Combed20 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Has anyone here ever perforated their eardrum??? Our guitarist just messaged to say he thinks he has perforated ear drum while water skiing. Wondering if anyone here has ever had similar injury? I am guessing he won't be able to gig for a while? We have three gigs in a couple of weeks. Or should that be had??? Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 i did have a perforated eardrum, but when i was a really small child, not recently. My memories are only of being in a huge amount of pain, but on the plus side when it healed i was fine and there was never any lasting damage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr4stringz Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Yes. Painful as bloody hell. Can’t be chancing with ears. I took a few weeks off when I did mine. Got to give it chance to heal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 It may be so, that the g-man has to take a short brake. He needs to play and check the feeling on a daily basis. Volume may change the hearing stimulus, so if it hurts in the beginning with high levels, he needs to start slowly - earplugs may help. I had a similar injury a while back (diving). It took several weeks to heal. Biggest issue was, that the injured ear heard two different frequencies while playing one. As the ear healed, the issue vanished. This injury has very good prognosis. Eardrum grows outwards and heals itself usually pretty quickly. It is reasonable to prevent possible inflammations, because they may lead to serious problems. So no dirt or dirty liquids to the ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combed20 Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Thanks for replies - very helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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