My hearing is pretty much shot above 12-13 kHz, so my ears are at least 20 years older than my actual age. I've been to a live concert maybe 3 times my entire life and I don't work in a loud noise environment, so I don't understand why my hearing is so bad. Also, I started learning audio mixing; needless to say, I'm feeling very un-confident about my ability to create a good mix.
Yes, I am going to get tested by a licensed professional. That's encouraging to know music isn't ruled out as an option despite my limitations. Thanks for your thoughts!
Dr. Dan, I'm a 67yr old spinto tenor, been singing for 35yrs or more, I been wearing hearing aids for about 7yrs and I hate the way I sound, my family and friends say i sound fine, but to me I'm not happy the way I hear myself, what can I do to fix this? I love to sing for family and my fans but not sure if I sound flat or sharp. I'm so confused.
Singing with hearing aids can be a challenging thing to get used to. Pappa D D, the following video may prove helpful - ua-cam.com/video/appIwcDDkBQ/v-deo.html
I unfortunately feel as if I have damaged my hearing, I work in the back of a bowling alley and feel the loudness has caused me quite abit of problems. I do wear ear plugs, and have checked the sound decibles before, and they aren't so loud that they're dangerous, but I feel that the over exposure has been a problem overtime. I saw another comment about hearing a static noise sometimes when singing, I have that too. I also find myself trying to over compensate for it, but hit more flats and sharps instead. I was a choir singer for 7 plus years, and haven't truly sang in about 2 years, and am trying to refind my voice, but feel I am having problems. Is there still hope for me and do you have any advice?
I would recommend seeing an audiologist for a full hearing assessment. This will show you where your hearing loss is (frequencies) and off you a plan moving forward. All the best.
Thank you so much for the reply, and the advice, I really appreciate it!
i may have damaged my left ear while recording vocals the other week. Constant tinnitus now and hyper sensitivity. Whenever i sing and hear my own voice getting really nice resonance i hear this extra distortion/high frequency in my left ear. Even if i block the left ear its like its still reacting to the vibration of my voice in my head. So annoying and i can't stand singing at the moment :(
how did u fix this?
@@joegabana8040 I didnt. The damage persists. But i have psychologically learned to cope with it better with time. I have to be careful not be too loud or protect my ears. You have the same problem?