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I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
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Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
#22> An audiologist friend told me to go to an ENT physician if not better by 48 hours or the damage could be permanent. Much longer than that and it would be too late to try any of the interventions This seems like poor advice. If there is significant, realistic concern about permanent damage, I'd suggest checking immediately, rather than give it extra time...
What are the interventions?
As Cian pointed out: high-dose steroids.
Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
#23Remember yesterday's 'caloric restriction' supplement?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16717935
Turns out it might also help with noise-induced hearing loss:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/286408.php
>Additionally, the team found that NR was equally effective when given both before or after the mice were exposed to the noise.
Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
#24That's insane! Never would of thought it would mess with your hearing. I figured just a nasty mess to clean up. Our toilet seems like it wants to run every so often but usually wiggling the lever helps. I hate lifting that thing up, always imagine what a mess it would be if you dropped it. I wish they made the tank lids out of plastic.
You could go the wall-mount toilet rout like you find in Europe. The only ceramic there is the bowl itself. https://www.homedepot.com/p/300820608
That looks much harder to get into the tank to fix things. Is it?
Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
#25This is a neat story, but I continue to wonder why people use "tweetstorms" to write long-form stuff like that.
Some people found out their audiences actually tend to read threads more thoroughly than articles. Personally I've found that Twitter enforces a certain discipline that makes things easier to read. In particular you don't get to do enormous paragraphs, and there's a natural limit to sentence length.
On the other hand, I know people who can't focus on anything within Twitter's interface. So, uh, it's subjective.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
You could go the wall-mount toilet rout like you find in Europe. The only ceramic there is the bowl itself. https://www.homedepot.com/p/300820608
That looks much harder to get into the tank to fix things. Is it?
I thought so too when these started to get common, but for one reason or another I _never_ had to fix one of these in like 15 years I've lived with them, compared to the almost regular maintenance the old stuff required.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
You could go the wall-mount toilet rout like you find in Europe. The only ceramic there is the bowl itself. https://www.homedepot.com/p/300820608
That looks much harder to get into the tank to fix things. Is it?
My understanding it you go through the rectangle up top for most things. I've never done maintenance work on one, but they are practically ubiquitous in some parts of Europe. I would assume that if they required you to rip out the install to fix minor issue they would have been phased out.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
If this causes people to write more concise stories, I'm all for it! On a page like the linked one, you can still read it like an article, and it doesn't have too much superfluous content.
My eyes just glaze over with the spacing.
It’s preferable to twitter’s native format. But, yes, still poor formatting for continuous text.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
You could go the wall-mount toilet rout like you find in Europe. The only ceramic there is the bowl itself. https://www.homedepot.com/p/300820608
That looks much harder to get into the tank to fix things. Is it?
They can be completely serviced from the button cutout - you can remove any parts through it (it was designed this way). I think almost all newer toilets in Europe are wall mounted. It looks better, it's very quiet (refill), saves space and works exactly the same... Here is an example video how to take it apart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es8SJ-1CFcU