The Rolling Stones, champions of world of tinnitus ?

Published the 19.10.2017 at 16h42

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The Rolling Stones are in Paris, to inaugurate this evening the Arena, the new temple of the music ” live “. A little less noisy than the large groups of Hard Rock, where as their colleagues in the Who, but users of amplifiers and sonos doped to decibels for nearly 60 years (!), the Stones are one of the biggest generators of tinnitus in the world. Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, the guitarist of the Who, Barbra Streisand… are victims famous, but the valiant soldiers of the orchestra pit can be counted by the million.

There is not so long that the noise the more powerful that could be encountered occasionally was a plane taking off. This record is now largely beaten by a number of groups during mega concerts, but also nightclubs, poorly controlled, or even many a night of techno. With bonus, at the outlet, a hissing sound unpleasant, but luckily only lasts a few hours.

Tinnitus, when the noise comes from the inside

If the whining persists, it is an emergency that requires the intervention of a specialist. Beyond a week, one is faced with a tinnitus. Buzzing, ringing, hissing or chuintements, blighting the lives of more than 3 millions of French people, of which 600,000 are these tinnitus aggressive and unbearable. Numbers constantly increase because the noise level higher and higher in our society, generates 200 000 new cases each year. Most of this pain could be avoided, by simply putting in the custody of the child. For example against the players : since 1996, the law imposes a limit of 100 decibels. An already insufficient. A restaurant, a school or a road junction very busy represent 95 decibels. No one would remain there whole hours. However, it is not uncommon to see teens use for hours, their players that they débrident to 120 decibels and more, that is to say, any close to the pain threshold, therefore, of destruction, because the ear is a organ that knows how to resist worsening without causing suffering.

Unbearable

Tinnitus is fast unbearable ; because we “cannot” hear not : impossible, to the difference of the eyes, close his ears. The one who suffers does not feel the origin of the noise, and cannot accept it : the clicking of the pen of the neighbor, in a meeting, does ever one who generates it. Finally, the tolerance goes down over time : it supports less and less noise ?of a drill. Little is known of the origin of this symptom for which the mechanisms are unknown. Most of the time, in spite of the additional tests are many, we cannot find anything. To relieve these patients who are often out of stock, the bad habit of most doctors is to propose, according to the principle of noise that can eventually no longer hear out of habit, as the traffic outside of an apartment, to endure discomfort, yet set most of the time to be unbearable. Your doctor has no specific medication. He will with what he has, without any guarantee of effectiveness, since most have more adverse effects than positive effects… The use of the psychiatrist, falsely perceived, is often unnecessary.

Is a method which may seem a little barbarian : combat the noise by the noise : music in the evening on falling asleep or, more modern solution, the “masker” of tinnitus. It is a prosthesis that is put in the ear that produces a sound more pleasant to the ear as tinnitus. A form of method Coué… No solution is totally effective, but the possibilities of relief in sufficient number to not to resign.

Prevention is easy but essential

It is necessary to repeat these simple tips : over an hour of listening to a walkman unlocked per day to exceed the threshold limit. In a nightclub, it is necessary to take out air out of the ears every 30 minutes. If it becomes impossible to understand what he said at 1 meter, it is that the level exceeds 105 decibels ; a sign of alarm important : it is necessary, therefore, to move away, put a discreet protection – sold in any pharmacy – or, worse, a piece of cotton. It is better to be nerdy than traumatized… And especially do not take to the letter the advice of the Rolling Stones with the title of their tour “No Filter” ; not necessarily a good idea !