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Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by sthlm »

symfoniq wrote: post #47
0xfaded wrote: post #45

I have mild tinnitus in one ear, from what I suspect was a friend screaming into my ear that she was going to the bathroom at a noisy club. I'm relatively lucky, my hearing is still better than most, but it does suck. I've decided I will never go to another club, and in bars I wear ear plugs. I have more to lose, since any additional damage will likely make my tinnitus more severe. Seriously though, hearing is one of…

This can also happen when holding your upset child and they scream near your ear. Be careful, parents!

I can attest to that, my newborn at the time screamed into my ear unexpectedly loud and my hearing was affected for a few days.

Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by dragonwriter »

lkrubner wrote: post #11
emodendroket wrote: post #5

This is a neat story, but I continue to wonder why people use "tweetstorms" to write long-form stuff like that.

I wonder about that too. It seems like they could write a blog post somewhere else, like Blogger or Tumblr or their own blog, and then link to it from Twitter? That was how Twitter first came into existence, was to link to content that was elsewhere. Perhaps the author feels they would lose their audience if they tried to send people elsewhere? That would be somewhat ironic, if we got to the point where people were u…

Probably, it's observed behavior that people that will read a tweetstorm won't follow a link to an external source.

Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by faitswulff »

fwdpropaganda wrote: post #56
LukeShu wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dr. Philip Metzger is a planetary physicist who recently retired from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where he co-founded the KSC Swamp Works. He now is now at the University of Central Florida -- but still a part of the Swamp Works team -- his website

Jesus Christ, so they don't pay him enough and he's fixing toilets on the side?

It's-a-me, Dr. Mario!

Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by phkahler »

acjohnson55 wrote: post #33
Filligree wrote: post #26

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Why do they help?

I don't know if it's conclusively known, other than inflammation in response to the injury tends to exacerbate the damage to the inner ear. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0012465/

A friends daughter got a brain injury from a car-pedestrian accident. He learned a lot, and told me his take away: If you hit your head and have any concern about it, take Ibuprofen to prevent swelling/inflamation and drive to Ann Arbor (we're in Michigan but that's over an hour away). The first part made sense, the second he said that town and UofM are known for treating that kind of thing. He has them in such high regard that it's worth the drive not even knowing who you're going to see ahead of time!?!?!?

Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by astura »

autokad wrote: post #34
cian wrote: post #6

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Yes, I always find it amazing how patients can have a sudden sensorineural hearing loss and wait days before presenting. In my opinion patients and the public should treat it as urgently as a sudden sight loss. High dose steroids are regularly prescribed in this sort of scenario in an attempt to minimize damage, and are likely to be more effective the sooner they are given.

After hurting my neck in the shower, Me calling primary care: The earliest we can see you is next Tuesday Me skipping primary care & going to ER instead: After a 2 hour wait, I get condescendingly asked: why didn't you go to your primary care? That's why patients wait days before presenting.

Then you get the $10,000+ bill because your insurance won't cover ER visits for non-emergencies

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2017/10/16/anthem...

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/29/16906558/a...

Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by fragsworth »

My hearing was ACTUALLY permanently damaged when a sticky iron weight fell on a leg press machine at a 24-hour fitness about 5 years ago.

The weights looked like these: http://www.presentationzen.com/.a/6a00d83451b64669e201156eb4...

One extra weight slab was "stuck" to the group that was supposed to get lifted. It was stuck because the weights at the gym were grimy from many years of use without being cleaned. The extra slab, when it reached the top, finally detached and slid down maybe 20-30 inches, and made a sound that everyone in the gym heard, but right next to my ear. A few people even made angry faces at me for being a noisy lifter.

Ever since then, to this day, I have had tinnitus in that ear, and many sounds come in like "static", for lack of a better explanation.

All I can say is be careful with those weights if they get sticky, and if they are near your ear...

Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by cup-of-tea »

Once when I was camping I decided to try to use a plastic bottle as a pillow. I put my head on it sideways and the plastic made a really loud pop and my ear instantly started ringing really loudly like nothing I've experienced before. I was deaf in that ear for about a minute while it rang and it terrified me. Luckily it went away.

More recently something happened to that ear. It started to get water in it every day then stopped getting water in it but now I have tinnitus in that ear.

Ears are extremely sensitive and it doesn't take much to damage them.

Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by monochromatic »

fwdpropaganda wrote: post #56
LukeShu wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dr. Philip Metzger is a planetary physicist who recently retired from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where he co-founded the KSC Swamp Works. He now is now at the University of Central Florida -- but still a part of the Swamp Works team -- his website

Jesus Christ, so they don't pay him enough and he's fixing toilets on the side?

When I come home from a day of working at a computer, I like the opportunity to use my hands. Fixing or building stuff is fun.

Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet

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Post by Exuma »

fragsworth wrote: post #67

My hearing was ACTUALLY permanently damaged when a sticky iron weight fell on a leg press machine at a 24-hour fitness about 5 years ago. The weights looked like these: http://www.presentationzen.com/.a/6a00d83451b64669e201156eb4... One extra weight slab was "stuck" to the group that was supposed to get lifted. It was stuck because the weights at the gym were grimy from many years of use without being cleaned. The ex…

Jesus, this entire post is terrifying.
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