Can a fire alarm cause permenant hearing damage?

[xDDD]

I've been inside all day while they were testing the fire alarms over and over and over again for hours straight and now I have ringing in my ears.
Am I screwed?

[Alliesaurus]

Ask ur personal injury lawyer.

[vkobe]

if you stick your ear on fire alarm over one hour

[Sir Seanicus, Esq.]

Earpro is cheap.

[shoopy]

Get a hearing test, but probably. Damage from loud noises is generally permanent.

[Knee]

Have you tried googling it?

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by xDDD:

I've been inside all day while they were testing the fire alarms over and over and over again for hours straight and now I have ringing in my ears.
Am I screwed?

Why? Like I understand that the fire alarm testing wasn't avoidable for the building, but why did you choose to stay inside and listen to it? And were you warned, or was this a surprise thing?

For the future, I would suggest ear plugs. Like construction workers have. They're super cheap and they work great. Keep them in your desk, your purse, and so forth. Always handy to have.

If it becomes a regular thing, you might want to look into permanent ear protection.

Anyway, go see a doctor for your ears. Or at least make the appointment. Not a terrible thing to check on every so often.

Yes, you can do long term damage to your ears by listening to loud things. It probably won't, but good the cautious.

[xDDD]

Originally posted by Chronocide:

Originally posted by xDDD:

I've been inside all day while they were testing the fire alarms over and over and over again for hours straight and now I have ringing in my ears.
Am I screwed?

Why? Like I understand that the fire alarm testing wasn't avoidable for the building, but why did you choose to stay inside and listen to it? And were you warned, or was this a surprise thing?

There's a lot of reasons someone would be around during testing. They may work from home, they might be a night-shift worker, or they might be disabled,

Guess I will just get ear plugs next time. I knew there was testing but, in the past, they only did one floor at a time. Now every single unit in the whole building goes off every time and it took hours. I chock that up to the inspectors being lazy and taking shortcuts, but what can you do.

Either way I'm probably just going to wing it. It isn't like the doctor could fix permanent hearing damage if I had it anyway. Would be a waste of time and money as I am not damaged enough to need hearing aids or anything like that.

[Azza ☠]

When your ears are ringing, quite often it's the last time you will ever hear that tone, till it goes away. So yes, ear damage.

Loud music contests, etc, you might get that.

However, it also seems to occur for repeating sounds over and over. This can normally take days. Yet I've seen quite a few people who have smoke detector "beeping" for months on end, due to low battery (those batteries can last for 5-15 years), without even noticing it. It annoys the hell out of me, but seem clueless to it even happening.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Yeah you could get permanent hearing loss or lifetime of tinnitus from things like that.

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by xDDD:

Originally posted by Chronocide:

Why? Like I understand that the fire alarm testing wasn't avoidable for the building, but why did you choose to stay inside and listen to it? And were you warned, or was this a surprise thing?

There's a lot of reasons someone would be around during testing. They may work from home, they might be a night-shift worker, or they might be disabled,

Guess I will just get ear plugs next time. I knew there was testing but, in the past, they only did one floor at a time. Now every single unit in the whole building goes off every time and it took hours. I chock that up to the inspectors being lazy and taking shortcuts, but what can you do.

Either way I'm probably just going to wing it. It isn't like the doctor could fix permanent hearing damage if I had it anyway. Would be a waste of time and money as I am not damaged enough to need hearing aids or anything like that.

Your call. If you wanted legal action, you'd need proof, and that proof is what the doctors are for (and why the doctors cost so much).

Plus, if you don't prove it, then saying the "I chock that up to the inspectors being lazy and taking shortcuts" is just slander.

And in fairness to the inspectors, it should be easier to turn "On" a fire alarm than to turn it "off" because the fire alarm turning "off" during a fire is a larger problem than the fire alarm being "on" without a fire present.

[Bathtub Shitter]

should go away. After all people go to concerts and literally sit in deafening loud areas for hours at a time. They get tinnitus for a few days and maybe some mild hearing los but it typically goes away or gets better. I don't think you have anything to worry about just turn on a fan or background noise and forget about it.