More lies or just advertising his wares?

Acoustic trauma is the official name for injury associated with noise exposure,
i.e., very loud or explosive sounds.  Sound is simply movement of air particles
as energy passes through them, rather like what happens to water when you
strike it with your hand and create all those wavelets and small confusions.

Acoustic trauma can be thought of as a high energy wave moving rapidly carrying
great power.  It can be an invisible hammer, so to speak, and when it connects
with delicate tissue structures that are NOT designed to withstand such forces,
well, mother nature dictates that one side must give way, and of course, it is
the weaker side, and that is the eardrum, the tiny bones, and the inner ear
into which the smallest bone moves.........

Acoustic trauma can result in swollen, inflamed eardrums and middle ear space,
and so forth, not to mention the fact that the wave passes through the bones
into the fluid, causing a sort of tidal wave as it passes through.

So.  Think of taking a fist and smashing it into your nose.  It gets red, it
bleeds, it swells, it hurts, etc etc. and bruises form that take some time to
disappear.  The same process happens int he ear, and luckily, many people find
that their condition slowly improves and things return to normal.  I hopo this
happens to you!

Let's hope this is just a warning and that you will remember to take along
earplugs to loud concerts in the future for the remainder of your life, to
protect those delicate structures.

My fingers are crossed with hope for your rapid recovery.

Marsha Johnson, M.S., Audiologist

I wish it was funny and I really wish I was faking it..

The group's name is just a  real coincidence I admit. If you don't believe
me I can send you the tickets, and give you my doctor's phone number. I
could even send you a digital photo of of the anti-depressant tablets bottle
with my name on it and give you the hyperlink to what I have just bought
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2579332812&ssPageName=ADM
E:B:EOAB:US:6

To be honest the reason I mentioned the group's name was because I saw the
funny side of it at the time of writing (hence the exclamation mark) , but I
certainly didn't expect such a horrible reaction. Believe me I have already
had more than a couple of high pitch nights, are you happy now?

Simon,
Rijswijk, The Netherlands.

To be honest I am not that keen on them ( I prefer Deep Purple & Led
Zeppelin), but they were "back home" performing just 2 miles from home in a
sports hall, and thought I would take my two youngest to educate them to
music from my era!! Furthermore, since my daughter is still small I made the
big mistake of going right to the front so she could see. Guess where the
speakers were?, but I just didn't give it much thought.

Anyway, thanks for your encouragement and hope it goes away with time. I am
starting to accept it and get used to it, but night-time and the first few
hours of the morning seem worse. I am obviously still very conscious of it,
and I guess later in the day other things take over my thoughts (for small
periods of time).

Best wishes,
Simon.
Rijswijk, The Netherlands

! I read about tinnitus and realized that I might have to live with

Sounds familiar!

Oh what I would give for that!! This gives me hope though. Thanks.

No, I am afraid that it is just the same as it was 6 weeks ago after the
concert. The only difference is that I am learning not to let it get me down
and consequently focussing on it far  less than before. I can now sometimes
go for hours without thinking about it, depending where I am and what I am
doing.

Strangely enough, although the noise is very clear when I go to bed, I sleep
reasonably well. I either play a white noise cd or just listen to a radio
station which gives a hissing sound in the background. Ironically I used to
do the latter anyway before T because my favourite station from England (BBC
5 Live) has a poor reception!!

The ENT specialist was neither very helpful nor understanding. He just said
it might just suddenly stop, or it might stay with you forever, but most
likely just fade into the background as the years go by.

Good luck with yours and, like me, don't let it take over your life and get
you down.

Happy New Year,
Simon.