Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage?

thanks for the recommendation...

It is a powerful antioxident...

I ask myself if my own antioxydent can help... Astaxanthine... It help me for my eyes fatigue a lot...it pass the brain barrier and can alleviate eyes fatigue a lot... I take it for 2 or 3 years... When i stop i feel it... Read about in case... 😊

I dont really have a tinnutus, a small hiss almost not audible when i am stressed ...

 

I have taken this pine bark supplement that has been clinically shown to help with tinnitus, and I have found it to help somewhat in my own case. I have no financial tie to this and just offer it as something to try if you’re dealing annoying ear ringing. I don’t think it has many drug interactions, but read up on it just in case. Plus, it’s really cheap — like $5 per month — to try. FWIW.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006OI33QU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

 

Can you recommend one for about $200 Plus calibration which I view as essential.

Sorry for the delayed reply.  I hope you see this, emergingsoul.

I currently use a TSI/Quest Sound Examiner SE-402IS.  I have a Quest QC-10 calibrator for it.  My best suggestion is to get a sound meter/calibrator from the same manufacturer.  That way, you're ensured to get a calibrator specifically tailored to the configuration of your meter.  If you decide to go with a stand-alone calibrator, I'd stick with one manufactured by companies that specialize in analytical instrumentation.  If you don't need that level of accuracy, then any sound meter in the $100-$150 range should suit you.  You'll likely want one that fits both the 1/2" and 1" microphones most good sound meters have (one or the other).  Just make sure you know what size microphone your meter has.

If you're talking about phone calibration, as far as I know, the only way to do it is to compare it's reading with a true, calibrated sound meter.  Remember, phone apps are nothing more than rudimentary screening apps.  That said, 20-30 dB difference between apps seems like an awful big spread.  I'd be inclined to think that the NIOSH app has a better algorithm.  Here's a study on phone app accuracy, albeit a bit dated:  https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2014/04/09/sound-apps/

Luck.

 

 

Thanks, don't understand the microphone size issue.

Curious to know the price on this meter and the calibrator.  I checked and saw prices all over the map, one was $2100

https://i1.wp.com/audio-head.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NIOSH-OSHA-Standards_2.jpg?w=800&ssl=1 Hope this helpful.

No.  Probably.  And have the same pattern as @markalarsen.