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Brent Harris forced to leave Cut Off Your Hands due to hearing loss...231 dni temu
 
Brent Harris, the drummer of Cut Off Your Hands, has been forced drop his sticks for 12 months due to degradation of his hearing :(
After numerous tests and scans to get to the bottom of the problem, it has shown Harris has lost the ability to hear an increasing number of sound frequencies.

It has been recommended Harris take 12 months off from "making loud music" to determine if drumming is the main cause of the hearing loss.

Harris shall complete Cut Off Your Hand's current North American tour before taking the break and hopes to rejoin the band after the year is up, announcing in a statement: "By no means is this a disintegration or ending for the band. There are many more songs that need to be shared with you and we are all very excited for what 2009 has to offer."

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Rowan - Goodnight Nurse bass player457 dni temu
 
Yeah I have definitely suffered ringing in my ears. I remember when i was younger getting back from concerts and lying in bed to go to sleep and a massive ringing starts and you can’t get to sleep. That’s when I decided to start wearing ear plugs to everything. I reckon I would be pretty deaf by...
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DJ - Leon D 463 dni temu
 
I have permanent damage in my right ear from years in a band having my guitar amplifier on the right of me. But the main damage has been caused in my left as this is my “DJ ear” which is the side I use for headphone monitoring.

I did move on to high quality ear plugs while playing in the band and still use them at gigs and I use specialized sound reduction & isolation headphones while DJing.

I have had tinnitus for 15 years and it can be accentuated by high blood pressure, tiredness and alcohol. The frequency range in my right ear is certainly not as good as my left and I find it hard to hear conversation in loud environments like restaurants & bars and usually have to subtly aim my left ear at people in those situations.

Because I’ve been preserving my hearing I haven’t been DJing much over the last 2 years, preferring to use my hearing for production.
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Brent Harris’ Story - Cut off Your Hands Drummer465 dni temu
 
Music is one of the most precious things in my life, something I have always been drawn to. Most of my memories of being a kid growing up are soaked in music. My mum has a great ear for music and is an amazing piano player so there was always music in our house, whether it was Credence Clearwater coming out of the stereo or mum sitting at the piano playing gospel pieces. Music is a gift, something that I learnt to love at a young age.

I started learning piano when I was about 7 years old, bought my first drum kit when I was 11 and got my first electric guitar when I was about 13. I’ve basically been playing every day ever since. I was always aware that loud music had the potential to damage my ears but my commitment to wearing plugs as a young teenager was lacking as I never really thought it was going to be a problem.

At the age of 16 I started to loose my hearing. I first noticed it in my left ear while I was talking on the phone, the voice of my girlfriend at the time seemed to sound very chipmunk- like in my left but normal in my right. It turned out it was a mild hearing loss in my left ear that I had noticed. From then on it rapidly got worse. Within two years my hearing had degenerated to that closer to what you would expect to find in a 90 year old man. At the time I was considering a fulltime career as a musician and was strongly advised by my audiologist to think about going down another path. Music was, and still is one of the most important things in my life so I wasn’t going to give it up. From there on I have protected my hearing like my life depends on it. Because it does. Something I wish experience hadn’t taught me.

Now as a 21 year professional musician, I have a severe hearing loss in both my ears, accompanied with strong ringing that I can hear 24 hours a day. Nothing will drown the ringing out, not flying in planes, not driving in cars, not even playing the drums. I wear hearing aids so that I can function in relative normality, although they can never replace what has been lost. The gift of good hearing is incredibly precious, the sounds of birds, insects in the night, your feet on the carpet. It's funny the things we miss when don’t have them.

Music for me these days is still amazing. Whether it’s performing, writing, recording or listening to my iPod at the airport. When I’m performing I will wear earplugs. When listening through speakers and headphones I’ve just had to adjust to appreciating it through digital hearing aids. I would give my right eye to get my hearing back to where it was though. Digital hearing doesn’t even come close to what natural hearing produces. There is definitely a soul and depth in sound that I can no longer hear. I miss it.

From the bottom of my heart I would advise all musicians and audiences to wear some form of hearing protection. Its not worth the risk, you may have resilient ears or…you may be like me and get caught out somewhere down the track with no way back. Something you won’t know until it’s too late. I never leave my house without earplugs. I haven’t played a show without them for four years now. I encourage musicians and audiences to resist the temptation to not use hearing protection for the purpose of sensitivity or sound quality. If I can enjoy shows, play guitar, drums and sing with ear plugs in alongside a profound hearing loss, then everyone (with normal hearing) is more than capable of appreciating live music while protecting their ears.
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