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LISTEN LOUD AND LOSE IT

Did you know that about half of us have started stuffing up our hearing by the time we get to 25?!

Tinnitus, ringing, buzzing or humming in the ears are usually the first signs of hearing damage. And once you’ve lost it, that’s it - you can’t ever get it back.

A survey just done by the NFD (National Foundation for the Deaf) shows 48% of 18-25 year olds have had ringing ears for a few hours or more, after listening to music.
94% have suffered for over a day.

Listening to music or noise for hours can do this, and yeah sure it won’t kill you, but losing your hearing will hugely affect your quality of life.

It’s not just the loudness music is being listened to that’s doing the damage but the number of hours its being listened to.

We have Kiwi musicians on board this Deaf Awareness Week, cause they know more than most how important it is to have their hearing and how easily it can be lost.

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  • Brent Harris forced to leave Cut Off Your Hands due to hearing loss...

    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."

    http://cutoffyourhandsblog.blogspot.com

    0 Comments 72 days

  • Rowan - Goodnight Nurse bass player

    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

    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.

    0 Comments 304 days

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  • Do you think about protecting your ears?

    Shaun by Shaun
    Open topic on the question Do you think about protecting your ears?

    What we would like to get back from you, is that:
    1: Do you wear ear plugs to gigs?
    2: What do you think about ear plugs?
    3: If losing your hearing was a big deal and shown the facts would you consider to wear ear plugs?

    Provide us with some feed back
    1 Reply 49 weeks

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  • Caleb Brown
    Caleb Brown

    Hey everyone
    Hope you took a moment yesterday to acknowledge Noise Awareness Day!
    Now have a bit of fun and get online, vote on the most annoying noises poll and get in the draw to win 3 awesome sets of Blackbox noise cancelling headphones http://www.nfd.org.nz/?t=32
    Cheers

    9 weeks ago
  • luv Kelly

    Stop. Sit Still. Open your ears. What can you hear?
    If you’re in an office like mine, there’ll be several phones ringing, the rattle of keyboards, air-conditioning humming away, the burble of others in conversation and then the traffic outside and the people in the office above on the wooden floors!!!

    Even in the so called peace and quite of the countryside, there will no doubt be the roar of trucks or a plane flying over head, maybe the drone of wind turbines through the hills!!!

    We live in an increasingly noisy world and the more you listen the louder it all seems. Get on board, support Noise Awareness Day, stay tuned…

    10 weeks ago
  • Caleb Brown
    Caleb Brown

    Shhh! It is Noise Awareness Day on Wednesday 29th April 2009, the very first here in New Zealand.
    Noise Awareness Day will highlight the negative effects environmental noise can have on your physical and mental health.
    We will have some serious facts to consider and results of a nation wide survey into the 12 most annoying noises as voted by you.
    Also the chance to log on and win great prizes by taking part in the online voting.
    So stay tuned and pass the word around.
    Cheers

    10 weeks ago
  • Caleb Brown
    Caleb Brown

    Know an up and coming musician? or are you one?

    Titirangi Music Festival organisers are offering a lucky artist or band the chance to win the Ultimate Survival Package; valued at over $4000! This includes a full day recording session, fully mastered CD’s with artwork and even a CD release party.

    The first 100 entries receive an Industry Survival Package, which contains tips and information of how to launch into the music industry.

    To enter the competition visit www.titirangifestival.com

    Cheers
    Caleb

    14 weeks ago
  • luv Kelly

    Hi all, with Christmas fast approaching I think we need to be very wary of the noise levels in Bars, Restaurants and Cafes.

    If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot hear the conversation visit www.acoustics.ac.nz to rate the place for future diners. You can also download the (CRAI) Café and Restaurant Acoustic Rating Index and see the ratings others have given to some of your local places.

    29 weeks ago
  • Caleb Brown
    Caleb Brown

    Hi there everyone

    You should check out this article online...
    Here is a piece of it, scary when you read about the damage iPods and MP3 can cause to your hearing!
    Caleb

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...

    Half of all iPod users risk going deaf because they play them too loudly, warns RNID
    By Daniel Martin
    More than half of people who listen to iPods or other MP3 players are risking permanent hearing loss because they are playing them so loudly.
    Spot checks on shoppers' MP3 players in eight cities found that 54 per cent were playing them at dangerously high volumes for too long - putting their hearing in danger.

    And two thirds are listening to their devices at more than 85 decibels - higher than the maximum guidelines laid down by the World Health Organisation.

    29 weeks ago
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    it hasnt :L
    buht i should really be making a change thouu

    31 weeks ago
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    :L :L
    i was tha guy on cambell live who represented this weeek !

    31 weeks ago
  • Caleb Brown
    Caleb Brown

    Hey there everyone

    Check out on the white board, there is a link to the Tearaway Magazine interview with Brent Harris following DAW 08 it is a really good read.
    Cheers
    CB

    31 weeks ago
  • Caleb Brown
    Caleb Brown

    Hi there Guys and Girls

    Deaf Awareness Week 2008 has now been and gone with huge success, we got an awesome response, thanks for all your comments and feedback.

    Just remember that we are spreading the word about the importance of protecting your hearing and this is ongoing so keep on it...
    Especially with summer around the corner loads of gigs, concerts and parties with lots of noise, have a great time just remember to take care!
    Cheers ears
    CB

    34 weeks ago
  • Jo Pavletich
    luv Jo Pavletich

    I'm very passionate about promoting safe sound when it comes to music. A few years ago after listening to a really loud band my ears were ringing soo loud on the drive home inthe car it totally freaked me out. Lying in bed that night the ringing was intense and for the next three days I thought 'oh my God Ive gone deaf!! 'Since then I have been left with tinnitus (a ringing in my ears) I have learnt to ignore it but if I go out and listen to any loud music it aggravates it and Im so paranoid now I always take my earplugs. As a musician and singer/songwriter, my hearing is precious to me.Serious musos can buy musicians earpplugs, personally moulded to fit your own ears. So from someone who knows from experience, I want to save you your sanity when you want peaceful silence to sleep and all you can hear is a high pitched siren and there isnt an ambulance in sight!! Please take my advice and go buy some earplugs, best investment you can buy!

    41 weeks ago
  • Samantha Bentley
    luv Samantha Bentley

    Hey ya im Samantha and i lost my hearing whn i was 7 i had an op and nw i have major trouble wif my hearing whn im sik or tired i can hear most of the time tho. I tihink this sight is a great idea and u can have sum love. Let me knw if u need me 2 du nefing 2 help spread d word

    Thanks Samantha

    41 weeks ago
  • Marianne Schumacher
    Marianne Schumacher

    Hi Guys,
    you feel like helping us spread the message? Then support the NFD during Deaf Awareness Week. Find out more about us, and if you like what we’re doing and want to help, here is how: http://www.nfd.org.nz/?t=11



    41 weeks ago
  • Haner
    luv Haner

    Yeah, I'm with the walrus.
    Not WITH the walrus cos that would be weird.

    41 weeks ago
  • Sonic.
    Sonic.

    the only way to listen to music is loud!!!


    lol


    but awesome group all the same :D


    peace
    xx

    42 weeks ago
  • Lord Harold Forbes-Smythe
    Lord Harold Forbes-Smythe

    i agree with thst psycho below me!

    awesome though,deafness is unfortunate as!

    Edzoo

    42 weeks ago
  • Maddy Muffin
    luv Maddy Muffin

    This is a wicked site! spread the word i say :D

    42 weeks ago
  • Eden Rose
    luv Eden Rose

    Here is Some Love For NFD!!!

    42 weeks ago