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LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus

This is a two part question.

1. What is the loudest concert (or event) that you have attended?

2. How long have you had tinnitus, is it getting better or worse and how are you dealing with it?

Personally, the loudest concert was UB40 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Loudest event was drag racing at SIR (Seattle International Raceway) which was like sticking your head in a jet engine.

Regarding tinnitus. Over the past year or so I have noticed a constant high pitched "sound" in my ears. Mostly the left ear. At this point I don't actually know if it is constant or whether I just forget about it sometimes. I know use a white noise box when I go to sleep. Otherwise I tend to fixate on the ringing.

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larsman
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@sejodiren - and I worked in the local wholesale record business at the time, so one of our local WEA reps (Bam Bam!) also got me a Warner Brothers live U2 promo-only album; I think that's pretty rare these days. 

chrisoshea
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Loudest concert - Oingo Boingo - Early/Mid 1980's Uptown Theatre K.C. Mo. Ear bleeding loud.

Honorable Mention; 

Rolling Stones - Kemper Arena K.C. M. O. Dec 1981

The Tubes - Memorial Hall K.C.K.S. April 1985

 

atom
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Deep Purple July 2/71 St Lawrence Market in Toronto. A small shopping mall with about 300 people in attendance. Seating was on the floor, stage was about 2 ft high. I was about 6 rows from the front, dead center. I was lucky I had some kleenex in my pocket, even then it was so loud I felt like I had been physically abused. Rush was another loud band, played at our pub nights in college. Hearing is still OK at 69, I have been wearing hearing attenuators to concerts for years.

boxcarman
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I find loudness depends on the venue.  The Joint at Hard Rock Casino In Vegas was wayyy too loud.  I saw Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper there and lost 90% of my hearing for two days.

cd318
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@boxcarman 

I find loudness depends on the venue. 

 

Smaller venues are the worst for me.

They usually have terrible acoustics and often no easy means of finding a quieter position.

Best gig I went to was to see Richard Hawley.

Great sound, loud enough but not silly.

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