• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Paywalled, but I wonder if it has to do with tinnitus? I imagine that is just maddening. This isn’t anywhere as extreme, but Leonard Nimoy got tinnitus while working on an episode of Star Trek after a squib blew up too close to him and it helped drive him to serious alcoholism which almost totally destroyed his career.

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      4 months ago

      It’s a gift link, so you shouldn’t hit the paywall if you’ve got javascript enabled and aren’t running a browser extension which strips off the gift token.

      TL;DR; It’s due to brain damage.

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      4 months ago

      Back in music school, a teacher with tinnitus made us read the suicide note from a guy with severe tinnitus. That really put us straight with regards to wearing ear protection around loud instruments.