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[challenge entry] Ear, ear...

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(I helped save b3ta! Ninj, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:46, archived)
# You're not supposed to stick 'em in your ears anymore
What, the bloody hell, else are you supposed to do with them?!
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:47, archived)
# wee hole
(I helped save b3ta! WHTRZ Corp dosen't like the sound of Rupert watching porn, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:48, archived)
# Cos that's SOOOOO much healthier
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:48, archived)
# I can imagine what the beardedwife would say if I tried to stick one of them in his wee hole
and it wouldn't be "that's a splendid idea"
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:49, archived)
# well I'm out of ideas
(I helped save b3ta! WHTRZ Corp dosen't like the sound of Rupert watching porn, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:51, archived)
# Likewise if any man tried it on the unbeardedwfie
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:51, archived)
# How big a cotton bud have you got in mind here?
Couldn't do THAT much harm could it?
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:53, archived)
# Let's tie you down
And find out
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:54, archived)
# I was hoping you'd say that...
*gets the rope*
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 24 Apr 2008, 12:01, archived)
# Look at the picture
(I helped save b3ta! WHTRZ Corp dosen't like the sound of Rupert watching porn, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:57, archived)
# *winces*
*attempts*
*winces some more*
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:49, archived)
# the first 5 inches are the worst
(I helped save b3ta! Derek Monte subthread killer: qu'est-ce que c'est, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:54, archived)
# i love sticking them in my ears :(
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:49, archived)
# nothing else works to clean ears properly though.

Why can't SCIENCE find a solution for this?
(I helped save b3ta! wheelybird mreee!, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:49, archived)
# olive oil?
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:49, archived)
# That's supposed to work
but you just end up with oil in your ears

funnily enough
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:51, archived)
#
but I like having oily ears
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:52, archived)
# Shower head is still the best way
When I lectured live sound it was one of the first thing I told my classes how to do. When people start learning audio the tend to want to clean their ears out better. I knew a couple who had to leave the course due to ear damage.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:55, archived)
# What about the kind that you can't help?
my hearing is sporked on the right side, virtually no high frequencies at all... doesn't stop me recording and mixing stuff...
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:57, archived)
# Ah
Clubbing? The the hair receptors in the aural canal that deal with HF go first.
I do know a guitarist that has exactly the same problem in his left ear. Amazingly enough in the last year of so it has started to come back a bit.
You do lose HFs anyway. The audable range for humans is said to be 20Hz to 20kHz but that is based on a child's hearing. Most people have problems hearing things above 19kHz.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 12:04, archived)
# Never bben clubbing in my life...
The right side was always dodgy from when I was little, then not helped by being in ridiculously loud bands from 16-26 (now).

On the right side I can get 14kHz if I REALLY concentrate, generally not much abouve 11 though...
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 24 Apr 2008, 12:14, archived)
# I hope you're using proper ear plugs now?
Not the crappy foam ones. Ideally you should get some custom made for you. You can get some, they not that cheap, that'll cut levels pretty well but will do so evenly on all freqs.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 12:17, archived)
# Oh yes the have:P
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:51, archived)
# Jebus
Don't stick them in your ears unless you're completely aware of what your sticking it into!
Best way us sticking your lug 'ole under a hot shower head for about 30 seconds.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:50, archived)
# I did this for years before I realised you had to turn the water on
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:52, archived)
# *takes notes*
I see, and does it help if the head is actually running?
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:52, archived)
# yes
And the shower head too:P
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 11:56, archived)