Hearing loss from loud noise

Hey there!
About 20 days ago, I went to a concert and ended up standing right next to the speakers. The drum beats were hitting me pretty hard, but I didn't think much of it at the time. The next morning🙂 my hearing was muffled and I had this awful ringing in my ears. By later that day, I developed an unbearable headache at the base of my skull along with high blood pressure, so I decided to head to the ER. They gave me some Voltaren, which helped the headache go away, but the ringing and the hearing loss stayed. On the second morning, I checked in with my primary doctor, and she sent me straight to an ENT specialist. My audiogram showed sensorineural hearing loss—about 40dB on the left and 35dB on the right. I was prescribed Cinnarizine along with vitamins A, E, and B. After a two-week follow-up, my audiogram came back totally normal! The ringing actually stopped as soon as I started the Cinnarizine. I guess because I reacted so quickly, my hearing recovered. This is my third time posting about this, but I just really hope my experience helps someone out. An article I found online was what saved me, reminding me that when you deal with hearing loss like this, you need to start therapy immediately 🙂

You really dodged a bullet there!
You know you're going to have to steer clear of concerts and loud crowds for a while now, right?

I went to the Rijeka Cinemark today to see Star Trek: Into Darkness, and the trailers alone were painful within the first few minutes. (I only hit the theater once every five years...)

The bass levels are so excessively high I'm convinced they're hazardous to anyone with normal hearing.

If I hadn't improvised some earplugs out of paper towels, I wouldn't have made it through the previews, let alone the movie.

Does anyone actually monitor the bass decibels during these screenings? This is criminal.

Or is today's youth just so hard of hearing from all those Political Parties and MP3 players that nobody even notices?

Alexander Rivera20 said:So I hit up the local Cinemark today to catch "Star Trek: Into Darkness," and honestly, my ears started throbbing during the trailers before the movie even kicked off. (I mean, I probably only make it to a theater once every five years...)

The bass levels were so insanely high that I’m pretty sure they're actually hazardous to anyone with normal hearing.

If I hadn't improvised some earplugs out of a paper napkin, there's no way I could've sat through the ads, let alone the actual flick.

Is anyone actually monitoring the decibel levels for these screenings? Because this feels like straight-up negligence.

Or maybe today's kids just have such fried eardrums from all those loud political parties and early MP3 players that nobody even notices anymore?

That's a solid point.
You should shoot them an email and demand they list their maximum allowable decibels during a screening, along with the specific documents or guidelines they used to set their own little "standards," plus whatever other details you want to dig up.
In the US, health inspectors handle stuff like that.
Personally, I’d reach out to Cinemark first. Then let their response dictate whatever moves you want to make next 😉

It's just my subjective take, but I feel like a lot of these screenings are getting painfully loud lately.

Alexander Rivera20 said:Or maybe today's kids just have such shot hearing from all those loud political parties and constant MP3 players that nobody even notices anymore?

I mean, I definitely notice it too, especially since half my day is spent with headphones glued to my ears anyway.😁

Sent a message through their online contact form.

I wonder if they'll actually bother to respond.

They definitely will.
Just let us know what they say when you hear back.

If you don't get a response within a week, go ahead and hit them up again. Honestly, you just have to be persistent with these things.

I’ve noticed that movie theater sound levels have been getting louder and louder over the last few years.

Some theater chains—we all know which ones—actually brag about having the "most powerful sound" and stuff like that.

Lately, I’ve actually had to wear earplugs during movies because I think these noise levels are seriously dangerous for your hearing.
The most recent example was Blade Runner 2049, where the volume in certain scenes was uncomfortable even while wearing high-quality earplugs...

I really think society needs to address this. These insane, mindless volume levels are definitely a threat to everyone's hearing, especially kids.

Parents should be worried about their children, and the government needs to step in with regulations and fines for dangerous noise levels in theaters.

It looks like I'm not alone in thinking this. Here is a Google search regarding overly loud movie theaters:

theaters too loud

You'll see some results listing decibel measurements in certain theaters that they consider harmful to hearing. For some movies in some theaters, levels hit around 105 decibels, which is definitely dangerous and can cause permanent damage.
One link even mentions peaks hitting as high as 130 decibels!!!

I believe the situation in our American theaters is just as bad.

Personally, I find current theater volume levels to be Crime Cinema, and some operators are criminally irresponsible.

It didn't used to be like this.