Can low frequency bass at high decibel damage your hearing?

[Tiamat]

a 20hz tone at +76db from a 3500hz tone would sound equaly as loud.

a 3500hz tone @ 64db is not loud at all.

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring...ject_ideas/HumBeh_p007.shtml?from=Home

 

[Soccerman06]

I remember my uncle saying that loud noises dont damage your hearing as long as they arent too loud (>110db) and you are expossed to it for less than an hour. That being said, hes a woodworker and I would hope he knows what hes talkin about cause hes around loud machinery all day long.

 

[RCN]

Not sure about hearing loss but I hope it causes incontinence later in life. Nothing would make me happier than seeing a bunch of douchebags that thought I wanted to hear their radio pissing themselves......

 

[Cattlegod]

I had a system in my car for about 3-4 years that put out 143-150 dB at 33Hz depending if the windows were up or down (had it tested in a bass competition). It is now 3 years after I had that system and I can hear all frequency ranges without an issue. I have even tested up to 18KHz (haven't bothered to test higher) and can hear that stuff fine. I know this for a fact because I have access to very nice audio equipment at work (I take sound measurements and analyze them for a living). The simple reason is you don't hear with a flat response, so what measured at 150dB was really only 111 dB(A) when properly weighted.

Anyway, a 140dB signal when weighted is only equal to about 100 dB(A) at 30Hz. So, it is really not all that loud. Remember, your ear doesn't hear with a flat responce, it is actually a very wild curve which you can see in the link below.

http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/a/w/aweighting/source.html

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: phantom309
I'm pretty sure just bass at those levels won't damage your hearing much - at those frequencies you feel the notes more than you hear them - but are you really just listening to your subs all the time? Why would you want to do that?

I can tell you that if your mids and highs are even audible over 140db of bass, they will damage your hearing. If you get out and your ears are ringing, STOP.

At 20-40Hz, you are hearing them.

It is below 20Hz that you begin to feel the sound rather than hear it.

You can feel sound up to 80Hz (sound is afterall just a vibration). After ~80 Hz, your body can't really feel the individual vibrations anymore and will just feel a numb type of feeling.

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Yes loud bass will damage your hearing in the 20 to 80 hertz range, at 140 db you are going to go deaf. Try to keep it under 110db.

http://www.hearnet.com/at_risk/risk_aboutloss.shtml

It says it will damage your hearing, no doubt about it, but where does it say in the 20 to 80 hertz range?

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow

Originally posted by: StevenYoo

Originally posted by: d33pt
it'll probably make you feel sick.

ahh yes, the Brown Note

 

[RU482]

Can low frequency bass at high decibel damage your hearing?

If you do it in my neighborhood, it can be life threatening

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: phantom309
I'm pretty sure just bass at those levels won't damage your hearing much - at those frequencies you feel the notes more than you hear them - but are you really just listening to your subs all the time? Why would you want to do that?

I can tell you that if your mids and highs are even audible over 140db of bass, they will damage your hearing. If you get out and your ears are ringing, STOP.

At 20-40Hz, you are hearing them.

It is below 20Hz that you begin to feel the sound rather than hear it.

You can feel sound up to 80Hz (sound is afterall just a vibration). After ~80 Hz, your body can't really feel the individual vibrations anymore and will just feel a numb type of feeling.

Uh, the range of human hearing is widely accepted to be ~20Hz - 20kHz. You can discern the differences in pitch between the various tones from 20-80Hz, but most can't from 20Hz and below.

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: phantom309
I'm pretty sure just bass at those levels won't damage your hearing much - at those frequencies you feel the notes more than you hear them - but are you really just listening to your subs all the time? Why would you want to do that?

I can tell you that if your mids and highs are even audible over 140db of bass, they will damage your hearing. If you get out and your ears are ringing, STOP.

At 20-40Hz, you are hearing them.

It is below 20Hz that you begin to feel the sound rather than hear it.

You can feel sound up to 80Hz (sound is afterall just a vibration). After ~80 Hz, your body can't really feel the individual vibrations anymore and will just feel a numb type of feeling.

Uh, the range of human hearing is widely accepted to be ~20Hz - 20kHz. You can discern the differences in pitch between the various tones from 20-80Hz, but most can't from 20Hz and below.

Thanks captain obvious.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: phantom309
I'm pretty sure just bass at those levels won't damage your hearing much - at those frequencies you feel the notes more than you hear them - but are you really just listening to your subs all the time? Why would you want to do that?

I can tell you that if your mids and highs are even audible over 140db of bass, they will damage your hearing. If you get out and your ears are ringing, STOP.

At 20-40Hz, you are hearing them.

It is below 20Hz that you begin to feel the sound rather than hear it.

You can feel sound up to 80Hz (sound is afterall just a vibration). After ~80 Hz, your body can't really feel the individual vibrations anymore and will just feel a numb type of feeling.

Uh, the range of human hearing is widely accepted to be ~20Hz - 20kHz. You can discern the differences in pitch between the various tones from 20-80Hz, but most can't from 20Hz and below.

Thanks captain obvious.

You added nothing to this thread.

At all.