be sensible though. you had your fun abusing your ears and now it's time to keep them working as long as possible. your probably got another 50 years or more to live and i'm sure you want to enjoy music and conversation for the best part of it. going deaf is a serious handicap and not just something...

i'm constantly amazed at the young people with hearing loss in the scene. i've been partying since 1996, where, in detroit, we had some absurdly loud raves (the jak system richie used to bring in was borderline painful), and i've suffered little to no hearing loss - and i party quite a bit. I think...

I'm 23 years old and I've been producing/DJing for about 7 years now. I have suffered from tinnitus since I can't remember when and I recently went to the doctor for a hearing test and he told me that I have a drop of 50db at 1khz in my right ear. Its pretty sh!t and it's dented my confidence loads ...