Ear fatigue by just listening to music...

Yes, I know.

 

Not the record?

 

Ditch the cans and get a boombox.

 

There are a lot of variables with headphones. It depends on what kind of headphones they are, what they're hooked up to, what's coming out of them, what volume one is playing at, etc. I've heard speaker setups that are far more fatiguing than my headphone setup...that includes car audio. Heck, I've been to restaurants that are so loud that my ears are buggered up for days. Listening to music on my headphones doesn't come close to that level of fatigue.

(Although it should be noted that I listen to mostly vinyl rips)

 

I think there's a smiley face missing there.

 

I recommend visiting a dentist as well.. I used to have intense migraines. They went away as soon as I got my wisdom teeth cut out along with a few fillings.

 

Hi youraveragevinylcollector,

I would go get check out by the doc and see if you may have the virus that been going around the Tri-state area and has been moving towards other states:
Virus going around with symptoms that mimic allergies »

I know for me, I can't listen to music at all while I'm sick or going through a sinus infection. It's bad enough I have to deal with tinnitus so when a cold/virus/infection gets thrown in. Music is put on hold and it's TV time until the symptoms subside.

 

Some people are beyond help. Sad.

 

Well, my sinuses and ears are feeling better, and I have just began to listen to music after six days, albeit with my bass turned almost completely down and my amp at low volume, but at least I can listen to music without my ears being super fatigued. They still are fatigued, but are more at a level of "listened to music through headphones for 2 hours" compared to "listened to loud and compressed music for 8 hours." I have a feeling that my ears will be back to normal within another week.

 

Your ears have a reflex reaction sometimes, when one ear is simulated the other ear reacts. Sometimes if I'm on the phone and my ears are sensitive at the time, my other ear ( for lack of a better term) reacts with a static to the voices in the other. My ear doctor has a test for this, and calls it a reflex. Maybe ( just a thought) with headphones it's to much action and reaction to the sounds that fatigues the ears.. Just a thought they may need a break.

 

I mentioned this a couple of times before but, I tend to get wax build up in my right ear and it isn't something that is obviously happening until it gets to the point where water might get stuck in it or my hearing gets noticeably affected. My hearing isn't the best so the issue usually goes somewhat unnoticed.

But, I have discovered that when I listen to music, the upper frequencies can sound harsh and bothersome. I thought I had a crossover problem on my speaker until I flushed my ears out.

I don't see many who talk about this. Instead I read about members who are chasing a sound quality problem with their equipment. It just might be your hearing?

 

Don't get me started on ear-fatigue. I was nearly-driven to homicidal rage by my (intentionally) noisy upstairs neighbors a couple years ago. From the moment they moved in, they proceeded to do everything in their power to drive their neighbors out (which included my place as well as the family in back). I think they had some plan to drive us out so they could move their friends or family in here to take our place. They spent YEARS doing this, and after I had done everything possible to try and work it out, and after seeing the neighbors in back finally give up and move, I had no choice but to take serious action. It took two more years, but they were finally evicted (and believe me, this was no easy task, which is why it took so long). I suffered ear damage in the process, and even now, my ears are STILL sensitive to loud noises.

They completely-trashed the upstairs, so now the landlords are just sitting on the place until they can sell it, which will likely take a while, but it didn't do me any good. I finally get the place to myself, and I can't even enjoy it the way I should. My ears are slowly-getting better, little by little, but that's because I've been taking it very-easy on them. The problem I have is certain frequencies (namely, the ones occupied by the noises those a***oles above me were making... Banging a hammer on the plumbing upstairs, dropping heavy objects on the floor, and that sort of thing). I still have to avoid certain female vocalists. And you know the theme from the early '70's movie "Across 110th Street" (Bobby Womack)? I still have to turn the volume way down when he does that "whoooooh!" thing at the beginning (The engineer had his mic turned up too high, or had the bass on his mic turned up too high... Something like that... And he must have been snoozin' at the board because it took him quite a while before he finally adjusted it... That part still hurts my ears even now, and I get so angry sometimes because I know exactly what [who] caused it... And it drives me nuts because I love that song... I have the soundtrack).

Just thinking about it right now makes me wanna' throw something... And the weird thing is, I've always been a VERY-even-tempered guy.

 

Ear wax can be more of a problem as we age.

 

So, your ears being kinda F'd up for two weeks isn't a sign that you might wanna have that checked out?

 

It's going around up here too. Everyone I know either has it or is still recovering.

 

could be this your mood, I too go like that at times.

 

There was a German study a few years ago, that found that hearing damage was much more significant when one dislikes the music/noise one is confronted with. Hearing loss was almost non-existent when the subjects liked the music they were exposed to.
I imagine the OP likes the music he/she is listening to, through cans. Jut thought y'all might find this interesting.

 

Yep. Next stage: Tinnitus.

 

Could be your health, could be your ears, could be your mind, since you say this is happening recently i think it not your phones, but your body or mind telling you something is afoot! Might go get it checked out.

 

I've had that problem before but not with headphones. I was listening to music when I suddenly started not enjoying it and getting a headache.

One day I just turned my amp on and got busy and didn't play anything for a bit and noticed some 120hz hum was coming through my speakers and, for lack of a better term, pressurizing my room. Weird thing was to actually figure it out I had to put my ear about 2 feet from my speakers but at 10 feet your ears could still feel it and you could tell the minute the amp was turned off. I got the power supply of the amp rebuilt and had no more hum and no more fatigue.

 

Loose the skullcandies and start taking n-acetylcysteine, B-complex and l-carnitine. Just take those for a month and see how your ears feel. Clean out your ears and get your BP checked.

 

I've had major ear problems for 40 years, since I was a child. I've seen tons of ENT specialists and had multiple treatments. I have perforations in both ear drums and chronic tinnitus. Repeated ear infections and a nose rebuild operation have left me with a chronic pain condition. I also have narrow eustachian tubes that prevent proper draining of the ears.

N-acetylecysteine has dangerous side effects and should only be used when prescribed by a doctor. And l-carnitine's benefits are greatly disputed.
If mucus is the problem, simple Sudafed will clear it. If it's wax, it needs to be syringed or hoovered out by a professional. Trying to clean the ear out with buds only compacts the wax against the ear drum and is counter-productive. See a doctor before taking anything.
Our ears deteriorate with age, high frequencies slowly disappearing, and the muscles less able to react to loud sounds. This is sad but inevitable. Avoid high volume. Avoid alcohol. Avoid water in the ears. See a doctor.

Cheers.

 

Possible causes:

Listening to music when you really don't feel like it because it's become a routine or a habit.
Listening to albums you're burned out on.
Stress.
High Blood Pressure. Have that checked. Now.
High Sodium Level. Increases blood pressure and reduces blood flow into the ears. Have that checked now, too.

You can have high blood pressure without having stress.
You can have stress without having high blood pressure.

I'm assuming you're behaving yourself and not putting weird chemicals into your system. Have you changed your diet around the time this started happening? Less exercise? More exercise? Sleeping okay?

 

Wrong, period " In fact, the U.S. Navy uses them to protect sailors exposed to flight deck noise. Two found to be very effective are N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) and Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALCAR). A 2011 naval study found that NAC protected the cochlea from damage from gun noise, and other studies showed that it may reduce damage even after exposure to loud noise. ALCAR has been shown to do the same."

From here,
Reduce Your Risk »

 

As the article you quote says, "always consult a physician before taking any supplements or treatments" (paraphrased). Which is what I said.