Trouble hearing in bars and clubs

[whiskey funeral]

The Worlds End is great at this.

It's overpriced, disgusting, you can't hear anyone, the toilets are foul and they only really play shitty metal/rock.


It's awesome.

I'm booking a flight to your neck of the woods just to go to this place.

 

[Belligerent]

We should start a foul toilet tour.

 

[Vossyrus]

Obviously when I'm at a bar I, as well as everyone else, will be drunk anyways so after a while it hardly matters what anyone is saying.

 

[TheInsane]

Does anyone else have the trouble that the music tarts to sound distorted? I get this all the time. As I said I had to concentrate on "paradise city" to really hear where they were in the song. And this is a song I grew up with and know very well. With the loudness it just turns to noise though

 

[Dak]

I was at the bar last night and downloaded a few Death songs,old Fear Factory and Down tunes. You should have seen the faces of some of the regulars when metal was blaring out of the jukebox

Death was available? I must try this next time I am at a bar. I've gotten dirty looks for even slipping Metallica in between the steady stream of country and hiphop uke: .

 

[waif]

Studies show that loud music makes people drink more so yeah, they're not gonna turn it down.

 

[Belligerent]

Death was available? I must try this next time I am at a bar.

Only Symbolic.

it will only be a matter of time until the bar owners take it off again. They had an older digital jukebox first and deleted anything and everything related to metal

 

[Dak]

Only Symbolic.

it will only be a matter of time until the bar owners take it off again. They had an older digital jukebox first and deleted anything and everything related to metal

Probably because for non-metalheads, metal is a major buzz/business kill.

 

[Belligerent]

Metal brings me enjoyment with my beer and thats all that matters

 

[Eligos]

Try wearing wax earplugs. I have a good pair I wear when we play shows and I hear everything so well I can forget I have them in. I can hear people talking to me within a 5-foot radius and I can hear everything in the mix when a band is playing or music is going. Takes out a lot of the high frequencies in the distortion.

 

[TheInsane]

Try wearing wax earplugs. I have a good pair I wear when we play shows and I hear everything so well I can forget I have them in. I can hear people talking to me within a 5-foot radius and I can hear everything in the mix when a band is playing or music is going. Takes out a lot of the high frequencies in the distortion.

I actually thought about this. I always wear plugs to gigs and such and maybe I should do it in bars as well. I gotta get me some of those nice and more expensive ones and try sometime.

 

[Eligos]

I just realized I said the phrase "I can hear" about 3025239 times in that post. Maybe I should've structured my sentence in a more parallel manner.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

what are the best earplugs to get? link please

 

[Eligos]

http://www.macksearplugs.com/pillow_soft_silicone_earplugs.htm

 

[CF87]

So this is the story. I just got home and I am a bit drunk but I thought about this on my way home.

I rarely go out but today I thought I should. Sadly it was just about what I expected. Im not a very social person so hat is a problem in itself but Im becoming more and more aware that I simply cannot talk to people in bars/clubs because I cant hear what they say.

I have come to believe that its not just about the volume. I have tried and did try again today to talk to people but I cant even make out half of what they are saying. I spoke to one girl who I kind of know and found myself saying "yeah" to what she said even though I didnt quite hear (and thus didnt understand) what she actually said. I tend to not hear as well as ave a hard time to focus on one sound. I just hear alot of stuff all at once.

And on top of this I cant really enjoy the music either. They played "paradise city". A song I know very well but I noticed that in this enviroment it distorted alot in my ears. So much that I amost couldnt enjoy the song itself. I usually have no problems at concerts though (allthough I do use ear plus).

Does anyone else have this kind of problem or know what its called? I am starting to think that its something that can actually be diagnosed. And its a shame, Im not the most social person out there and when Im out I cant hear people so even if I try I cant talk to them very good.

I saw this hearing aid on TV and it's so advanced you could hear your neighboors talking in their own yard from in your kichen. check it out.

 

[The Ozzman]

Go see an ear doctor

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[Satanstoenail]

Distortion generally means your hearing is already damaged. You should go to an audiologist and have a hearing test for starters, then go to an ear specialist.

 

[The Ozzman]

Probably because for non-metalheads, metal is a major buzz/business kill.

If I ever decided to be a DJ for bars/clubs, I would play metal at last call to get people out of the bar. It pretty much works.

 

[TheInsane]

I saw this hearing aid on TV and it's so advanced you could hear your neighboors talking in their own yard from in your kichen. check it out.

I heard about this but I think its all bogous. If it were to be true I doubt it would work in an enviroment with lots of noise around.

Distortion generally means your hearing is already damaged. You should go to an audiologist and have a hearing test for starters, then go to an ear specialist.

Yeah. I was always the one who protected his ears the most even as a youngster but it might be something I just have. I hear fine without all the noise around but its when alot of other sounds are added I have trouble distunguishing the stuff I want to hear. And when things gets to loud (like music) it distorts in my ears. It never does if Im wearing ear plugs though.