AlexBradley
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I shot off 7 rounds of a hi point 45 before realizing what i had done. ringing has not stopped after 2 days
Lessen or stop completely? i did realize that i didnt have ear protection. i didnt know how bad it was for your ears. Lesson learned big timeThe ringing will lessen over time. There is probably some permanent hearing loss.
I'm not sure how you made it past the first shot without realizing it.
People get used to doing it in favourable conditions. I shoot .223 in the desert without any hearing protection and hearing loss is not yet detected. However, if you're in a confined area, it changes everything.I'm not sure how you made it past the first shot without realizing it.
Lessen or stop completely? i did realize that i didnt have ear protection. i didnt know how bad it was for your ears. Lesson learned big time
There's probably a lot of THR people who have learned that lesson the hard way, including myself.i didnt know how bad it was for your ears. Lesson learned big time
Impossible to know. For decades I wore no hearing protection and shot quite a bit (but not at proper ranges with folks side-by-side, though) and the only ringing that I experienced faded away after a short time.Lessen or stop completely?
if this ringing <removed> doesnt stop soon idk what im gonna do withmyselfImpossible to know. For decades I wore no hearing protection and shot quite a bit (but not at proper ranges with folks side-by-side, though) and the only ringing that I experienced faded away after a short time.
When I was living in VaB in the 2nd half of the 70's I met a guy who had grown up in the city and never fired a gun.
I brought him with me on a visit to this farm. I had scored a couple of cases of Besa MG ammo so I brought along a K98k and a Wz29 plus an assortment of handguns.
He had a HOOT shooting all of the different firearms at target that we setup across the pond.
A few days after we returned home, he asked if my ears were still ringing. No. He said that his were.
His doctor told him that he now suffered from something called "tin tin itus" (that is what he said it was called) and would have to live with the ringing.
First that I or any of my shooting buddies that I asked had ever heard of "tin tin itus".
EDIT:
BTW, I do have the slightest bit of noticeable tinnitus, but not from shooting.
Back in, like, 2003 when I was acting as "wingman" for my dad after he stroked, I bought one of those compressed-air-can horns for my him to be used for real emergencies only after he put in the earplugs that I attached to the can (I might be in the basement or outside when he suffered an accident/fall).
Just last year I was cleaning out some of the stuff from Dad's room, arms full, when it all started falling and I grabbed ... and hit the button on that d@mned horn.
The duration of the blast of sound was brief, but it was painful ... and I knew that I had just done some permanent damage.
Luckily, the ringing is very slight ... but it is always there. <sigh>
Just a word of caution from an old guy with a 30% hearing loss in both ears - "everything changes" when you "get used" to shooting .223 rifles and switch to handguns, even lowly .22 LR handguns, let alone a .45ACP like the OP was talking about. Don't shoot handguns without hearing protection, not even "in the desert," unless you want permanent hearing loss like I have.People get used to doing it in favourable conditions. I shoot .223 in the desert without any hearing protection and hearing loss is not yet detected. However, if you're in a confined area, it changes everything.
First welcome to THR . I'm not any kind of expert on ringing in the ears but I found something that might help. If nothing works I'd go see a doctor.if this ringing <removed> doesnt stop soon idk what im gonna do withmyself
Interesting, and might be helpful. Thanks for post that link, Jack B..First welcome to THR . I'm not any kind of expert on ringing in the ears but I found something that might help. If nothing works I'd go see a doctor.
http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Ringing-in-Ears
People get used to doing it in favourable conditions. I shoot .223 in the desert without any hearing protection and hearing loss is not yet detected. However, if you're in a confined area, it changes everything.
so does anyone know how bad specifically 45 acp rounds are for your ears? Ive tried searching it and cant get any good answers. Will my ear be the same? its only the left one specifally.
so are you telling me something i want to hear or not so much? lmao pun intendedYou asked while I was typing my other reply. All can do damage, but rounds like 45 ACP and 9mm are much more forgiving than 357 and 44 mag rounds. This is one reason for the trend away from magnum revolvers in police work. There have been several officers who suffered serious hearing loss from firing magnum rounds inside enclosed areas.
If you are young and don't already have damage from repeated or loud noise, it will likely stop. Ear plugs and muffs. Let this be a scary lesson you'll remember forever. You never know when too much is too much. Protect your ears and eyes at all times from noise and flying debris. You only have one set of both. When they are gone, they are gone.Lessen or stop completely?
It does, as the sound is less, and .45 ACP isn't as bad as some calibers. You'll likely be OK, just be patient. And of course, be more careful in the future.if it helps i was outside in the forest
AlexBradley wrote:
Lessen or stop completely?